Five area bowlers move on to states
By Ben Murphy None of Clare County’s bowling team’s could continue their seasons last week, as none could qualify in the top three at Saturday’s division three team regional at the Cheboygan Bowling Center. The three schools did combine for five individual state qualifiers however. In the boys’ portion, Farwell came in seventh place, Harrison came in eighth and Clare placed ninth. In six baker games and three regular games the Eagles tallied 3561 total pins, the Hornets had 3479 and the Pioneers finished with 3414. Ishpeming won the regional with 4085. In the singles’ portion of the event, Harrison [...]
Beaverton dribbles past Harrison
By Ben Murphy Beaverton may not have been able to defend its Jack Pine Conference championship this year, but they managed to show they were still plenty good Monday night, topping host Harrison 66-32 in Jack Pine Conference boys’ basketball. “It was a tough, tough game,” Harrison head coach Jim Hoshield said. “Everything they threw up went in and we couldn’t rebound, we didn’t play inside the paint like I wanted to. Our game plan was to hit the boards hard and play hard-nose, gutty defense and not give up uncontested shots. Well, to say the least we didn’t stick [...]
Lady Eagles eliminated
By Ben Murphy Home court advantage wasn’t enough for Farwell in its’ class ‘C’ pre-district basketball game Monday night. The Lady Eagles fell to Pine River, 53-29, ending Farwell’s season. Pine River led 16-9 after the first but the Eagles were still in the game at the half, trailing 21-10. From there, the Lady Bucks pulled away to lead 44-18 entering the fourth. Individual stats were not available at press time. On Saturday, Farwell played at Clare in an unusual Saturday morning game, falling 68-40 to the Jack Pine Conference Lady Pioneers. Clare led wire-to-wire, 23-11 after the first, 40-17 [...]
Harrison skiers take 8th in State
By Ben Murphy The Harrison boys’ ski team capped off its season with an eighth place finish at the division two state finals on Monday, which was held at Nub’s Nob in Harbor Springs. “I thought they did an outstanding job at states,” Harrison head coach Linda Coon said. “As I said earlier in the season, this was a young team and only two of these boys have ever raced before. I don’t think anyone expected them to come this far in such a short period of time.” After combining slalom and giant slalom scores the Hornets had 242 points, [...]
Clare to face winless Harrison in Districts
By Ben Murphy Sports Writer Last year the Clare Lady Pioneers found plenty of magic in their post-season run. The Pioneers won Jack Pine Conference, district and regional titles before falling to Bullock Creek in the regional finals. This year Clare (18-1 overall, 13-0 JPC) has already won the league again and as a bonus, gets to host the class ‘B’ district. Still, head coach Matt Rodenbo isn’t taking anything for granted. “It’s always nice to have home court advantage,” he said. “Reed City and Chippewa Hills have had tremendous years and are two very well coached teams.” The Pioneers [...]
