JPC football champs once again!
By Ben Murphy A pair of fumbles nearly gave the game away but Clare responded in time to win Friday night’s Jack Pine Conference football game over visiting Meridian, 24-13, giving the Pioneers their seventh straight league championship. “It’s a good feeling, the kids were excited,” Clare head coach Kelly Luplow said. “We came out, played hard and the kids wanted it. They were excited about it being the seventh in a row. I was happy for them.” After a scoreless first quarter Camden Dice kicked in a 27-yard field goal to give Clare a 3-0 lead less than a [...]
JPC leading Roscommon sweeps Clare
By Ben Murphy To date the Roscommon volleyball team has raced through the Jack Pine Conference unscathed. Clare learned the hard way of just how strong the Lady Bucks are, falling 25-10, 25-13 and 25-11 at home Monday night. “They’re known for their hits so it’s hard to defend against them,” Clare assistant coach Rachyl Randall, who was filling in for head coach Emily Blackburn said. Kemma Wilson actually helped Clare take an early 2-0 lead in the first set on a service ace and Cassidy Campbell kept the Lady Pioneers ahead at 4-3 on a tip-kill but from there [...]
Farwell strikers thump Harrison with balanced attack
By Ben Murphy Farwell spread the wealth around Wednesday night, using a balanced attack to sweep visiting Harrison 25-12, 25-14 and 25-20 in Jack Pine Conference volleyball. “I’m always happy to get a win, we just didn’t have the same focus that we had on Monday against Houghton Lake,” Farwell head coach Jacob Sullivan said. “The tempo of the game was a lot slower. We didn’t do as well as I wanted to in keeping the pace going and intensity high.” The Hornets took an early lead in the first set, going up 1-0 on a block by Ashleigh Woolston [...]
Farwell shut out by Gladwin
By Ben Murphy Host Gladwin ran away with Friday night’s Jack Pine Conference football game, topping visiting Farwell 48-0. “We ran into a tough Gladwin football team,” Farwell head coach Alan Esterline said. “They’ve been playing real well of late. Our kids played hard, we just made a few mistakes. We got the ball moving and then would put the ball on the ground. The kids played hard and we gave it everything we had we just came out on the short end of the stick.” The Flying G’s scored 21 points in the first quarter and scored 27 more [...]
Harrison shuts out HL 33-0
Harrison’s football team had enough of losing. Friday night the Hornets traveled to Houghton Lake, topping the Bobcats and erased their four game losing streak in the process. The Hornets took to the ground game for most of their success in the Jack Pine Conference game, totaling 360 yards on the ground. Harrison scored once in the first quarter to lead 6-0 and had a touchdown and two-point conversion in the second to pull ahead 14-0 at the half. The Hornets had seven points in the third to lead 21-0 and put the game out of reach in the fourth [...]
