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COLE BRADY (#12, left) gets inside for a jumper  late in Pinny’s loss to the John Glenn Bobcats last week.     			    	    --Journal Photo
The Spartan Varsity Boys Basketball Team welcomed the John Glenn team to Pinconning last Tuesday for a non-conference game before their Christmas break, but the Bobcats weren’t very good guests, taking down Pinny 70-48. The Spartans got off to a good start, dropping 3 treys in the first quarter...
The Shoot’s top competitors: Mike “Mini Mac” Kurtansky, Lee Matthews, Greg Laponsey, Randy O’Laughlin, Scott Knochel, Matt Coughlin, Frosty, Mike Klumpp, Scott Schemanski, Tim Kelly, and Ron “Store Boy” Beson.  Missing from photo- Jon McKinnon, Don Porter, and Colette Boyd.                            --Courtesy Photo
Talk about history repeating itself. Fifty years ago on Sept. 24, 1972, gas cost .52 cents a gallon, Andy Gorske’s beard was only partly grey, and North America’s premier shotgun event, The John Gibson Memorial Shoot, was held for the first time in Jon McKinnon’s backyard in Linwood, MI. Frank...
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MADISON BALLIET In action against SSC in the 132 pound weight class. 	          										--Journal Photo
The Spartan Wrestling Team was again in action last Wednesday, taking the ride up to Standish to face Meridian and SSC in non-conference competition. The Spartans took a 40-30 win over the Mustangs on points due to six voids by the small Meridian team. Tyler Brooks was the only Spartan to win his...
BRADEN SLOWINSKI (#11) drives for a layup against Beaverton on Tuesday.		            --Journal Photo
The Pinconning Varsity Boys Basketball Team faced a pair of Jack Pine foes this past week and came up short in both contests. On Tuesday, Beaverton came to the PHS gym, and prevailed over the Spartans 44-35. Pinny trailed by 11 at the half, and gave up 5 additional points to the Beavers before...
ARIEL HOLSTINE (#24) takes a shot against Clare in the Spartans’ Friday night home loss.    --Journal Photo
The Spartan Varsity Girls Basketball Team was on the road to Beaverton Wednesday before hosting Clare on Friday. Facing the Beavers, the Spartans hung in there in the first half but in the end, Beaverton’s experience mad thr difference. “Second chance points were big for Beaverton, as we did not...
BRADY LUPKE (#2) led the Spartans with 13 points in their win over the Hornets.	           --Journal Photo
The Spartan Varsity Boys Basketball Team opened their season last week, taking the floor under new head coach Jason Donahue for the first time. On Tuesday they hosted Bullock Creek for a non-conference warm-up but came up on the short end of the final score, hitting 43 points to the Lancers 62....
Pinconning High School is fielding both a Boys and a Girls Varsity Bowling Team in the Jack Pine Conference this winter. The Teams kicked off their season on December 3rd at Gateway Lanes in Clare, taking on Gladwin. The Girls team took 4 points from the Flying G’s and the Boys took 3 with...
DARRIUS COOPER (top right) took just 48 seconds to pin his opponent from Mt Morris last Wednesday. 		     --Journal Photo
The Spartan Wrestling Team opened their season on Wednesday at Michigan Lutheran Seminary in Saginaw, but in one of the oddities of wrestling, they didn’t face the host Cardinals, but took on the other two attendees, Mt. Morris and Bay City Central. Against Mt. Morris, Jesse Manz, Darrius Cooper...

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