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MACKENZIE EILF (#12) gets a shot off against Gladwin on Friday. She scored 2 points in the game. 					           --Journal Photo
The Spartan Varsity Girls Basketball Team played their first game of 2023 on the road at Gladwin on Friday night. The Flying G’s came out with a full-court press that stymied the Spartans and jumped to a 23-2 lead after the first. A lack of rebounds also hurt Pinny, and resulted in a 60-6 loss....
BRADY LUPKE (#2) throws up a layup against Gladwin on Thursday. Lupke led the Spartans with 14 points.			     	           --Journal Photo
The Pinconning Varsity Boys Basketball Team reopened the basketball season after the Christmas break on Thursday night, hosting Gladwin. They opened the game pressuring the Flying G’s, but could get their shots to drop, tailing 15-7 after the first quarter. They couldn’t recover and ended the game...
LAYLA ST. PETER placed 12th in the Jack Pine Mid-Winter Tournament on Saturday.	           --Journal Photo
The Spartan Bowling Teams were back in action last week after an extended Christmas break. On Wednesday evening, they hosted the Jack Pine League at Valley Lanes, taking on Harrison. The Boys came out on top, 23-7 on the strength of Logan Milliman’s 384 High Series. The Girls came up short, with...
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...

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