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Pinconning Varsity Dance Team Dance Recital on March 14th

The Pinconning Varsity Dance Team presents “The Best of 2019-2020: An Evening of Encore Performances” dance recital on Saturday, March 14th at 6:00 pm in the Pinconning High School Gym. There will be t-shirts, raffles and concessions.

JACOB BROOKS AND TRISTAN DYCEWICZ hold their weight class brackets from the MHSAA Individual Wrestling Regional 9-3 showing each as Champions in their weight class. The two will head to the State Championships at Ford Field on March 6th.

Pinny Grapplers Headed to Finals

At the MHSAA Individual Wrestling District 18-3 two weeks ago in Farwell, both Tristan Dycewicz (135 pounds) and Jacob Brooks (160 pounds) came in second to advance to Regional 9-3 last week in Boyne City. Each marched through their Regional bracket, Dycewicz taking an 8-0 Major Decision and a 31...

ZACH JOHNSON (#21) slapped an inbound pass from Tommy Yanoski towards the basket with .8 seconds left in the first quarter against Gladwin on Friday, scoring to give the Spartans a 15-12 lead going into the second. --Journal Photo by Kayla Dybas

Boys Overpower Gladwin

The Pinconning Varsity Boys Basketball Team finally had the game they’ve shown glimpses of all season. They hosted the Flying G’s of Gladwin on Friday evening and rode an explosive 26-point third quarter to a 68-52 win. After gaining a small 3-point lead in the first and matching Gladwin in the...

HANNAH FLOYD (#25, above) hits for 3 points in the Spartans 66-28 victory over Whittemore-Prescott on Monday evening. --Journal Photo

Girls Split Games

The Pinconning Varsity Girls Basketball Team took a hard loss on the road at Gladwin last Thursday, but bounced back with a big win over Whittemore-Prescott on Monday evening. On Thursday, the team was in contention at the start, but fell further back with each quarter. Tori Shark was hot in the...

Spartan Dance Team

Pinconning Power-lifting Club Competes Against SSC

On February 12th the Pinconning Power-lifting Club had its first team meet against SSC. Pinconning scored 41pts in their inaugural meet against Standish, while Standish unfortunately scored 88 pts to take the trophy. Super proud of our athletes that took on this challenge and gave their all. Top...

League Bowling Results

Monday Night Ladies 2/17/2020 Gamblers. . . . . . . . . 22.5 Commercial Forms . . . 21 Titan Golf Cart . . . . . . . . 21 Silver Belles . . . . . . . . . . 22 Country Gals . . . . . . . . 17.5 Little Bit Off. . . . . . . . . 17 Custom Engineering .. . 15 Bubba’s Girls...

PHS SENIOR TRISTAN DYCEWICZ had a big day on Saturday, recording his 150th win as a Spartan wrestler on his way to a Second Place finish in MHSAA Individual Wrestling District 18-3 action at Shepherd. He and two teammates will head to Boyne City this Saturday for Regional 18-3 competition (see full report on page 9). --Courtesy Photo

Dycewicz Gets 150th Wrestling Win

Girls Squeak Past Beaverton

The Pinconning Varsity Girls Basketball Team is winding down their regular season, riding a 12-5 record that represents the first winning season for the program since before some of the players were born, 17 years. They’re in the hunt for a Conference Championship, in the district’s first year in...

JACOB BROOKS’ opponent during the Team District 172 match against Freeland seemed to spend a lot of time in the air or falling to the mat. --Journal Photo by Kayla Dybas

Wrestlers Qualify for Individual Regionals

It was a week of disappointment and triumph for the Pinconning Varsity Wrestling Team, with an understrength team only able to put three wrestlers on the mat on Wednesday in Team Districts, but sending three wrestlers through to Regionals on Saturday. On Wednesday, the Spartans hosted MHSAA Team...