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The Clare varsity wrestling team headed to Sanford Meridian High School on Thursday to kick off the Jack Pine Conference season and lost to Meridian 46-27. The Pioneers wrestled against Meridian in the first dual of the night. Clare had a tough time getting rolling, from 103 to 152, but Logan Emery won at 160 beating Jess Levier 10-5. Brandon Ayris at 171 and Hart Smalley at 189 pinned their opponents in the first period. Brenden Hensley won by disqualification at 215 pounds.

“We had some outstanding matches that were wrestled, and I think the Jack Pine Conference championships are going to be very interesting,” said Kyle McKay, Clare coach.

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Shepherd fell to 2-5 on Wednesday with a 52-48 loss to Alma, which netted 38 points from Maddy Seeley, in girls basketball action. Alma trailed 15-14 after the first quarter but led 24-23 at halftime. Shepherd went up 38-34 after the third quarter but Alma had an 18-10 scoring advantage in the fourth. Hannah Yesmunt netted 16 points while Katie Crawford added 13 and Rachel Travis had 11.

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Maddy Seeley had 38 points and five rebounds in leading Alma to a 52-48 victory over Shepherd in Wednesday girls basketball action. Alma trailed 15-14 after the first quarter but led 24-23 at halftime. Shepherd went up 38-34 after the third quarter but Alma had an 18-10 scoring advantage in the fourth. Lexi Morton and Alicia Seeley scored seven points apiece. Morton had six rebounds. Alma is 3-3.

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Midland Dow’s girls basketball team improved to 7-2 with a 44-25 victory on Wednesday. Mount Pleasant led 8-7 after the first quarter but trailed 24-23 at halftime. Dow had a 23-5 scoring advantage in the final quarter.

For Dow, Ellie Taylor scored 10 points while Carlee McGee had seven points, Jenna Query had five rebounds, Lexi Astrike added seven points and Carly D’Alessandro had five boards.

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Mount Pleasant’s girls basketball team fell to 1-7 with a 44-25 loss to Midland Dow on Wednesday. Mount Pleasant led 8-7 after the first quarter but trailed 24-23 at halftime. Dow had a 23-5 scoring advantage in the final quarter. Halli Taylor scored six points for Mount Pleasant while Mary Courser, Katleyn Hartman and Hannah Murch scored four apiece.

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Midland Dow fell to 4-3 with a 67-39 loss to Mount Pleasant on Thursday at Mount Pleasant. The Oilers fired out to a 23-8 lead after the first quarter and were up 34-21 at halftime and 48-24 after the third quarter. Evan Marquardt score 12 points for Dow while Alec Marty added seven points.

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Mount Pleasant’s boys basketball team improved to 5-1 overall with a 67-39 win on Thursday over Midland Dow. The Oilers fired out to a 23-8 lead after the first quarter and were up 34-21 at halftime and 48-24 after the third quarter. Jaleel Hogan scored 18 points and had 17 rebounds for Mount Pleasant, followed by Anton Cotton with 11 points, Aaron Leasher with 10 points and Tim Wilson with nine points.

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Ithaca’s girl basketball team fell to 2-6 overall on Thursday with a 52-32 loss to Carrollton. Carrollton was up 9-4 after the first quarter, 26-16 at halftime and 37-28 after the third quarter. Carrollton had a 15-4 advantage in the fourth quarter. Liz Bentley scored seven points for Ithaca, followed by Mikayla Borrows with six points, Kyle Chaffin with five points and Brooklyn Dolloff with four points.

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Merrill fell to 0-5 on Wednesday with an 86-20 loss to Ithaca. Ithaca had quarter leads of 28-8, 59-12 and 76-20 and outscored Merrill 10-0 in the final quarter. Hunter DeBeau scored eight points and Jaden Reiber had six points for Merrill.

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Ithaca’s boys basketball team improved to 4-0 on Wednesday with an 86-20 victory over Merrill. Ithaca had quarter leads of 28-8, 59-12, and 76-20 and outscored Merrill 10-0 in the final quarter. Spence DeMull scored 14 points while Eli Villalobos had 13 points, Levi Lehman scored 12 points, Jacob Smith added 11 points, Josh Hafner had 10 points, Logan Hessbrook put in nine points and Travis Smith added eight points.

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Clare wrestlers lose to Sanford Meridian

Shepherd girls fall to Alma

Seeley leads Alma over Shepherd

Midland Dow girls defeat Mount Pleasant

Mount Pleasant girls fall to 1-7

Midland Dow boys fall to Mount Pleasant

Mount Pleasant boys basketball team improves to 5-1

Ithaca girls fall to 2-6 in basketball action

Merrill falls to 0-5

Ithaca boys improve to 4-0 in boys basketball