The McClain Lady Tigers varsity basketball team raised their overall record to 7-5 after a convincing 59-17 victory over Blanchester in Greenfield last Saturday afternoon (Jan. 6).
It was a game of two halves Friday night on the McClain hardwood when the Tigers and visiting Vinton County Vikings battled to a 72-69 double-overtime thriller, where the Vikings squeaked by at the end.
Both the McClain Lady Tigers and Fairfield Lady Lions finished their 2023 portion of their basketball schedule with a Highland County rivalry game Friday night. The two teams battled at McClain Gym, where it was the home team Lady Tigers outlasting the Lady Lions, 29-16.
The McClain Tigers saw their overall record drop to 1-8 on the season after losing a non-conference game to the visiting Adena Warriors, 50-27 Wednesday night in Greenfield.
Playing to a difference of just nine points in the first half, the McClain Tigers and Hillsboro Indians battled close on the scoreboard for the first 16 minutes of game time in their Frontier Athletic Conference contest Saturday night (Dec. 23), but that changed in the second half.
On Saturday afternoon (Dec. 23), the Hillsboro Lady Indians fended off the McClain Lady Tigers, as it was the away team Lady Indians who broke a tied score with 33 seconds left in regulation which eventually led to the final 44-42 score that gave Hillsboro their fifth win of the season.
The McClain varsity girls basketball team picked up a big non-conference victory, 47-33 over Piketon Wednesday night in Greenfield to improve their overall record to 5-4 and 3-1 in the Frontier Athletic Conference.
The McClain varsity girls basketball team found it difficult to score points for a second straight game, leading to a disappointing 37-36 loss to Clinton-Massie Saturday in Greenfield.
The McClain boys and girls varsity wrestling team opened the season at home against Frontier Athletic Conference foe Jackson. The Lady Tiger grapplers were victorious, 30-24, while the boys lost a close one to the visiting Ironmen.
The McClain boys varsity basketball team saw their overall record drop to 1-1 on the season after a disappointing 69-51 loss to Frontier Athletic Conference foe Jackson Tuesday night in Greenfield.
The McClain girls varsity basketball team picked up their first Frontier Athletic Conference win of the season and improved to 2-1 overall after defeating Miami Trace, 45-39 Saturday afternoon in Greenfield.
The McClain Tigers and Paint Valley Bearcats opened the season Friday night in Greenfield and gave the huge crowd on hand a good old-fashioned barnburner, with McClain winning a nail-biter, 42-41.
The Jackson Ironladies showed why they have won back-to-back Frontier Athletic Conference titles and are favored to win a third after defeating McClain, 58-40 Wednesday night in Greenfield.
For a second straight offseason, the McClain Tigers boys basketball program made a change at head coach, as Mike Noszka is taking over at the helm of the boys basketball program, as he brings with him quite a résumé to rebuild the Tigers’ program.
