For the eighth time in nine games this season, the McClain Lady Tigers left the basketball court with a win, this time on Saturday defeating the visiting Chillicothe Cavaliers by 14 points.
The McClain Tigers opened up Frontier Athletic Conference play at home Friday night against Washington and suffered their first defeat of the season, a 52-38 loss in front of a huge crowd in Greenfield.
The McClain Lady Tigers basketball team jumped out to an early 18-5 first-quarter lead but had to hold on at the end to defeat a very athletic and scrappy Waverly squad, 61-59 in Greenfield Monday night.
It wasn’t pretty all night, but for most of the game Saturday night between McClain and Whiteoak it was entertaining and exciting to the very end, with the Tigers edging out their county rivals by a razor-thin 50-47 margin.
The McClain Tigers started off the new season with a bang, defeating non-conference foe East Clinton 64-36 in Greenfield Tuesday night in front of a huge opening game crowd by both schools.
The McClain Lady Tigers varsity basketball team improved their overall record to 3-1 on the season after easily defeating non-conference foe Peebles, 48-19 Monday night.
From the 6:43 mark of the first quarter to the final buzzer, the McClain Lady Tigers held the lead against the Fairfield Lady Lions on Wednesday night, eventually winning against their Highland County counterpart, 46-32.
