The McClain Tigers fell behind 8-0 early on in Friday night’s game against the Washington Blue Lions but made a valiant comeback effort in the third and fourth quarters before falling 53-40 at the end in a Frontier Athletic Conference matchup in Greenfield.
Thursday evening, Jan. 22, 2026, saw McClain junior Paisley Pryor become the seventh girls basketball player in McClain High School history to score 1,000 points in a career.
The McClain varsity boys wrestling team has been on a roll lately. They defeated Frontier Athletic Conference foe Chillicothe Thursday, Jan. 8, 42-20, and followed that up Saturday, Jan. 10 by winning the East Clinton duals meet.
The Hillsboro Indians won the rivalry varsity game with the McClain Tigers Friday, but Greenfield Rotary Club President and Greenfield Exempted Village Schools Superintendent Quincey Gray won the battle of the pie in the face.
The McClain varsity girls basketball team overcame a slow start, and behind the hot hand of junior point guard Paisley Pryor, who scored a game-high 25 points, they were able to defeat non-conference foe Clinton-Massie 42-46 in Greenfield Monday night.
The Miami Trace Panthers improved to 82 overall and 3-1 in the Frontier Athletic Conference after easily defeating McClain 63-32 Friday night in Greenfield.
Beginning the 2026 Chad Hodson Classic with a competitive game at Grandle Gymnasium, the McClain Tigers earned their third consecutive victory by defeating the Blanchester Wildcats, 49-48.
It was definitely a game of two halves Tuesday, Dec. 30 when the McClain Tigers hosted the Adena Warriors in a non-conference game in Greenfield before a packed house crowd, with McClain going on a 22-0 scoring run and taking its first lead of the game in the fourth to win 50-48.
