Northwestern High School Eagles senior Brennen Jacobs, seen after scoring a basket during the team’s Carroll-Livingston Activity Association Tournament semifinal against Higbee Feb. 10, had a big scoring performance – likely a varsity career-best – in the final game of his high school career last Tuesday, scoring a game-high 20 points as the Mendon-based school’s boys’ squad lost to North Shelby 79-47 at Salisbury in the first round of the 2021-22 Class 1 state tournament. (Paul Sturm/LCL FILE PHOTO)
SALISBURY — The Linn County Lady Mustangs and Mendon: Northwestern Eagles had very different starts to their Class 1 state basketball tournament opening-round games Tuesday,…