Boys Reed City 71 Fremont 41 Coming off their forfeit to Newaygo after a bench clearing fracas in their previous game ehe Coyotes put on a defensive clinic in front of a raucous home crowd. Staking a 17-11 lead after one the hosts held the Packers to a half dozen points in the second to hit halftime with a 35-17 lead. Coach Bowen: “Reed City was the bigger, stronger team and they played very hard and physical. We did not respond well to the physicality of the game and just did not compete hard enough,”. Fremont ends their final CSAA conference season in second place at 11-3 (13-7 overall) 2 games behind Bg Rapids who repeat as Gold champs Holton 56 Hesperia 28 The Red Devils raced to a 24-3 lead after one and never looked back as they wrapped up their conference season with a rivalry win over the Panthers Coach Worcester: “Holton came out strong offensively and defensively as we expected. We knew it would be a tough game, but I felt our guys gave it their all for their last home game of the season. Our two freshmen continue to be the main effort of our offense the last two games and I’m proud of their improvement as well.” Coach Swanson: “The guys came out ready to play in an important rivalry game. We're happy to get the W.” Wyatt Monette once again paced the Devil scoring efforts finishing with 23 points while Bfett Hosmer hit for 11 and Carter Brant scored 9. Ian Fox, one of the freshman Coach Worcester spoke of, fired in 10 points to lead the Panthers and Ethan O’Neill added 7 points. Newaygo 74 Chippewa Hills 43 Newaygo was able to pull in front during the second quarter and take a 12 point lead at half. After intermission the Lions distanced themselves from the Warriors entering the final frame with a 20 point edge. Coach Long: "This was a full team effort. The kids played hard and executed well throughout the game." Bryce Decker led all Newaygo scorers with 20 points followed by Remy Wells and Jaden Osawabine who hit for 13 apiece and Josiah Long who dropped in a dozen. Grant 84 Central Montcalm 47 The visiting Tigers used a balanced attack to defeat Central Montcalm. Coach Schuitema: "The guys bounced back after a loss to Big Rapids on Wednesday. It was important for us to play a complete game on both ends of the floor tonight and we did." Seth Schuitema led the team with 29 followed by Sawyer Carr with 16. Giovanni Follador and Lucas Swanson added 12 each. Blake Guilford and Gabe Lewis scored 13 each to lead Central Montcalm. Girls Newaygo 63 Chippewa Hills 35 Holding a 15 point lead at the break the conference champion Lions exploded out of the locker room with a 20-3 run and cruised to the win. Coach Thomasma: "Good win to end the season tonight. We couldn't buy a bucket in the first half but the girls continued to work hard and in the third quarter the shots began to fall. Very proud of the team for going 14-0 in the conference this year. That's always a tough accomplishment. With that, we know that starting tomorrow morning, everyone's record is 0-0 going into the postseason and we will treat it that way. We have a very tough district and we will need to play our best to compete." Emmerson Goodin led the Lions with a triple double finishing with 18 points, 13 rebounds and 10 steals. Jaxi Long drained a game high 23 points while adding 5 steals, 4 assists and 3 rebounds to the stat sheet.. Barbara Toth came off the bench to fire in 8 points while grabbing 4 rebounds. Fremont 44 Reed City 34 The Packers jumped out to a great start, outscoring the hosts 13-2 in the first quarter. An 11-10 advantage for Fremont in the second quarter made the halftime score 24-12. Reed City outscored Fremont 9-7 in the third quarter, but the Packers still enjoyed a 31-21 lead. Reed City still had a run left in them, though, and cut the lead to four at one point in the fourth quarter before a couple key baskets and made free throws sealed the win for Fremont. Coach Zerlaut: "We had a very good start tonight. We shared the ball well on offense and really worked hard on the defensive end. We had a 24-4 lead at one point, but our effort faded a bit to close the half and we had some unforced errors on offense. That was kind of the same story in the fourth when Reed City cut the lead to four, but a clutch three-pointer by Sydney Moon and 6-9 from the free throw line for Haley Zerlaut in the quarter allowed us to open the lead back up a bit." Zerlaut led Fremont with 17 points, 5 assists, and 5 steals. Kaitlynn Bennett had 6 points and 5 steals, while playing very good post defense. Eight different Packer players scored in the game. Reed City was led by Christina Malackanich with 13 points and Kyleigh Weck with 8. Fremont concludes the regular season with a 3-17 record, 3-11 in the CSAA Gold conference. They travel to Comstock Park to face the hosts in district play on Monday. Grant 49 Central Montcalm 36 Coach Delamater: “We had another slow start, not as bad as the first game, but down 7-12 after one. Our scoring in the second wasn’t much better, but we were able to clamp down on defense and went into half up 18-17. We turned up full court pressure in the second and (Julie) Ashbaugh exploded for 3 straight buckets right away. CM played tough the rest of the way, but we kept our composure for the 49-36 win. Ashbaugh led the Tigers with 15 points while Chloee Chase dropped an even dozen. KC 50 WC 24 Coach Wilk: “Tonight, we could not get our offense moving. In the first half we missed some easy shots that would have kept this game closer. Defensively, I think we had the right idea to slow Kent City down. We just needed to hang on to the ball better. Carsyn Scarlavai led us with 10 points. Gaby Reeve added 6 and Jaden Gomez had 5. On Monday we travel to Morley to play Ravenna. Holton 42 Hesperia 31 The Devils notched the win in this rivalry contest but it didn't come easy. Coach Jordan: “Good to close out the week and season with a win against your rival, but this wasn’t our best performance.Our game plan was to limit (Emmet)Tinkham from touching the ball, We did a decent job of that in the first half limiting her to four points, but it fell apart in the second half, she got plenty touches and thru these touches she got hot, scoring 18 second half points and finished with 22. Some were very tough shots and we can live with those but not happy that she was getting whatever she wanted in the second half. “We must do better on Monday when we play them again on limiting those touches.” CoachGrodus: “We played our best game of the year against a quality opponent. I am really proud of the effort, intensity and hustle our team showed tonight. Just like they have all year, our team never gave up and played hard for the entire game.” June Newell and Alanna Cregg led the Devil offense with 10 points each while Ryan Robins hit for 8 points and gathered in 10 boardsCourtney Boes had another active night with 5 points 6 boards 5 assists and 4 steals. Tinkham added a dozen boards to her 22 points and Emma Joppich took 10 off the glass.
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