Girls Basketball: Friday Results

Newaygo 63 Central Montcalm 42
Newaygo was up 30-25 at the half.  Central Montcalm hit two straight three's to start the third to go up 31-30 but Newaygo ended the game on a 33-11 run.
"Great road win for us tonight.  Central Montcalm has played some tough competition and will win a lot of games this year.  We really need and had a lot of girls step up and contribute.  I thought Painter, Welch and Swinehart really gave us a lift and did a lot of little things to make that run in the second half happen.  We'll enjoy the win tonight and prepare for a talented Big Rapids team in a week.”
Emmerson Goodin led the Lions with 22 points, 13 rebounds.  Jaxi Long had 21 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.  Kayla Fisk chipped in 9 points and 4 rebounds while fighting foul trouble.
Emily Putnam led the Hornets with 13 points.
Newaygo (1-0, 3-0) will host the Cardinals on Friday

Big Rapids 59 Fremont 29
Fremont dropped the conference opener at home against Big Rapids The Packers fell behind early again due to a large number of missed shots in the paint. The score after one quarter was 16-2. Fremont was better from the field in the second quarter but the Cardinals held a 13-11 advantage to set the halftime score at 29-13. BR held a 13-10 advantage in the third and a 17-6 fourth quarter set the final score.
Fremont was led by Mia Witte with 12 points and Jessica Bennett had 7 points and 6 rebounds. Big Rapids was led by Rylie Haist's 13 points, while Hanna Smith added 10. The Packers travel to Cedar Springs next Tuesday, December 14 to face the Red Hawks. 
Coach Zerlaut:
"It was another very frustrating night. We are losing games by wide margins. The girls are frustrated, the coaches are frustrated, and I am sure it is frustrating for fans watching our games. The girls are working hard and doing a lot of things right, but are often just a step out of position on defense, or execute on offense only to miss a short shot. These are correctable things and we will keep working to get better." 
Fremont (0-1, 0-3) will head to Cedar Springs Tuesday then return home on Friday to resume league play against Central Montcalm.

Grant 46 Reed City 23
The Tigers began conference play with a dominant win over the Coyotes in Reed City 
Coach Delamater:
“ The girls executed our game plan extremely well and controlled the tempo from the get-go. On Tuesday, Kent City exposed some of our weaknesses, including our defensive rotation. We emphasized that the past few days and Reed City didn't get many uncontested looks. We also rebounded the ball very well giving up no second-chance points. Julie Ashbaugh led the scoring with 17 and also had 7 rebounds. Jocee Pleune finished with 9 points and 5 rebounds (not too shabby for being the shortest girl on the court). Chloee Chase added 8 points and 4 rebounds. Jaycee Rider and Jocelyn Kruithoff both got 4 steals apiece. 
Grant (1-0, 2-2) will host Comstock Park Tuesday before returning to conference play on Friday when Chip Hills comes to town.

White Cloud 38 Hesperia 22. 
The Cloud opened conference play with a solid win over the Panthers.
Coach Wilk:
“This was our first early game playing on the road alongside our varsity boys team, and it was a scrappy game that came down to who could hit shots and who could get stops. We did just enough in both categories to put Hesperia away tonight. Coach Grodus knows a thing or two about making adjustments throughout the game. His squad kept us on our toes. They made us earn this one. Gaby Reeve led the way with 11 points and Kiara Edwards was right behind her with 10. Carsyn Scarlavai contributed 8 tough points while running the offense and making sure our defense was aggressive enough to force some turnovers. Cerea Bode stepped up big for us tonight filling in for Abby Derks in the post. She was able to contribute to our scoring, but more importantly she played some good defense and pulled down rebounds when we needed them. We have a short turn around and play Walkerville on Monday.
Coach Grodus: 
“A scrappy game by both teams. White Cloud made 10/24 free throws, which proved to be a big factor. Good effort by our team, especially since it was our first game.”
Emmi Tinkham paced the Panthers with 7, Emma Joppich  hit for a half dozen and Adriana Slater grabbed 8 rebounds

Morley 58 Holton 26
The visitors took control early and captured the conference opener for both teams.
Coach Jordan:
“Tonight was a tough one.It basically came down to us not being able to handle the pressure they put on us from the jump, and they shot the ball very well in the first half. It was 40-13 at halftime and really was never a game.
“We had a ton of forced turnovers as well as a ton of unforced turnovers, not a good formula for competing.    We have to get better with dealing with pressure, we will get better but it’s not an overnight process, this is one of the tougher games on our schedule. I’m hoping we can regroup quickly as we have some great opportunities over the next few games to try to build some momentum and confidence.”
Ryan Robins took down 10 boards to go with her team high 8 points and Abby Fowler dished out 5 assists grabbed 5 steals and added 4 points
Holton (0-1, 1-2) heads to Holland Black River for a Tuesday game before getting back to conference play Friday when White Cloud comes to town.

​