Girls: Lions, Cloud Notch W’s; Eagles Tame Tigers

Photos by Brent Foondle

Newaygo 52 Lakeview 28
After edging in front 7-5 after one the Lion offense kicked into gear tossing 23 points in the bucket and holding the Wildcats to 4. The halftime lead held up as the Lions cruised to their 5th straight win.
Coach Thomasma: "The second quarter was one of those quarters where everything we put up went in and we just built off of that.  The girls played great defense and it turned into a good offense for us."
Gabby Arney paced the Lions with 13 points, 4 steals and 3 rebounds.  Lillian Holmes posted a double double grabbing 10 boards to go with her 10 points and rejected a couple of Lakeview attempts for good measure. Morgan Andres hit for 8 points and Kija Schultz finished with 7.
Newaygo (2-0, 5-1) returns to Red Division play when they host Tri County on Friday.

White Cloud 51 Tri County 39
White Cloud went on the road and found their offense posting their first win of the young season in a cross conference matchup with the Vikings. The visitors took the lead early and hit the locker room holding a 21-10 edge.
Coach Wilk: “ At halftime we talked about keeping our foot on the gas, so that we could put them away in the third quarter. We did extend our lead by four more points in the third, so we started the fourth up 35 to 20. In the fourth quarter we let off the gas, and they made it a fight to the end. Luckily for us we learned a lesson without taking a loss with it. At this level you have to play all four quarters. 
“We still have a long way to go, but I am seeing improvements. Tonight we rebounded very well, and we went 15 for 22 from the charity stripe.”
 Andi Vincent dropped in a new career high of 21 points to lead  the Cloud while . Payten Bird collected a double double (12 points, 10 rebounds), and Courtney Coon added 8 points.. Addyson Cook came off the bench and ruled the glass as she took down a dozen boards.
White Cloud (0-1, 1-3) will get the chance to even their Red Division record Friday when they visit Lakeview.

Kent City 59 Grant 51
The good news was the Tigers offense cut loose with their highest output of the season. The bad news? It wasn’t enough as visiting Kent City out scored their hosts and came away with the win.
The Eagles took a 9 point lead at the half then held back the Tigers in the second half..
Alexa Obenauf scored 14 to pace the Tiger attack.
Grant (1-1, 2-3) will host Cedar Springs on Friday.