Devils dominate early
Story and photos by Joseph Maclean The opening quarter starts with the feisty Devils defense pressuring the Panthers, and it’s the Bret Hosmer show as he accounts for the Devils 8 opening points. A layup, and 1, and a butter 3 ball. At the 2:45 mark in the 1st quarter, Monette steals the ball and takes the contact for the "And 1". Monette comes back on the next one, and hits a corner three. Brant is the next one to hit from 3. The Devs are about to make a repeat of the last time they played. They are showing no mercy as they go up 32-0 in the very first quarter. After Fowler hits from three, the Panthers get their first points as Mosley hits from the top of the key. The Devs and Panthers are trading shot for shot as Mosley hits for 2, and Erickson does the same thing. Brant goes all the way in the paint for an up and under. Mosley continues to carry the Panthers as he hits again. The Devs continue to make it rain from 3 as they are halfway to triple digits. Mosley hits again for three as he starts to heat up going into the break. Monette hits again from 3 to put the Devs up 60-13 with the half’s last points. The second half has flown by as the Devs clear the bench, and get their young guys in. The Panthers and Devils played back and forth basketball in the second half, but the Devs kept pouring it on. This game was dominated from start to finish by the Devs. They cleaned up the boards with 38 rebounds,they shot really well, and their defense was suffocating. Holton stays perfect in the CSAA Silver, and picks up the first meeting between the teams with a 75-32 win. The Panthers fall to 1-7 (0-5), and will travel to Muskegon Catholic Central on Tuesday. The Panthers were led by Maddox Mosley with 18 points. The Devs go up to 5-1 (3-0), and will be at home against White Cloud on Monday. The Devils were led by Wyatt Monette tonight who cleaned up tonight. He won Snowcoming King pregame, and had a 21 point, 13 rebound double double tonight in 2 quarters. He was followed up by Erickson with 16, and Hosmer with 14. Albright and Brant tied with 8, and Fowler hit for 6. Pierce had a score, and Robins had 10 boards. From the Coaches: Coach Swanson- “Hesperia is a very important game for us, both as our big rival, and it being a league game. I thought tonight our guys came out focused and played a nice game.” Coach Worcester- “Holton out matched us and had more experience. Our team was without 4 of our varsity players. Our JV guys had to step in and battle once again. I continue to remind our guys that their time for success is coming and to remember what it feels like during these moments. I want them to use moments like this in their young careers as motivation. We were down significantly at the half. We knew we had to come back out, make adjustments, and continue to play. Now we move on and continue to develop these guys and prepare for our next opponent. My hats off to Coach Swanson; one heck of a team he has.”
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