Tigers Clip Cards, Devs Return With a Win, Pack Stops Warriors, Panthers Get #1, Pirates Sail Past Cloud
Wednesday Grant 49 Big Rapids 43 The Tigers moved into a second place tie with the Cardinals with a big win on the Big Rapids home court. Coach Delamater: “I’m not sure how long it’s been since Grant girls got one against BR, much less at their place. It was all about grit tonight. We got up quick 18-8 after one but they evened it up at the half 21-21. Credit to their press and our bad shooting. Both teams struggled in the third to score and BR was up 29-26. We got on a run in the fourth to go up and then we’re able to hit our free throws to close it out. I was extremely proud of our grit tonight. The girls fought through the turnovers and the cold shooting to earn a great win. Chloee Chase led the Tigers with 15 points , going 8-12 down the stretch.Julie Ashbaugh hit for 10 and Jayci Hance finished with 9. Grant (4-2, 6-4) will host Central Montcalm on Friday Holton 58 Muskegon Heights 46 It’s been a month since the Red Devils have taken to the court and they made their return a successful one winning their third straight game behind a strong finish. The game was tight for 3 quarters as the teams exchanged leads and battled to a 38-38 tie heading into the final frame. Then the Devs caught fire taming the Tigers with a 20-8 4th to secure the non-com win. Ryann Robins shook off the rust of a month layoff and dropped 25 points on the visitors. Alanna Cregg hit for 9 points and Abbie Fowler dished out a team high 8 assists. Gianna Reed added 8 points 2 assists. Coach Jordan: "This was a close game for 3 quarters, but we were able to get our offence going in the 4h quarter, we are not a high scoring team so to score 20 points the 4th and bring home the win is a step in the right direction for us. " Holton (1-1, 4-2) will look to make it an even 4 in a row Friday when they host their rivals from Hesperia. Tuesday Fremont 45 Chippewa Hills 41 The Packers traveled to Remus on Tuesday to face the Chippewa Hills Warriors and left with the victory. Fremont held a 10-6 lead after the first quarter before an 18-10 second quarter built a 28-16 lead at halftime. This quarter was sparked by some spirited play off the bench, led by Lily VandenBerg's 6 points in the quarter. Six different players scored for the Packers in the quarter. Fremont was outscored 12-7 in the third quarter and 13-10 in the fourth, which made it a tight game in the final three minutes. 6-16 shooting from the free throw line in the fourth quarter nearly doomed the Packers. They were 9-23 from the line for the game, compared to Chip Hills going 13-15. Coach Zerlaut -- "We did not play our best basketball tonight but we found a way to win. We shot poorly and forced things on offense at times, which led to some poor turnovers. Credit to Chip Hills; I thought they played very hard tonight. We had chances to put the game away earlier with free throws, but didn't. Our energy was not very good in the first quarter, but I thought we really turned that around in the second quarter, which ended up being the difference in the game." Fremont was led in scoring by Haley Zerlaut with 13 and Lily VandenBerg with 12. The win improves the Packers to 2-9 overall and 2-4 in the league. They host Reed City on Friday. Hart 55 White Cloud 21 The Pirates have been tearing it up in the WMC thus far with Montague the only team in the league to truly challenge them so far. They are one of the premier teams in the region along with Newaygo, Kent City and maybe Sparta. White Cloud hosted Hart on Tuesday and got an up close look at the current cream of the WMC crop. Coach Wilk: “Baskets were hard to come by.. Abby Derks finished the night with 8 points. The rest of our points were spread out between the rest of our team. Defensively we had our moments, but we need to work on our offense before we play Friday.” The team White Cloud (2-2, 4-6) will be playing Friday? That Kent Cty team we mentioned above. Hesperia 39 Pentwater 33 The Panthers jumped off to a quick lead in the first quarter then held back the Falcons to nail down win #1. Coach Grodus:”We got off to a good start tonight and kept the momentum going long enough to notch our first win. I am really proud of our team and their efforts tonight. Emmett Tinkham had a monster night firing in 28 points and collecting 11 off the glass. Emma Joppich hit for 6 points. Hesperia (0-4, 1-5) will resume conference play Friday when they travel to Holton to take on the Red Devils Monday Montague 48 Fremont 38 Fremont got a lot of extra shot opportunities due to a good performance on the offensive boards, but shot poorly. The Packers were 14-61 from the field for the game (23%) compared to Montague's 15-52 (29%). Fremont was also outscored at the free throw line, as Montague went 14-24 and Fremont was 9-18. Coach Zerlaut -- "It has taken much longer than we anticipated but this team is starting to figure out how hard we have to play to compete at the level we expect of our program. Montague is a good team and we played with them from start to finish. We had plenty of chances to score the ball but just didn't shoot well enough tonight. However, we played the game the right way and gave ourselves a chance against a quality opponent. We need to continue to compete that way on a consistent basis." Fremont was led in scoring by Haley Zerlaut with 9 points. Kaitlynn Bennett had 8, while Jessica Bennett and Mia Witte each chipped in 7. Witte also tallied 10 rebounds. Montague was led by Kendall Osborne's 11 points, while Haylee Schwartz had 10.
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