Lions Sweep Cloud

​Photos by Brent Foondle
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Girls
Newaygo 50 White Cloud 30
The Lions shook off the loss last Friday that ended an 8 game winning streak with a win over the youthful WC squad. The visitors from the Cloud were down just a deuce after one but their hosts extended the lead to 9 by the break and pulled away after intermission to seal the deal.
Coach Thomasma: "Good team victory for the ladies tonight.  The girls showed good effort.  We didn't shoot the ball particularly well but our defense was able to give us a spark and got us going.  I thought Kija played a great second and third quarter defensively and made life difficult for the White Cloud guards.  We played good team defense behind her and were able to get some easy buckets in transition.  White Cloud is a young team with promise and they will be making some noise in the near future."
Coach Wilk:” I felt like we did a good job slowing down the game which would be to our advantage. In the second quarter we were able to do the same up until the last two minutes. During the last two minutes they scored six quick points to extend their lead. Isabella Shockley provided a good spark off the bench tonight. She'll get the start on Friday along with fellow senior Brooklyn Foondle to celebrate their senior night.”
For the Lions Kija Schultz hit for 11 points, grabbed 7 steals and took down 6 rebounds. Amaya Lathrop also finished in double figures with 10 points to go with her 5 steals and dished out 5 assists as well. Gabby Arney tallied 7 and added 4 steals and 4 boards.
White Cloud’s perennial top scorer Andi Vincent knocked down a game high 17 points.
Newaygo (7-2, 15-3 Continues their home stand with visits from Central Montcalm on Wednesday and Chip Hills on Friday. White Cloud (1-6, 5-14) hosts Central Montcalm on Friday.

Boys
Newaygo 69 White Cloud 54
This was a wild one between the two long time rivals with WC jumping out to a 19-16 lead after one before their offense cooled in the second allowing the visitors to take a 34-25 lead into the break. The Lions continued to edge ahead in the second half despite a couple of strong runs by the hosts and took home the cross conference win.
Coach Jones: “Newaygo came to town on a special night,not just for basketball but also a night to remember Donavan Stevens, one of our former graduates and Varsity basketball player, who tragically lost his life on January 15th. (Donavan Stevens.) We would like to thank the Newaygo Coaches,players and fans that help make this night even more special.”
Hunter Yearsovich led the Lion scoring parade with 24 points followed by Ethan Reyburn with 17 and Russell Toth with 12. 
Jayden Robinson dropped 23 to lead the Cloud while Coleson Cruzan (13) and Brady Strait (11) also finished in double figures.
Newaygo (4-5, 8-13) finishes their regular season Friday at home against Chip Hills while White Cloud (2-5, 10-11) wraps up their regular season hosting Central Montcalm also on Friday.

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