Tuesday BBall Report

Boys-McDonald Hits 1000; Devils Clinch Share of Silver; Girls-Zerlaut, Miller Pace Packer Win; Lions Continue to Roar

Boys

Fremont 67 Chippewa Hills 20
The Packers cruised to the home win over the Warriors. Braiden McDonald came into the game needing just 8 points to reach the coveted 1000 career point mark and he took care of business early scoring the first 6 for the Pack before dropping both halves of a 1:1 to reach four figures. 
 Coach Zerfas: “ I am very proud of the team as everyone scored in the blowout win, but I am especially proud of Braiden who went over 1000 points tonight.  We started talking about this way back in 6th grade when Dylan Krim went over 1000 and what it would take to get there.  Braiden has worked tirelessly both during the season and out of season to get there.  He is definitely a special player I am proud to coach.”
McDonald became the 8th player in Packer history to surpass 1000.
The other 7?
Ty Miller -1990
Jason DeKuiper -1998
Brandon Gerth-2003
Jeremy Gerth-2007 (all time leader with 1512)
Tyler Krim -2011
Mike Siegel 2012
Dylan Krim-2014

Newaygo 63 Reed City 51
Newaygo took an 8 point lead at half and extended it to 12 for the victory over Reed City.  The two seniors (Mortensen, Stephens) had a big night scoring the ball as the host Lions were able to secure the win with a big 4th quarter.  
Wyatt Mortensen poured in 28 points, Ashton Stephens hit for 20 and.Bryce Decker finished with 8.

Big Rapids 66 Grant 51
The Cardinals kept their grip on the top spot in the Gold with a road win in Grant. 
Orion Evans led the Tigers with 12 points with Seth Schuitema adding 10, Payton Swinehart hitting for 9 and  Elliott Butchart chipping in 8. 

Holton 56 White Cloud 24
Coach Swanson: “The past week and a half we have taken our lumps, but it has pushed us to evolve, and I think we could see some of that tonight.  The team was very focused.  They knew White Cloud had a strong team, and they also knew tonight was an opportunity to clinch a share of the conference titles.  I'm so proud of our them and how hard they've worked for what they wanted.”
Aidan Poling 22 points 5 assists 5 steals
Wyatt Monette 12 points 5 assists 5 steals
Austin Fowler  8 points 4 steals.


Lakeview 60 Hesperia 24
Coach Worcester: “Lakeview did a great job shooting the ball and capitalizing on second chance shots. We had a lot of opportunities to score but couldn’t get them to go in tonight. Shooting the ball has hurt us all season. Our guys played hard and I’m proud of their resiliency to keep competing.”
Maddox Mosley led the Panthers with 9 points.

Girls

Newaygo 67 Reed City 24
The newly crowned Champions of the Gold Conference returned to the business of winning Tuesday with a resounding road victory over Reed City. Newaygo outscored the host Coyotes 42 to 14 in the second half to pull away.
Emmerson Goodin continues to elevate her performance on the court as she  led the Lions with 22 points, snared  10 steals and wrestled down 8 rebounds. Jaxi Long also hit for double figures firing in 16 points and dishing out  6 assists.  Lily Swinehart pulled 5 off the glass to go with her 9 points.
Coach Thomasma: “Girls played good defense all night.  It took us a little bit to settle in on offense and hit some shots, once we did we were fine.  Got a tough one coming on Friday against Big Rapids at home to finish the season that we now have to get ready for."
 
 Fremont 54 Chippewa Hills 37
Fremont traveled to Remus Tuesday night to face theWarriors. The Packers took a 16-7 lead after the first quarter, led by Haley Zerlaut scoring the first 7 points for Fremont and Calla Miller adding 5 more in the quarter. The two teams played an even 2nd quarter on the scoreboard, and Fremont led 29-20 at the half. The Packers opened up the lead in the third quarter with a 12-4 advantage to lead 41-24 at the end of the third quarter. The two teams then played another even quarter to set the final score at 54-37. Zerlaut finished with 21 points, while Miller tallied 14 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. The win moved the Packers to 5-11 overall, 5-8 in the conference. They host Central Montcalm for the final regular season game on Friday night.
Coach Zerlaut -- "It was a good team effort tonight. Everyone got at least several minutes of playing time and they all played hard. We didn't shoot the ball exceptionally well, but made up for it with 31 offensive rebounds."
 
Hesperia 72  Lakeview 20
The Panthers blew past Lakeview to post their 4th win in a row. Hesperia jumped off to an 18-3 lead after one and never looked back.
Coach Grodus: “We grabbed the lead early and maintained it for the game. It  was a good performance for us defensively. We got balanced scoring with 3 players in double figures.”
Emily Bayle dropped an even 2 dozen on the Cats while Emmi Tinkham hit for 16 and Emma Joppich fired in 13.

Kent City 65 Morley Stanwood 36
The Eagles remained undefeated and captured the Silver Conference title with the win over Morley. Kenzie Bowers  knocked down 24 points while  Jenna Harrison dropped in a dozen andMaddie Geers hit for 10.

Big Rapids 44 Grant 19

Kent City collects another Silver crown- Photo by Sue Harrison