Pack wins 2, Devs drop 2, Cloud Boys win, Panther Girls fall
BOYS Fremont 53 Shelby 33 Jordon McDonald picked up where he left off last year firing in 25 points snaring a dozen rebounds, rejecting a quintet of Tiger shots and adding 3 steals as the Packers opened the season with a convincing win over the Tigers. Coach Bowen: “We played with good effort but the game was a little sloppy, especially in the first half. I thought we found a little rhythm in the second half, especially Jordon, and we were able to pull away. “We have a lot to work on and clean up, but that's normal for early in the season. We have a lot of positives to take away as well.” Gavin Richards took down a team high 13 boards and added 4 points. Fremont will travel north to Ludington Friday to open conference play against the Orioles. White Cloud 61 Mason County Eastern 45 With all ten players seeing valuable playing time the Cloud gave their fans plenty to cheer about as they opened the season with a win over the Cardinals. Noah Robinson dropped 20 on the visitors with KJ Strait knocking down 15 and Jared Watson scoring an even dozen. Coach Jones: “ Pretty proud of the effort tonight. We still have a lot to clean up before we host Tri County on Friday Night Friday’s matchup with the Vikings will kick off the conference season for both teams. Oakridge 65 Holton 28 The Red Devils had it going early as they jumped out to an early lead on the road. The visitors were up 14-9 after one but then the Eagles regrouped big time and held the Devs to just 14 more points over the next 3 quarters while pouring in 56 to cruise to the conference crossover win. Coach Swanson: “Tonight we were able to find some success early on. Credit to Oakridge for buckling down and creating a lot of turnovers and offensive rebounds which really did us in.” Carter Brant paced the RD scoring hitting for 15 points while Brodrick Fialek worked the glass for 15 boards. Holton will hit the road again Friday when they take on another Eagle team, Fruitport Calvary. GIRLS Fremont 58 Shelby 30 Fremont traveled to Shelby for a WMC crossover game and came home with their first win of the young season over the Tigers. The Packers led 14-6 after the first quarter and then exploded for 21 points in the second quarter to take a 35-13 lead into halftime. They extended that lead with a 16-10 advantage in the third quarter before both teams scored 7 points in the last period to set the final score. Jessica Bennett led a balanced Packers scoring attack with 12 points. Mia Clemence had 9, Khaila Noordyk 8, and Lily VandenBerg 7. Thirteen different Packers players scored on the night. The win improves the Packers to 1-2, 0-1 in the WMC Lakes division. The Tigers fell to 1-2 overall and 0-1 in the WMC Rivers division. Coach Zerlaut -- "We got really good effort again tonight. The difference was that the ball went in the basket more consistently tonight. We got some good results from our pressure defense in the second quarter to open up the score a bit and the girls got into the flow of the game. We got great contributions from a lot of different sources. It was truly a team effort tonight." Oakridge 48 Holton 28 For the second straight game the Red Devils fell victim to the turnover plague late in the game and watched the Eagles run away with the win. Coach Jordan: “When you have more turnovers than shot attempts you will lose every game, we were very careless with the ball, and it turned a close game thru 3 quarters into a blowout. This is the second game where we have not finished the game in the 4th as you would like to. We have to clean this up immediately or it will hurt us all year.” Ryann Robins pulled down a team high 8 boards to go with her 7 points and Abby Fowler led the team in scoring with 8 points while using her defensive skills to pilfer 6 steals. Holton (0-1, 1-2) returns to conference play Thursday as the Spartans of Mason County Central come to town. Lakeview 58 Hesperia 30 The former conference foes squared off in Wildcat country and the hosts held home court nearly doubling the score of the Panthers. It was the third loss in a row for Hespeira after opening the season with a win. Samy Logana reached double figures tallying 11 points while teammate Sky Milner scored 8. Hesperia (0-0, 1-3) will begin play in the WMC Rivers Division Thursday when they host the Norse of North Muskegon.
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