Tuesday Hoop Roundup

Girls: Spartans End Cloud Streak, Devils Take Trophy
Boys: Tigers Roar Past RD’s 

GIRLS

Mason County Central 57 White Cloud 18 
Oof! 
A battle of unbeatens from the WMC and the CSAA turned out to be a decidedly one sided affair as the visiting Spartans dismantled their hosts, dominating play from the tipoff to the final buzzer. The loss at home ends the Cloud’s season opening winning streak at 4.
Coach Wilk: “Tonight we played a very well balanced team, but this game was not a great representation of White Cloud Basketball. Offensively, MCC made a lot of shots, and they played really tight defense. To beat a team like that our team needed to be fundamentally sound and play with heart. I know we were lacking in both categories tonight. 
“Luckily it is still early in the season, and we have a lot of time to improve. We might not have given MCC the fight that we could have, but we will find it. MCC jumped out to a 14 to 5 lead at the end of the first quarter, and they never took their foot off the gas pedal.
Gaby Reeve paced the scoring for the hosts finishing with 9 points and Jaden Gomez managed to hit for 7. 
White Cloud (1-0, 4-1) will return to conference play Friday when they host Central Montcalm (2-0, 3-2)

 
Holton 57 Hesperia 12
The two neighbors and longtime competitors in Girls basketball began a new era in their rivalry with the introduction of The Battle of M-120 with the winning team holding possession of the newly created traveling trophy.
The Red Devils set first claim to the bragging rights as they took control early with an 18-2 first quarter run and never let the Panthers back into the game.
Coach Jordan: “It was nice to start this tradition off with a win, and we needed one. Coming off 3 straight losses it’s always good to get back in the win column.  I challenged my team defensively at the beginning of the game,  and I’m happy with the result.  We have to be a defensive team first and foremost if we want to have a good season… we are not built  to have shootouts. .. so we need to keep that mindset for the rest of the year. 
“We are hoping to get another victory on Thursday at Muskegon Catholic Central but it will be our defensive effort that will determine that. Every game is gonna be a fight for us this year and that has been the point of emphasis. We have to earn every win.” 
Ryann Robins had a big night for the Devs knocking down 20 points, grabbing a dozen off the glass and tossing in 3 steals for good measure. Abbie Fowler fired in 11 points, dished out 5 dimes and pilfered the Panthers for 8 steals and Layla Cannady dropped a dozen on the hosts.
Grace Weberg and Samy Logana paced the Panther scoring finishing with 4 points apiece while Alana Nadjovic took down a team high 6 boards. Logana added a pair of assists to the scorebook as well.
Holton (1-2, 2-3) heads to Muskegon Catholic on Thursday while Hesperia (0-2, 1-5) continues conference play Friday when they travel to Shelby (2-1, 3-2)

BOYS

Grant 59 Holton 20
The Tigers took an early lead then really opened it up in the second quarter outscoring the Red Devils 25-9 and hit intermission with a 39-14 edge.Grant’s balanced offensive attack and defensive pressure delivered their 3rd straight win of the season.
Coach Swanson: “Grant put it on us good tonight.  I'm looking forward to seeing more resilience from our team for the rest of the season.”
Ten Tigers got into the scorebook led by Oakley Obenauf who popped in 13 points and Austin Whitney who tallied 10. Lucas Swanson hit for 9 point and Zaiden Phillips finished with a half dozen.
The Red Devils got 9 points and 7 boards from Brodrick Fialek and Chase Albright also collected 7 rebounds.
Grant (1-0, 3-1) will travel to Reed City for a Friday game while Holton (0-0, 0-3) plays their first conference game as a member of the WMC when the face Rivers Division rival Mason County Central at home Thursday.

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