Tuesday Hoop Shots

Photo by Bobbi Cruzan

Tigers Sweep Lions, Cards Sweep Cloud, Pack Fall To Eagles

Girls

Grant 40 Newaygo 19
The Tigers remained undefeated as they took a 22-9 lead at the half and kept control of the game in the second to post their 4th straight win.
Lion Coach Thomasma: "Effort is there from the girls but we just have to continue to get better on the offensive end of the floor.”
Despite the win Tiger Coach Delamater could see the need for improvement. 
“We did not play well on the offensive side of the ball tonight. We had too many unforced turnovers and looked out of place all night.”
Julie Ashbaugh canned a game high 18 for Grant. Maria Riddering paced the Lions with 9 points, 5 boards and 5 steals.
Newaygo drops to 2-3 (1-2)
Grant improves to 4-0 (3-0)

Big Rapids 59 White Cloud 18
The visiting Cardinals powered past the Cloud building a 21-7 lead after one and by intermission BR was up 18 points.
Coach Wilk: “We had moments where we looked really good, and we have areas that we need to work on. To compete with the top teams in the area we need to play a full game, and that did not happen tonight.”
Brooke Ringler led the hosts in scoring with 5 points and Gracy Holmes put together a strong game on both ends of the court.

Boys

Grant 73 Newaygo 66
When these schools meet in sporting competition you can count on a game filled with emotion and the desire to capture bragging rights in this rivalry for the ages.
Tuesday’s game did not disappoint
The Tigers jumped off to a 5 point lead after one and by the time intermission arrived the visitors increased their lead to 45-35.The Lions fought back in the third pulling to within three entering the final frame.The teams battled down the stretch but the Tigers hit the shots they needed to keep the Lions at bay and came away with a big conference win. 
 Newaygo was led by Caris Nelson who knocked down 17 points while dishing 6 assists, Blake Kerr who hit for 12 points and gathered 8 rebounds, and Josiah Long who added 10 points.
 Zaiden Phillips led the Tigers with 21 points, followed by Lucas Swanon with 13.  Oakley Obenauf, Blake Rider and Ethan DeLong chipped in 11 each.

Oakridge 65 Fremont 51.  
After seeing their 6 game win streak snapped in a trip to Ludington, the Eagles got back on the winning track when they visited Fremont. The Packers are still looking to snap a losing streak that reached 5 in the conference loss to Oakridge.
Coach Bowen: “.We got off to a good start and led by 3 going into halftime.  The Eagles caught fire from beyond the arc in the second half and we were not able to make enough shots to keep up.  We fought hard, and it was a much improved effort compared to our last game.”
 Gavin Richards paced the Pack with 16 points, Will DeBlake hit for  14 and Chaz Miller finished with an even dozen.

Big Rapids 61 White Cloud 48
The two teams went back and forth in this rugged conference contest but the Cards caught fire in the 4th to pull out the win.
Coach Jones: “Another great game for three and a half quarters and then we ran out of steam. Proud of how hard we played tonight but we just couldn't get anything to fall down the stretch.” 

Photo by Bobbi Cruzan