Four boys basketball games involving West Michigan Conference teams and one girls contest were played Monday night.
Here is a roundup of games from Monday (Jan. 23), plus one girls contest from Saturday (Jan. 21):
MONDAY, JAN. 23
BOYS BASKETBALL
NORTH MUSKEGON 57, MUSKEGON HEIGHTS ACADEMY 54: North Muskegon pulled out a nice nonleague road win on the strength of a 16-9 third-quarter scoring advantage and Jaxon Lisinki’s 3-pointer with about three minutes remaining in the game.
North Muskegon leaders:
Sam Gallo 13 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists
Troy McManus 12 points
James Young 12 points, 5 rebounds
Jaxon Lisinski 11 points
Muskegon Heights leader:
Jaquan Matthews 29 points
Records:
North Muskegon 10-2 (4-2 WMC Rivers)
Muskegon Heights 1-8 (independent)
FREMONT 72, MASON COUNTY CENTRAL 61: Visiting Fremont used a 22-6 second-quarter scoring advantage en route to earning a nice WMC nondivisional road victory.
Fremont leaders:
Jordon McDonald 23 points, 8 rebounds
Chaz Miller 20 points, 8 assists
Gavin Richards 15 points, 8 rebounds
MCC leaders:
Will Chye 19 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists
Jayden Perrone 17 points, 6 rebounds
Records:
Fremont 6-4 (3-3 WMC Lakes)
Mason County Central 9-2 (5-1 WMC Rivers)
RAVENNA 88, HOLTON 43: Visiting Ravenna led 21-14 after one quarter and broke open the game with a 22-10 second-quarter scoring advantage in this WMC Rivers Division contest. The Bulldogs hit 13 3-pointers in the game.
Ravenna leaders:
Caleb Forsythe 23 points
Wyatt Young 16 points
Drew Mabrito 11 points
Holton leaders:
Carter Brant 18 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists
Brodrick Fialek 14 points, 5 rebounds
Chase Albright 5 rebounds
Records:
Ravenna 4-7 (3-3 WMC Rivers)
Holton 0-12 (0-6 WMC Rivers)
HESPERIA 66, MASON COUNTY EASTERN 59: Host Hesperia earned its second victory of the year in a complete team effort, offsetting a big night by Mason County Eastern’s Clayton Shoup.
Hesperia leaders:
Ian Fox 20 points
Maddox Mosley 19 points
Mason County Eastern leader:
Clayton Shoup 45 points
Records:
Hesperia 3-9 (1-5 WMC Rivers)
Mason County Eastern 1-9 (1-6 West Michigan “D” League)
GIRLS BASKETBALL
WESTERN MICHIGAN CHRISTIAN 59, RAVENNA 23: Visiting Western Michigan Christian jumped on Ravenna with a 22-2 first quarter and cruised to the nonleague victory.
WMC leaders:
Ashley Folkema 23 points
Kate Derdowski 10 points
Ravenna leader:
Emma Gillard 9 points
Records:
Western Michigan Christian 7-5 (independent)
Ravenna 4-7 (2-4 WMC Rivers)
SATURDAY, JAN. 21
GIRLS BASKETBALL
WHITEHALL 52, NORTH MUSKEGON 28: Several players made contributions for host Whitehall in this Saturday matinee against North Muskegon in a WMC nondivisional contest.
Whitehall leaders:
Onnyka Dempsey 21 points, 4 steals, 3 assists, 2 rebounds, 1 block
Hailey Carnes 10 points, 8 steals, 3 rebounds, 1 block
Autumn Ferris 6 points, 10 rebounds
Lucy Zamojcin 8 rebounds
Lexi Daggett 8 rebounds
Sidney Shepherd 6 rebounds
North Muskegon leaders:
Kaylee Martin 8 points, 3 assists
Grace Philpot 6 points
Francine Vinson 6 rebounds
Lucy Fricke 5 rebounds
Records:
Whitehall 6-6 (2-5 WMC Lakes)
North Muskegon 3-9 (2-4 WMC Rivers)
