The Martin girls’ varsity basketball squad won yet another Division 4 district championship Friday night by defeating a Byron Center Zion Christian team that sported a 12-1 overall record.
Senior center Natalie Yowler got the Lady Clippers off to a hot start by notching her season high in the first quarter, scoring 10 of Martin’s first 14 points.
Bri Warner locked down Zion’s key senior Kelly Leep, holding her to 12 points. Efforts by Maddy Bogdan, Gracie Shettler, and others limited Kendra Leep to only 5 points.
Shettler led all scorers with 13 points, followed by Yowler and freshman Makala Goddard, who scored 10 apiece.
The Lady Clippers, now 9-5 on the season overall, will play an old nemesis, Walkerville, 11-5, at 7 p.m. Mendon High School Monday night in the regional opener. Walkerville was the team that defeated Martin in the state Class D championship game in 1987.