Caledonia, a Division 1 school, pinned the first loss of the season on the Wayland girls’ basketball team Tuesday evening.
The homestanding Fighting Scots prevailed 54-47, lowering Wayland’s overall record this season to 3-1.
The Wildcats fell behind in the early going, trailing by as many as 16 points, and their comeback was the classic too little, too late. A lot of bench players saw action in the first couple of periods that made the comeback even more difficult.
Wayland managed only one three-point field goal in that, that by Rae Stallard.
Senior Harmony Laker again led the offensive effort with 16 points, including six free throws. Addie Sikorsky scored eight points and Izzy Johnson dropped in six.
Allegan 22 Martin 19
It also wasn’t a particularly good night for the Martin girls, as their offensive troubles continued in a 22-19 defeat at the hands of Allegan.
Coach Ben Schipper said, “Tonight was another major offensive struggle for us. Allegan really packed their zone in tonight and swarmed the ball anytime we had high post touches. We struggled to even get shots off and just weren’t making good basketball decisions.
“We lost way too many possessions to turnovers. Maggie Jager and Marybeth Ritchie had some aggressive moments in the post tonight which I was pleased with. We wanted to attack Allegan’s interior defense and we capitalized on it several times, but it just wasn’t enough.”
The Clippers managed to make only 6 of 18 free throw attempts.
Maggie Jager and Alley both led Martin offensively with five points apiece.
Martin next will play Saugatuck.
Hamilton 43 Hopkins 33
The homestanding Hawkeyes scored a 10-point nonleague victory to drop the Lady Vinings’ overasll season record to 1-2.
Hastings 50 Hopkins 38
Hopkins varsity boys basketball lost at home to nonleague opponent Hastings.. The Vikings managed to take a one-pint lead at the half, by the Saxons prevailed in the latter 16 minutes of the ballgame, with the worst of it showing up in the third quarter.
“We had a very difficult third quarter tonight, where we just couldn’t get a shot to fall,” remarked coach Jake Jewett. “Give Hastings credit, as they knocked down some outside shots and also took advantage of some size inside. We need to regroup and figure out a way to stay consistent throughout a whole game.”
Cruz Hitzler led Hopkins in scoring with 24 points.
The Vikings’next game is at home this week Thursday vs. Grand River Preparatory.
Sacred Heart Academy 46 Martin 45
Martin’s overall season record slipped to 2-3 Tuesday night when the Clippers were edged by one point against Sacred Heart Academy. Further details were not available.
