West Michigan Roundup, Thursday 3/25/21
West Michigan Roundup, Thursday 3/25/21
Last night the district semi-finals gave us insane results. Close games took place everywhere with some shocking upsets. First of all in D1, FH Central defeated Northview for the third time this season 56-49 to set up a date with FH Northern in the district title. Muskegon avenged a late-season loss to Reeths-Puffer by defeating them 67-58 and will now face Grand Haven in the title. In the EGR hosted district two great games took place with EGR topping Wyoming 54-52 and Caledonia getting past Ottawa Hills 59-52. In a game with both teams a little shorthanded West Ottawa beat Hudsonville 42-39 in overtime to set up a district final with undefeated Zeeland East. The Kalamazoo area is where some crazy upsets happened including K-Central’s season ending with a 49-47 loss to Portage Northern. The second best team in the SMAC, Gull Lake also lost 48-43 to a BC Central team who had one-win all regular season. The storied career of Thomas Kurowski ended with Sturgis losing 73-69 in overtime to Coldwater. In Division 2 there were a few interesting scores including previously two-win Wayland picking up a victory over Plainwell. In that same district Hopkins upset Otsego 62-61 on a crazy buzzer beater from the corner by Colin Weber. Holland Christian beat a talented Coloma team and will now face Benton Harbor in the district title. Lastly, Edwardsburg lost 60-51 to Buchanan to conclude a horrible night for the Wolverine Conference that went 1-7 on the night. Paw Paw was the lone win for the conference defeating Vicksburg 69-62 in overtime. Moving to Division 3, Marcellus gave Brandywine a strong fight falling 60-51. Centreville was taken to overtime by Union City, but came away with a 61-57 victory.
Best Wins:
- Hopkins over Otsego 62-61
- Parchment over Three Rivers 39-35
- West Ottawa over Hudsonville 42-39 (OT)
COVID-Impacted Upsets:
- BC Central over Gull Lake 48-43
- Portage Northern over K-Central 49-47
Top Performances:
Gavin Etter (Marcellus): 30 pts 6 three’s
Thomas Kurowski (Sturgis): 26 points
Grant Gondrezick II (Lakeshore): 25 points
Jalen Overway (Holland Chr.): 25 points
Daane Harvey (FH Eastern): 25 points
Drew Goodline (Coloma): 25 points
Kendall Smith (Reeths-Puffer): 24 points
Grant Pikkaart (Portage Central): 23 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists
Bradyn Webb (Sturgis): 22 points
Israel Patterson (Comstock): 21 points
Kaden Brown (Catholic C.): 21 points
Koby Vanderwoude (Caledonia): 21 points
Paul Vogeler (Caledonia): 20 points
Jacob Bonnett (FHC): 20 pts
Trip Riemersma (ZE): 20 pts 6 reb
Jordan Briggs (Muskegon): 19 points
Myles Johnson (PN): 19 points
Justin Holtz (Wayland): 18 points
Caleb Bowen (Paw Paw): 18 points
Nate Claerbaut (ZE): 18 pts 11 reb 6 ast 3 block
Nic Stump (GH): 18 points