St. Charles lost 66-57 to Valley Lutheran in boys basketball action Friday night. Valley Lutheran has clinched a tie for the league title. Valley Lutheran was up 24-10 after the first quarter, 38-22 at halftime and 51-37 after the third quarter. St. Charles had scoring advantages of 15-13 and 20-15 in the final two quarters. Kyle Clark had 29 points for St. Charles. James Barber added 12 points.

 

Valley Lutheran improved to 11-0 in the Tri-Valley West and 15-1 overall on Friday with a 66-57 victory over St. Charles Friday night. Valley Lutheran has clinched a tie for the league title. Valley Lutheran was up 24-10 after the first quarter, 38-22 at halftime and 51-37 after the third quarter. St. Charles had scoring advantages of 15-13 and 20-15 in the final two quarters. Josh Appold had 22 points for Valley Lutheran while Marco Anchondo had 14 and Rylan Appold added 11 points.

 

Big Rapids Crossroads fell to 5-10 overall and 4-8 in the West Michigan D League with a 48-45 loss to Manistee Catholic Central on Wednesday. Arron Garland had 18 points for Crossroads. Josh Henderson scored six points.

 

Big Rapids’ girls basketball team improved to 6-11 overall an 6-9 in the league with a 54-38 win over Holton on Thursday. Kailey Hunt had 13 points, 10 rebounds and two blocks while Aliza Hengesbach had 12 points and four steals. Alexis Lyman had eight points and four steals.

 

Morley Stanwood fell to 15-3 overall and 13-3 in the CSAA with a 49-43 loss to Chippewa Hills on Thursday. Morley Stanwood led 16-10 after the first quarter but the Warriors went up 22-20 at halftime and 33-29 after the third quarter.  The Warriors had a 16-14 scoring advantage in the fourth. Mallory Raven scored 12 points for the Mohawks while Brooke Huested had nine points.

 

Chippewa Hills improved to 14-3 overall and 13-3 in the CSAA with a 49-43 victory over Morley Stanwood on Thursday. Morley Stanwood led 16-10 after the first quarter but the Warriors went up 22-20 at halftime and 33-29 after the third quarter. The Warriors had a 16-14 scoring advantage in the fourth. Kendall Boone had 15 points while Hannah Guy scored 14 points for Chip Hills.

 

Belding’s girls basketball team fell to 10-4 overall with an 80-52 loss to Wyoming on Feb. 7. Belding had won six straight prior to the loss. Stefanie Harig had 11 points and two assists for the Redskins. Monica Baylis, McKenzie Breimayer, Peyton Mount and Katie Wood had eight points apiece.

 

Greenville’s girls basketball team improved its record to 12-2 overall and 6-0 in the O-K Bronze with a 49-44 win over Forest Hills Northern on Feb. 7. Landon Kemp had 14 points and four steals for Greenville while Paige Hallock netted 11 points and Leah Somerfield had 10 points and 13 rebounds. Nikota Howe had eight rebounds.

 

Greenville’s boys basketball team fell to 6-7 overall and 2-3 in the O-K Bronze with a 63-47 loss on Feb. 7 to Forest Hills Northern. Ian Cooper had 14 points for Greenville which is 2-3 in the league.

 

Central Montcalm improved to 7-6 overall with a 48-47 CSAA boys basketball victory Feb. 7 over Holton. Lane Ledford had 19 points and 10 rebounds and also hit the game-winning 3-pointer as time was about to expire. Gabe Nichols had eight points and nine rebounds.