Greenville’s boys basketball team lost to Holland West Ottawa 83-72 on Tuesday. The Yellow Jackets are 5-4. Parker Syrjala led Greenville with 25 points while Cooper had 19 points and Stephen Roy added 11 points.

 

Area Class D girls basketball teams have gained recognition this week by the Associated Press. Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart is ranked 15th and Middleton Fulton 16th.

 

Area Class C girls basketball teams have gained recognition this week by the Associated Press. Reese is No. 1 at 10-0 while Hemlock is No. 2 at 9-0, Saginaw Nouvel No. 6 at 7-3 and St. Louis No. 10 at 8-1. Morley Stanwood is 11th, Pewamo-Westphalia 12th and New Lothrop 19th.

 

Area Class B girls basketball teams have gained recognition this week by the Associated Press. That includes Flint Powers Catholic which is second at 11-1, Midland Bullock Creek fifth at 8-1, Eaton Rapids eighth at 8-3, Portland ninth at 8-2 and Wayland 10th at 8-2. Also, Charlotte is 14th, Clare 15th and Freeland 22nd.

 

 

Area Class A girls basketball teams have gained recognition this week by the Associated Press. That includes DeWitt which, with a 9-1 record, is ranked No. 1. Bloomfield Hills Marian is ranked first in the state at 11-0 and Detroit Martin Luther King second at 10-1. Midland at 8-1 is ranked fifth. Holt is ranked 10th, Grand Ledge 11th, Haslett 13th and Okemos 20th.

 

 

Saginaw Swan Valley defeated Alma 66-57 in girls basketball action on Tuesday. Swan Valley was up 21-11 after the first quarter and 42-28 at halftime. Alma cut the deficit with a 14-5 advantage in the third quarter. Swan Valley put the game away with a 19-15 scoring edge in the final quarter. Lauren Addy scored 24 points and had nine rebounds and four assists for Swan Valley while Sarah Addy scored 17 points and had five steals, and Kayla Fong and Jenna Stevenson both added 11. Stevenson had five rebounds apiece.

 

Maddy Seeley scored 30 points for Alma on Tuesday in a 66-57 loss to Saginaw Swan Valley. Swan Valley was up 21-11 after the first quarter and 42-28 at halftime. Alma cut the deficit with a 14-5 advantage in the third quarter. Swan Valley put the game away with a 19-15 scoring edge in the final quarter. Also for Alma, Lexi Morton and Kendall Vedrode had eight points and Kenzie Seeley added seven points.

 

Alma’s girls basketball team came up with a 19-10 scoring advantage in the final quarter to edge Caro 48-45 Thursday night in girls basketball. Alma was up 14-11 after the first quarter, and 25-24 at halftime but trailed 11-4 after the third quarter. Maddy Seeley scored 22 points for Alma while Kenzie Seeley added 12. Sydney McCarthy and Lexi Morton scored four points apiece.

 

Alma fell to Saginaw Swan Valley 67-58 in boys basketball action Tuesday. Swan Valley was up 21-7 after the first quarter but Alma had a 21-7 advantage in the second quarter for a 28-28 halftime tie. Both teams scored 16 points in the third quarter.  Curtis Doyle had five field goals and was 8-of-12 from the floor to score 18 points for Alma while Dylan Carl added 11 points and Darren Olejniczak added 10 points. Matt Young and Ryan Cornejo had nine and six points respectively.

 

Saginaw Swan Valley’s boys basketball team defeated Alma 67-58 in action on Tuesday, thanks to a 23-12 advantage in the final quarter. Swan Valley was up 21-7 after the first quarter but Alma had a 21-7 advantage in the second quarter for a 28-28 halftime tie. Both teams scored 16 points in the third quarter. Preston Joiner led Swan Valley with 20 points, followed by Brock Notter with 14, Nick Call with 12, Garrett Preston with 10 and Nate Fries with six.