St. Louis’ boys basketball team fell to 3-5 with a 79-22 loss to Carrollton on Tuesday. Carrollton outscored the Sharks 30-2 in the first quarter and 27-11 in the second quarter for a 57-12 halftime lead. Carrollton outscored St. Louis 15-8 and 7-3 in the final two quarters.

 

Parker Morris had nine points and Nole Bailey five points for St. Louis.

Carrollton improved to 6-2 with a 79-22 trouncing over St. Louis on Tuesday. Carrolton outscored the Sharks 30-2 in the first quarter and 27-11 in the second quarter for a 57-12 halftime lead. Carrollton outscored St. Louis 15-8 and 7-3 in the final two quarters.

 

Tommie Henderson had 21 points, nine rebounds and four steals for Carrollton while Henry Speight scored 17 points and Justin Cotton had 11 points, six assists and nine steals for Carrollton.

 

Belding lost to Comstock Park 83-49 in boys basketball action on Friday. It was tied 17-17 after the first quarter but Comstock Park had scoring advantages of 26-7, 20-12 and 20-13 n the next three quarters. Garrett Strotheide scored 17 points and Kole Hart had 13 points for Belding while Tye Wittenbach had seven. Strotheide had five 3-pointers and Hart had two.

St. Louis fell to 3-5 with a 70-55 home loss Friday to Saginaw Valley Lutheran.

 

Valley Lutheran was up 20-9 after the first quarter, 35-26 at halftime and 49-41 after the third quarter and outscored the Sharks 21-14 in the final eight minutes. Parker Morris had 15 points and John Sherwood added eight points for St. Louis.

Saginaw Valley Lutheran improved to 8-0 overall and 5-0 in the Tri-Valley West with a 70-55 victory at St. Louis Friday night.

 

Valley Lutheran was up 20-9 after the first quarter, 35-26 at halftime and 49-41 after the third quarter and outscored the Sharks 21-14 in the final eight minutes. Rylan Appold scored 24 points for Valley Lutheran while Derrick Yurgens added 11 points and Josh Appold had nine points and nine rebounds.

 

Chesaning’s boys basketball team fell to 0-6 with a 44-27 loss to Shepherd in Wednesday boys basketball play. Jacob Gross scored nine points, followed by Drew Eastwood with six points, Brett Collins with five points and Cari Bates with four points for Chesaning.

 

Shepherd improved to 2-5 overall with a 44-27 win over Chesaning in Wednesday boys basketball action. Shepherd had quarter leads of 6-5, 20-10 and 29-16, and had a 15-11 scoring edge in the final quarter. Jesse Holmes scored 13 points for Shepherd, followed by Andrew Sura with nine points, Mason Brannigan with eight points, Toren Sanchez with five points and Lucas Doyle with four.

Big Rapids Crossroads is 2-4 overall and 2-3 in the WMD League after a 50-49 loss to Manistee Catholic Central on Saturday. The game was tied 44-44 going into overtime.

 

Joe Balanda had 12 points and eight rebounds for Crossroads. Justin Thorne added nine points while Larumie Goette had nine points and seven rebounds.

 

Big Rapids’ girls basketball team fell to 3-5 overall and 3-3 in the Central State Activities Association with a 62-55 loss to Holton Monday night. Chloe Kinnally had 18 points for Big Rapids while Alexis Lyman put in 10 points. Alexis Pylman had 13 rebounds and three steals. Aliza Hengesbach had six rebounds and three steals for Big Rapids.

Big Rapids Crossroads defeated Evart on Monday in girls basketball action 50-30.

 

Crossroads was up 33-11 at halftime. Malory Carlson led the Cougars with 22 points, 11 rebounds, five steals and four assists while Kaitlyn Reed had eight points and four rebounds. Aubrey Angell had five steals.