The talents of west Michigan girls basketball were on full display Tuesday night. Kent City traveled an hour south to face Schoolcraft in the quarterfinal for a second year in a row, Rockford welcomed East Lansing just down the road at Calvin University and West Catholic faced undefeated Edwardsburg in Wayland. A year after Kent… Read More Clean Sweep for Area Girls Basketball
The gym was electric on Tuesday night in Grand Haven, MI. Elite basketball talent was on display all evening and four teams entered the confines of Grand Haven High School with plans to leave with berths into the regional championship. The unfortunate nature of the post-season meant that two teams would be leaving empty-handed. Wyoming… Read More Northview Advances to Face West Ottawa
Despite a very aggressive Covenant Christian team, the Eagles continued their journey towards the grand prize, a State High School Championship. Covenant Christian led most of the first quarter, with the Eagles trailing close behind. But soon the tide changed and the Eagles took off. Lexi Bowers finished with 19 points, but it was Madelyn… Read More Kent City Eagles Continue Journey
There is an old adage in basketball: end on a make. The quip relates to players’ seeming necessity to not end a shooting session or practice until they can end on a made basket. The final score did not reflect the outcome the Eagles had hoped it would as Grass Lake held on for the… Read More Kent City Returns with State Finalist Trophy in Tow
Kent City achieved the seemingly impossible task of holding a quarterfinal qualifying opponent to zero points for an entire quarter to open their Elite 8 contest with Schoolcraft High School on Monday night. The teams met in Portage and filled “The Igloo” with hopeful fans and players a single game away from a trip to… Read More Kent City Punches Ticket to Final Four over Schoolcraft
The 2021 senior class of girls basketball players at Kent City has been on the right side of quite a few wins in the past four years. The Division 3 District 74 championship game on Friday night was yet another notch in that long list of victories the Eagles have claimed during that span and… Read More 4th Time’s the Charm… Again
Friday night was humming in Zeeland as the Big Reds of Muskegon came to town to face off with the Zeeland East Chix women’s basketball team on Senior Night. Senior night festivities had no sooner ended than the Chix found themselves in a deficit and serious foul trouble with senior forwards Shelby Ulven and Audrey… Read More Zeeland East Sends Seniors Out with a Win Over Muskegon
The Morley Stanwood Mohawks and Kent City Eagles put on a great performance in “The Nest” at Kent City High School on Wednesday night. The Mohawks looked prepped to put a stamp on things with a full quarter to go, but some costly turnovers and some desperation play on Kent City’s end made things interesting… Read More Morley Stanwood Boys Win on the Road in Kent City
The #2 ranked Division 3 Kent City varsity girls basketball team got their first test of the season last night when fellow CSAA conference power, Morley Stanwood, came to town. While Kent City has run through the competition so far this season, their schedule gets intentionally harder in the coming weeks with contests against Morley… Read More Kent City Girls Withstand Mohawk Surge to Remain Unbeaten