West Michigan Roundup, Thursday 12/23/21

West Michigan Roundup, Thursday 12/23/21

Christmas Eve Eve featured four local matchups across West Michigan including the Cornerstone Silver Division championship.

• Allendale 65, Whitehall 35

Allendale defeated Whitehall in their first game of the season following a cancellation against Hopkins last week. The Falcons were in control the entire game leading 33-10 at halftime. Leading Allendale was Ethan Impens with 11 points and Easton Tolson with 10 points.

• Grandville 71, NorthPointe 58

In the 3rd place game of the Cornerstone Silver Division, Grandville defeated NorthPointe Christian. Senior guard Brayden Gable had an outstanding game with 20 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. Sophomore forward Cam Regnerus also had a breakout game with 18 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Rounding it out for the Bulldogs was Tyson Mann with 16 points. NorthPointe was led by senior Brayden Wilkerson with 24 points. Grandville improves to 4-1 and opens OK Red play on Jan. 7 at Jenison. NorthPointe drops to 1-4 and will begin their OK Silver play on Jan. 7 at Kelloggsville.

• Northview 85, Lansing Catholic 63

Once again Northview rolled through their opponent in the Cornerstone Silver Division finals. Northview is now 4-0 and will begin the gauntlet of the OK White on Jan. 7. It was Belmont signee Kyler Vanderjagt leading the way with 28 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 assists. Jalen Charity added 16 points, 7 assists, and 5 rebounds while sophomore EJ Ryans had 13 points. Lansing Catholic star Alex Watters had 27 points in defeat.

Game I Attended:

Wyoming 79, FH Central 74

The (2-0) Rangers of FHC traveled to Wyoming to take on the (2-2) Wolves. It’s still very early in the season, but Wyoming has already been battle-tested with close losses to Northview and South Christian. The Wolves looked to notch their signature win of the early season. It was a shootout early with both teams tied 38-38 at halftime. Wyoming had held a 27-22 lead in the second quarter, but it dwindled down to 0 at half. In the third quarter, Wyoming began to separate from FHC led by Jaleil Holt’s 7 Q3 points while playing in foul trouble. The Wolves had their largest lead of the game at 10 points (56-46), but FHC crawled back to trail by six heading into the final quarter. Wyoming’s lead evaporated with FHC trailing 61-60 with 5:20 remaining. Jacob Bonnett could have tied the game but only split a pair at the line. The Wolves went on an immediate 9-2 run to take control of the game once again. The Wolves would win the game 79-74 to improve to 3-2. Wyoming did a great job on the offensive glass providing many second-chance opportunities. FHC on the other hand struggled to rebound and had some careless turnovers that cost them the game. Leading Wyoming was Qua’dir Hatchett and Ramere Draper both with 22 points while Jaleil Holt added 13 points. On the FHC side Jacob Bonnett scored 29 points, Conner Milton had 18 points, and sophomore transfer Jonas VanderWoude had 13 points on 3-4 from 3PT range.