Local Sports: SMCC spreads wealth in season-opening win
Everyone shared in the fun.
All 14 active players on the St. Mary Catholic Central roster scored Monday night as the Falcons opened their boys basketball season with a 76-42 win.
SMCC led 16-8 after one quarter, then really poured it on in the second period by outscoring their guests 28-4. It was 44-12 at the half and 62-18 at the end of three.
Buddy Snodgrass got the Falcons started with 8 of his game-high 15 points in the first period, then Michael Laboe nailed four 3-pointers in the second quarter to account for all 12 of his points.
Trent Zachel added 8 points and John Illes and Patrick Lipford 6 apiece.
The most points SMCC scored in a game last season was 67.
SMCC | 16 | 28 | 18 | 14 | – | 76 |
L. Westland | 8 | 4 | 6 | 24 | – | 42 |
SMCC: Foster 2 (1) 0-0 5, Illes 2 2-2 6, Kuehnlein 0 1-3 1, Snodgrass 6 3-3 15, Kinsey 2 0-0 4, Terrasi 1 (1) 0-0 3, Lipford 2 2-2 6, Chinavare 1 0-0 2, Laboe 4 (4) 0-0 12, Martin 1 (1) 0-0 3, Zachel 3 2-2 8, Boberg 2 1-2 5, Vuich 1 0-0 2, Treece 2 0-0 4. Totals 29 (7) 11-14 76.
LUTHERAN WESTLAND: Meister 2 (1) 0-0 5, Rooker 4 (4) 0-0 12, Fontaine 5 (3) 4-5 17, Cafallo 2 (2) 0-0 6, Rakovalis 1 0-0 2. Totals 14 (10) 4-5 42.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Milan drops two
PETOSKEY − Milan dropped a pair of games this past weekend at the Petoskey Invitational, falling to the host school 66-26 on Friday and Grandville 61-34 Saturday.
Milan fell behind for good in both games after tough second quarters. The Big Reds were held scoreless in the second against Petsokey and had just 2 points in the period against Grandville.
Markeyla McCray led Milan (0-3) with 12 points against Petoskey. Malea Wourman had 15 against Grandville.
Petoskey | 11 | 17 | 16 | 22 | − | 66 |
Milan | 11 | 0 | 7 | 8 | − | 26 |
PETOSKEY: Matelski 5 (1) 1-2 12, Bromley 3 2-2 8, Wegmann 2 (2) 0-0 6, Crittenden 0 0-1 0, Lee 0 0-2 0, Matthews 0 2-2 2, Wegmann 1 (1) 0-0 3, Cevey 1 0-0 2, E. Guy 1 (1) 0-0 3, C. Guy 5 (1) 2-2 13, Stulzenfels 2 (1) 2-2 7, Trudeau 3 4-5 10
MILAN: M. McCray 4 (3) 1-2 12, Wourman 0 3-8 3, Hatfield 2 (1) 0-0 5, Stines 0 6-8 6, Knox 0 0-5 0. Totals 6 (4) 9-23 26
Grandville | 16 | 14 | 14 | 17 | − | 61 |
Milan | 6 | 2 | 10 | 16 | − | 34 |
GRANDVILLE: Rakosky 5 (1) 0-0 11, McKellar 2 2-2 6, Fisher 5 0-1 10, Williams 2 2-5 6, Verwys 1 0-0 2, Heyboer 3 1-2 7, Schondel 1 (1) 0-0 3, Garang 2 0-0 4, Gregwer 5 (1) 0-0 11, Lozano 0 1-2 1. Totals 26 (3) 6-12 61.
MILAN: McCray 3 2-7 8, McDaniel 0 1-2 1, Beck 2 0-4 4, Wourman 6 (1) 2-3 15, Hatfield 1 (1) 0-2 3, Knox 1 1-2 3. Totals 13 (2) 6-20 34.
BOWLING
Strong start for champs
FLAT ROCK – The defending champions picked up where they left off last season as the Huron League bowling season opened Monday at Flat Rock Lanes.
New Boston Huron’s boys got 200-plus games from Hayden Williams (244), Brad Hughes (235, 222), Tyler Toth (211) and Nick Suemnick (204) to roll over Riverview 22-8.
On the girls side, Airport was dominant in a 29-1 victory over Jefferson. Ryan Giese led the way with games of 196 and 179 for a 375 series. Callie Calvin shot 188 and 164 for Jefferson.
In other boys matches Airport got a 243 and 191 to overcome a 242-246 from Gabe Cadle in a 28-2 win over Jefferson, Isaac Arrendondo led Flat Rock past Dundee 29-1, and Milan blanked St. Mary Catholic Central 30-0 behind big days from Max Jenness (226-208) and Aaron Reutter (209-206).
Liberty Ostrander led Dundee to a 28-2 win over Flat Rock, Rachel Peladeau shot 201 for Milan in a 27-3 triumph over SMCC, and Veronica Richardson was the top shooter as Huron dispatched Riverview 29-1.
JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL
Airport drops opener
TECUMSEH – Lance Choike and Aidyn Stahr scored 10 points each, but Airport fell 39-30 to Tecumseh in its season opener Monday.
Tecumseh also won the freshman game 53-22. Ryan Burgor scored 6 points to lead Airport.
MIDDLE SCHOOL BASKETBALL
Miller delivers win
TEMPERANCE – Corbin Miller made a free throw with no time left on the clock to give Bedford’s eighth-grade team an 18-17 win over Chelsea Monday.
Evan Gartee made two 3-pointers and hit 6-of-7 free throws for Bedford.
The seventh graders improved to 9-1 with a 25-18 victory.
ADULT SOCCER
Bello scores four
Habeeb Bello scored four goals and Gerardo Melgarejo added two goals to lead Athletico to a 7-3 win over La-Z-Ballers in the Monroe Indoor Coed Soccer League Sunday at LevelUp Training Center.
This article originally appeared on The Monroe News: Local Sports: SMCC spreads wealth in season-opening win
