Weekend Hoops: Comets enjoy homecoming sweep; other teams celebrate winter homecoming
HILLSDALE COUNTY — This weekend, a few Hillsdale County high school basketball teams celebrated their homecoming weeks with Friday night or Saturday night games to mixed results.
Jonesville sweeps homecoming night
The Jonesville boys and girls basketball teams played back-to-back matchups to celebrate their homecoming on Friday night.
The Comet girls basketball team took the court first and defeated Quincy 36-30 for their eighth win of the season.
Senior Lyra Nichols had 12 points, nine rebounds, five steals and two assists. Junior Haley Mach had nine points and three steals. Senior and Homecoming Queen Gracen Hager had six points and three rebounds. Korra Estel sank five free throws and had two assists.
The game was followed by the Comet boys team's matchup with Vandercook Lake. The Comets rebounded from their loss to Napoleon earlier in the week with a 60-40 shut down of Vandercook Lake.
Senior Gavin Van Kampen had another double-double performance for his season, grabbing 10 rebounds and scoring 13. Drew Bradley looks to continue improving and has been a key asset for the group late into the season, adding 13 points of his own. Warrick Elder had 11 points and freshman Caleb Blonde had 11 points. The team improved to 11-4 overall, 8-3 in the conference.
Senior girls basketball athlete Gracen Hager was named Homecoming Queen alongside senior Comet David Fowler (2023 honorable mention dream team cross country athlete).
With the two wins, both Comet teams are undefeated heading into a tough week of games. The boys hoops squad will play Manchester on the road and face Addison to end the week. The girls hoops squad takes on Brooklyn Columbia Central, who leads the league, on Tuesday night on the road before hosting Addison at home.
Pittsford girls hoops wins Friday, boys hoops drops Saturday game on homecoming weekend
Pittsford celebrated their own homecoming with a Saturday night showdown between Jackson Christian and the Wildcat boys basketball team. But before the boys took the court, the Wildcat girls team won a road trip to North Adams-Jerome by a final score of 68-16.
Pittsford senior Halle Clark led the team with junior Ava Mallar, both each scoring 20 points. Mallar had three triples in the game. Riley McCumber had two triples of her own and a total of 16 points. Karley Embach had eight points.
The girls basketball team improved to 10-2 overall and they will await a home game against Hillsdale Academy on Feb. 2.
The Pittsford boys basketball team held their rescheduled homecoming game the following night but fell to Jackson Christian in a 33-29 final.
Senior Gavyn Carden had 10 points. Jacob Drawe had seven points. Senior Mason Payne had six points.
The team is 7-6 overall on the season and they start a tough week of games that include Burr Oak and Hillsdale Academy.
Pittsford girls basketball senior Shelby Bryner was named Homecoming Queen alongside Pittsford boys hoops senior Bryce Williams as Homecoming King.
Reading drops game to Springport on homecoming night
The Reading Rangers held their homecoming on Friday night, and despite a strong first half, the boys basketball team was unable to keep up with a talented Springport squad.
The Rangers were down 31-23 at the half, and they had closed the gap to start the third quarter, but the Spartans rebounded some missed 3-pointers to pull back out and away from the Rangers.
Brady Kling led the Rangers on his senior homecoming night with 14 points. Brayden Wright had eight points. Senior Nate Robbins had seven points.
Kling was named the Homecoming Queen alongside Homecoming Queen Alexis Lortie.
Score Roundup
Boys Basketball: Will Carleton Academy 82, Marshall Academy 53
WCA has won 7 in a row. Tyler Barnes had a double-double of 21 points, 12 rebounds. Thomas Maier had his third game of 20 points in a row and dished out nine assists. Maier set a new school record for steals with 13 in last week's game against Pansophia Academy.
Tyler Slade: 13 points, 10 rebounds double-double
Girls Basketball: WCA 17, Marshall Academy 13
The team has won two of their last three games.
Girls Basketball: Hillsdale Academy 30, Camden-Frontier 19
Now 8-4, the Colts have won six in a row. Ava King had a double-double of 14 points and 10 rebounds. Angela Alvarez had six points and three rebounds. Lydia Jackson had four points and one assist.
Girls Basketball: Jackson Christian 33, Litchfield 22
The Terriers stay at .500 with a 5-5 record.
This article originally appeared on Hillsdale Daily News: Weekend Hoops: Comets enjoy homecoming Friday night sweep
