Opening Night Ballers

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This week marked the beginning of high school girls basketball. Despite the late start to the season and the reduced practice time, a lot of kids showed all the hard work from the fall and summer. There are a couple of stat lines that say 12-10-3; the numbers mean points, rebounds, and assists (unless I put steals in parentheses).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='424145' first='Halen' last='McLaughlin'] from Meridian had a monster game. Kid dropped 30 points, half of her team's points</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Amari'a Campbell</strong> from Bay City Central dropped 17 points in a near upset of Clio.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Hannah Lozana scored 15 points to lead Clio in that aforementioned game.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Freeland's<strong> Karie Keefer</strong> had a monster double double with 23 points and 11 rebounds.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Cass City's one-two punch of [player_tooltip player_id='189320' first='Saylar' last='Cuthrell'] and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1203780' first='Shelby' last='Ignash']</strong> scored 24 and 18 respectively.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='230795' first='Gabi' last='Wenzel'] of Michigan Lutheran Seminary led her team with 18.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Gracie Mellinger</strong> grabbed her chance to shine with 6 three pointers in a 24 point performance.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='502307' first='Keira' last='Roehm'] of Saline started her high school career off with a 15, 5, and 3 game.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Chelsea teammates [player_tooltip player_id='190185' first='Megan' last='McCalla'] and [player_tooltip player_id='244286' first='Leila' last='Wells'] combined for 38 points against powerhouse Parma Western.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Mikaela Waroway</strong> singlehandedly outscored her opponent on the way to a Father Gabriel Richard victory.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Ypsitanti's <strong>Sylver Bowles</strong> had a great game dishing out six assists to go with 15 points.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Tara Kurncz</strong> of Dewitt scored 23 points.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Owosso's [player_tooltip player_id='281857' first='Peyton' last='Spicer'] barely missed a double-double in a 12-9-5 (steals) night.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Eaton Rapids' <strong>Sofia Kingsley</strong> did her best with 20 points in a narrow loss.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Ithaca's <strong>Delaney Seaman</strong> tossed in an incredible 30 points.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Mona Shores [player_tooltip player_id='417899' first='Khaleeya' last='Cook'] had an 18-8-3 night.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='335975' first='Julie' last='Ashbaugh'] had a night nearly worthy of a top/runner up award with a 24-7-5 (steal) night.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>ChristiAnn Whims</strong> flirted with a triple-double in an opening win for Kingsley.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Reece DeRose </strong>of Leslie finished with 16 points in a win over an always talented Columbia Central team.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Runner Up Performance of the Night:</strong> Payton Otto of Olivet with 24 points, nine rebounds, and six steals.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Top Performance of the Night: </strong>[player_tooltip player_id='189278' first='Janae' last='Tyler'] of Holt had 22 points and 19 rebounds.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->