High School Basketball: SMCC girls reach rare level with win over Ida

St. Mary Catholic Central girls basketball has made some deep tournament runs over the years.

But few other Kestrel teams have matched the regular season success of this year's group.

SMCC defeated Ida 40-35 Friday night to reach 17 regular-season wins for the first time since 2006 under former coach Jon LaBeau.

A second-half surge pushed SMCC over the Blue Streaks.

Ida led 10-8 after the opening period and 20-18 at halftime, but SMCC outscored the Blue Streaks 12-2 in the third quarter to take control.

Brooke Mossburg scored 16 to lead SMCC, which finished the regular season 17-5 overall. The high school basketball regular season expanded from 20 games to 22 this winter.

Jessica Schrader scored 14 points for Ida, which ended the regular season 13-9.

SMCC: Roecker 3 2-3 8, Mossburg 5 (2) 4-6 16, Potcova 1 1-2 3, Hamilton 2 1-2 5, Dean 2 1-2 5, Dalton 1 1-2 3, Carlton 0 0-2 0. Totals 14 (2) 10-19 40.

IDA: Liechty 1 2-2 4, Hennessey 1 1-2 3, Allen 2 (1) 0-0 5, Schrader 4 (1) 5-7 14, Albring 3 1-5 7, LaRoy 0 2-2 2. Totals 11 (2) 11-18 35.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Airport finishes strong

HAZEL PARK − Airport ended the regular season on a high note and got everybody a chance to take the court in a 55-21 drubbing of Hazel Park on Friday.

The Jets ran away 35-11 by halftime.

"Everyone played, everyone contributed," Airport coach Darrell Mossburg said. "Our young kids played well."

Jillian Baker scored 14 points to lead Airport, which finished the regular season 12-10. Olivia Gratz, Brenna Baker, and Peyton Zajac added 9 points each.

AIRPORT: Gratz 4 1-4 9, B. Baker 3 (1) 2-3 9, J. Baker 6 (1) 1-2 14, Zajac 4 (1) 0-0 9, Dummond 3 1-1 7, Ortega 2 0-0 4, Ruhlig 1 0-0 2, J. Shrewsberry 0 1-2 1. Totals 21 (3) 6-10 55.

HAZEL PARK: Fields 6 (2) 0-0 14, Dejarnett 1 1-2 3, Ford 1 0-0 2, Charlin 1 0-0 2. Totals 9 (2) 1-2 21.

Bussell not enough

GROSSE ILE − Grosse Ile overcame seven 3-pointers and 24 points from Monroe's Sophia Bussell in a 60-48 win Friday night.

"Bussell had a great game with 24, but too many team turnovers could not close the gap in the fourth," Monroe coach John Mason said.

Monroe led 11-8 after the first quarter but fell behind 26-19 at halftime and could not recover. The Trojans finished the regular season 6-16.

GROSSE ILE: O'Farrell 1 1-2 3, Pascuzzi 1 (1) 2-2 5, Kirk 6 (1) 5-8 18, Wright 7 (1) 3-5 18, Wroblewski 0 0-2 0, Gilroy 2 1-2 5, Houghton 1 0-0 2, Justusson 4 1-3 9. Totals 22 (3) 13-24 60.

MONROE: Stahl 1 2-3 4, Neddo 1 0-0 2, Meier 1 0-0 2, Roberts 1 (1) 0-0 3, Merkle 0 0-3 0, Leach 2 (1) 2-2 7, Cadle 1 0-0 2, Aulph 1 (1) 0-0 3, Bussell 8 (7) 2-3 24. Totals 16 (10) 6-10 48.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Huron wins at buzzer

NEW BOSTON − Ethan Woolery hit a winning 3-pointer at the final buzzer to lift New Boston Huron to a 54-51 win over Allen Park Inter-City Baptist on Friday.

Inter-City erased a 38-32 deficit in the fourth quarter and tied the game at 51-51 with 8 seconds to go. Huron point guard Kyle Kantola raced the ball up the court in the final seconds and found Woolery for the winning shot.

"We've been learning to win," Huron coach Ted Tackett said. "You have to learn how to overcome adversity and they did that tonight. We were up 8-12 points pretty much the whole game. They hit critical 3s at times that kept them right where they needed to be to do what they did, but we still overcame it."

Woolery finished with 21 points and Kantola 13 to pace 7-13 Huron.

NEW BOSTON HURON: Farrugia 3 4-4 10, Handyside 1 0-0 2, Kantola 5 (2) 1-2 13, Martin 0 2-3 2, Moczydlowski 1 1-2 3, Grant 1 (1) 0-0 3, Woolery 10 (1) 0-0 21. Totals 21 (4) 8-11 54.

Monroe falls flat

GROSSE ILE − Grosse Ile blitzed Monroe for 20 points in the first quarter to put the Trojans in a costly early hole.

Monroe clawed back within 1 point after three quarters, but the Red Devils closed it out over the final period.

"We came out with zero effort and energy to start the game," Monroe coach Larry Middleton said. "And it cost us."

Lukas Johnson scored 15 points to lead Monroe (4-17), and Lucis Rzepa added 13.

GROSSE ILE: Cappellino 1 (1) 0-0 3, Molner 10 (3) 4-8 27, Swick 3 (1) 3-5 10, Kellems 1 0-0 2, Miller 1 (1) 0-0 3, Brown 1 (1) 0-0 3. Totals 17 (7) 7-13 50.

MONROE: Sczsnsy 4 0-0 8, Johnson 5 (3) 2-3 15, Rzepa 4 (3) 2-3 13, Sweat 2 (1) 2-4 7, Collett 2 0-0 4. Totals 17 (7) 6-10 47.

Onsted trumps Dundee

DUNDEE − Dundee could not play spoiler Friday night as Onsted rolled to an outright league title with an 81-56 win.

The Wildcats finished atop the Lenawee County Athletic Association at 13-1.

"They just did not miss in the first half," Dundee coach Jay Haselschwerdt said. "You could tell they were motivated and wanted to win the league title outright, and that’s what they did. I was happy with us offensively, but we didn’t have a lot of answers for them on defense."

Braiden Whitaker (11), Drew Bolster (10), and Adam Spare (10) scored in double figures for the Vikings (10-10).

ONSTED: Hogan 3 (2) 0-0 8, Pagen 2 (2) 1-2 7, Hiram 3 0-0 6, Hill 2 0-0 4, VanBrunt 8 (6) 0-0 22, Buchman 0 0-1 0, Davis 13 8-9 34. Totals 31 (10) 8-10 81.

DUNDEE: Atkinson 2 (2) 2-2 8, Layton 3 0-0 6, Zanger 1 (1) 1-2 4, Lee 2 (1) 0-0 5, Bolster 3 (2) 2-2 10, Whitaker 4 3-5 11, Daniel 1 0-0 2, Spare 5 0-0 10. Totals 21 (6) 8-11 56.

BD tops Summerfield

BRITTON − Summerfield faded away in the second half as Britton Deerfield won 64-51 Friday.

Tied 27-27 at halftime, BD outscored Summerfield 17-13 in the third quarter to go ahead and then won the final period 20-11.

"We have to battle through the adversity thrown at us, and we failed to do so," Summerfield coach Phil Schiffler said. "We have two more games before Districts to figure it out."

Teddy Gault led Summerfield with 17 points.

BRITTON DEERFIELD: Colin Johnson 10 (2) 4-6 26, L. Shiels 5 (2) 3-4 15, McRoberts 6 (2) 1-2 15, Tristan Johnson 3 (2) 0-2 8. Totals 24 (8) 8-14 64.

SUMMERFIELD: LaRocca 2 (1) 0-1 5, Gault 6 (3) 2-2 17, Kalb 1 (1) 0-0 3, St. John 4 (3) 0-0 11, Dafoe 3 (1) 2-6 9, Myshock 3 0-1 6. Totals 19 (9) 4-10 51.

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