Five Wyoming, Kentwood boys basketball teams in district tournament title games

Wyoming High School will host a District final game Friday. (Supplied)

By K.D. Norris
ken@wktv.org

After a round of semifinal games Wednesday night, local squads from Wyoming, East Kentwood, South Christian Tri-unity Christian and Wyoming Potter’s House will be playing for boys basketball state playoff District titles, in tournament championship games on Friday, March 1.

South Christian (now 18-4 on the season), which is hosting the Division 2 District 44 tournament, earned the title game with a 47-45 win over Wyoming Godwin Heights (15-6) in a district semifinal Feb. 27. In the, finals, set for 7 p.m., the Sailors will face against Grand River Prep (11-4) after the Titans defeated West Michigan Aviation Academy, 63-41. The winner will then move on to the Regional 11 at Fremont next week.

For more information on the South Christian vs. Godwin Heights game, see related story here.

WKTV’s featured high school sports coverage teams was at South Christian for the Wednesday game and will continue coverage of the tournament on Friday.

At Wyoming, in the Division 1 District 11 tournament hosted by the Wolves, Wyoming (10-11) and East Kentwood (13-9) will be in the title game, set to start at 7 p.m. The Wolves earned a spot in the finals by defeating Caledonia, 69-61, Wednesday, while East Kentwood defeated East Grand Rapids 74-59. The winner will move on to the Regional 3 at Holland West Ottawa.

In Wyoming’s win, Monte Parks led the scoring with 19 points including three 3-pointers, Menalito McGee also had three 3s and scored 13 points including eight in the fourth quarter, while Marion Parks added 11.

In East Kentwood’s win, Ja’moni Jones scored 20 points, including 10 in the first quarter and eight in the fourth, and Jordan Jackson also scored 20 points.

At Tri-unity, in the Division 4 District 114 tournament, Tri-unity (18-3) will host Martin (14-3) in the title game after semifinal action Wednesday night, when the Defenders defeated Zion Christian, 41-27, and Martin defeated Holland Calvary, 59-52. The title game is set for 6:30 p.m., with the winner moving on to the Region 29 at Mendon.

Finally, in the title game of the Division 3 District 75 tournament at Grandville Calvin Christian, Wyoming Potter’s House (19-1) will take on host Calvin Christian (9-10). On Wednesday, Potter’s House defeated Covenant Christian, 75-72, in overtime, while Calvin Chrisitan defeated Saugatuck, 80-43. The winner of the finale, scheduled for 7 p.m., will move on to the Regional 19 at NorthPointe Christian.

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