By Ellington Smith
WKTV Intern

This week WKTV Sports will record both a boys and girls varsity basketball, an Alliance league showdown between the Zion Christian Mountaineers and the Grand River Preparatory Titans.

The first game this upcoming Tuesday, March 16 at 5:30 p.m. will be the battle between the girls varsity basketball teams. The Mountaineers have a 10-1 record this season, coming off a 47-22 victory over league opponents, West Michigan Aviation Academy. The Lady Titans have gotten off to a rough start with a record of 0-6, coming off a tough 25-70 loss to Northpointe Christian.

Later that evening at 7 p.m. the boys varsity basketball teams face off. Contrary to their female counterparts, the boys Zion Christian basketball team have struggled with a record of 3-9 coming off a 36-63 loss to West Michigan Aviation Academy. Their opponents, the Titans, have had a decent season so far with a 5-4 record coming off of a 43-56 loss to Muskegon Western Michigan Christian.

The Tuesday contests will tip off at 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. respectively, and WKTV will record the game and replay it later Tuesday night at 11 p.m.; with more replays to be scheduled, and it will be available on-demand later. (See details at bottom of story.)

To see both featured games on WKTV on-demand visit WKTVlive.com.

Additionally, the remainder of the WKTV featured game tentative schedule has the WKTV truck and team covering the Thursday, March 18, girls basketball game when Zeeland East visits Wyoming high (at 7 p.m.).

We are also tentatively scheduled to cover the girls district Division 2 tournament at Godwin Heights, with Godwin Heights, Kelloggsville and Lee all set to participate.

WKTV featured games will be on cable television in Wyoming and Kentwood on
Comcast Channel 25 and AT&T Channel 99 Community Channel, on various days and times the week after. See the programming schedule at wktv.org. For more information on WKTV coverage of winter high school sports, follow us at wktvjournal.org/sports.