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East Kentwood, South Christian, Zion Christian girls basketball teams take district titles Friday

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By Cris Greer
WKTV Managing Editor/Sports Director
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The East Kentwood, South Christian and Zion Christian girls basketball teams all won their respective district championship games on Friday and advance to the regional semifinals.


In a Division 1 final at Byron Center, East Kentwood beat Caledonia 44-40 to advance to regional play. The Falcons (13-12 overall) face Forest Hills Northern (22-2 overall and OK White champions) at 7 p.m. Monday, March 10, at Grandville High School.


In Division 2, South Christian defeated Holland Christian 59-50 for its district title. The Sailors (22-2 and top of the OK Gold) will play Paw Paw (20-4) at 5:30 p.m. Monday, March 10, at South Christian.


Meanwhile, Zion Christian won a Division 4 district championship Friday with a 33-28 win over local rival Tri-unity Christian. The Mountaineers (18-6) face St. Joseph Michigan Lutheran (10-14) at 5:30 p.m. Monday, March 10, at Martin High School.


Sophomore scores 17 points to help Zion Christian beat Sacred Heart Tuesday

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By Cris Greer

WKTV Managing Editor

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Sophomore Sam Deutschmann scored 17 points to boost Zion Christian over visiting Grand Rapids Sacred Heart 55-27 Tuesday in girls basketball.

Coach Derek Foltice said Deutschmann, a first-time varsity player, is very athletic and does a good job on defense as well.

“It has taken her a couple of games to use her speed under control, and she’s really settling in and doing a great job,” said Foltice, whose Mountaineers improved to 5-3 overall. “We got off to a fast start. It was 15-4 after the first quarter.

“But the score makes it seem like a little more lopsided than it actually was. Sacred Heart has some really good players. We had to play well the whole time.”

Though Deutschmann led the way in this game, Foltice said his team has been trading scoring leaders this season.

“We’ve had multiple girls lead the way this year,” added Foltice, in his ninth year as coach. “We have a lot of girls willing to step up any given night. We’re trying to really focus on making our defense consistent as well.”

Junior Madi DeRuiter added 14 points for the Mountaineers, and Foltice said freshman Jayda Steenbergen also played a role in “really making things go defensively. She’s very feisty out there and made a couple really nice passes that helped us score.”

Zion Christian was 14-6 last year and 4-3 (fourth place) in the Alliance League, which was won by Potter’s House at 7-0.

“Potter’s House is definitely a force to contend with,” Foltice said. “But I love the energy that we play with. We’re getting better and better and playing at a pace that we like to play at.”

Game on: WKTV’s featured games for Jan. 30 to Feb. 3

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This week’s WKTV featured sports coverage includes four basketball games.

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This week in WKTV’s featured high school sports games, the coverage crew will be at Wyoming’s The Potter’s House Christian High School for a doubleheader of girls and boys basketball game against Byron Center Zion Christian on Tuesday Jan. 31, and then traveling to Wyoming Kelloggsville for the girls and boys games against Grandville Calvin Christian on Friday Feb. 3.

 

In the Tuesday games, Potter’s House girls team enters the week with at 3-6 record, 1-1 in the Alliance League, while the Zion Christian girls team enters with a 6-3 record (0-1 in league). On the boys side, Potter’s House enters with a 5-5 overall record but 2-1 in the Alliance League, while Zion Christian is 5-4 overall and 1-0 in league. (Records are according to MHSAA.)

 

In the Friday games, The Kellogsville girls team enters this week with a 2-7 overall record, 0-5 in the OK Silver Conference, while Calvin Christian is 8-5 but leading the Silver at 5-0. On the boys side, Kelloggsville enters at 9-2 overall and 5-1 in conference, while Calvin Christian is 9-2 and 4-2.

 

WKTV videos and broadcasts several games each week during high school sports season.

 

Each Tuesday game will be broadcast that night on Live Wire Comcast Channel 24 at 10:30 p.m. throughout the Grand Rapids Metro Area and repeat on Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. on  WKTV Comcast Channel 25 and AT&T U-verse Channel 99 in Wyoming & Kentwood. Every Friday game will be aired that night on Live Wire 24 at 10:30 p.m. and repeat Saturday at 11 a.m. on WKTV 25 and AT&T U-verse 99.

 

For a complete schedule of all local high school sports action in January, see now.wktv.org/sports/

 

DVDs of each game are also available for purchase at $20 including shipping. For more information, visit WKTV.org

 

Game on: WKTV’s featured games Jan. 23-27

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In WKTV’s featured high school sports games this week, the coverage crew will be at Godwin Heights for a boys basketball game against Godfrey Lee at on Tuesday, Jan. 24, and then a girls and boys basketball doubleheader at Byron Center Zion Christian against Grand River Prep on Friday, Jan. 27.

 

In the Tuesday game, Godwin Heights enters the week with a 10-0 record after an 81-20 win over Belding on Jan. 20 which pushed the team’s OK Silver Conference record to 4-0. Wyoming Lee enters the week with a 7-3 record (2-2 in conference).

 

In the Friday night games, the Zion Christian girls entered the week with a 5-3 record and Grand River Prep at 0-6.

 

WKTV videos and broadcasts several games each week during high school sports season.

 

Each Tuesday game will be broadcast that night on Live Wire Comcast Channel 24 at 10:30 p.m. throughout the Grand Rapids Metro Area and repeat on Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. on  WKTV Comcast Channel 25 and AT&T U-verse Channel 99 in Wyoming & Kentwood. Every Friday game will be aired that night on Live Wire 24 at 10:30 p.m. and repeat Saturday at 11 a.m. on WKTV 25 and AT&T U-verse 99.

 

Check here for this week’s complete schedule for Wyoming and Kentwood area high school varsity sports teams.

 

DVDs of each game are also available for purchase at $20 including shipping. For more information, visit WKTV.org