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Trojans take one-point OT win in regular season finale
Brett Bremer
Sports Editor
The Trojans tried to carrythe momentum from two
exciting wins to close the reg-
ular season into the state tour-nament, but couldn’t make it
happen.
OK Gold Conference foeOttawa Hills scored a 57-
win over the visiting Trojans
in Grand Rapids Monday to
open their MHSAA Division 1
District Tournament. The
Bengals fell 68-59 to Forest
Hills Central in their district
semifinal at Caledonia High
School Wednesday, and the
Rangers were set to take on
district host Caledonia in the
district final last night.
The Fighting Scots knocked
off East Grand Rapids 49-
in their district semifinal con-test Wednesday.
Despite the early exit from
the postseason this was still
one of the most successful
seasons for the Trojans in
recent years. The Trojans won
their final two OK Gold
Conference ballgames to close
the conference season at 6-8 –
tied for fourth in the final
conference standings with
Forest Hills Eastern and
Kenowa Hills. The Trojans
were 10-13 overall.
Win number ten was a thrill-er, a 47-46 overtime victory
over Cedar Springs in
Middleville last Friday, Feb. 23.
The Trojans held a one-
point lead for most of the final
two and a half minutes of reg-
ulation at 37-36. Jude Webster
hit a pair of free throws with
21.1 seconds to go to push the
TK lead to 39-36, but the Red
Hawks banked in a long buzz-
er-beating three-pointer to
force overtime tied 39-39.
In overtime it was the
Trojans’ turn for the late heroics.
The Red Hawks hit a free
throw to go up 43-42 with
1:06 to play and eventually
three more to lead 46-42 with
half a minute to go.
Webster was fouled with
27.9 seconds to play and hit a
pair of free throws for TK to
close the gap to 46-44. The
Red Hawks threw the inbounds
pass away, giving TK the ball
right back, and the Trojans
took advantage. TK got the
ball into Lucas Ploeg for a
quick tying bucket with 23
seconds to go in overtime.
The game was decided at the
free throw line after that. The
Red Hawks missed a pair and
then Webster stepped up with
14.6 to go and hit the first of
two to give TK its 47-46 lead.
A Cedar Springs jumper
came up short and the Trojans
fired the ball long away from
trouble. Senior Kyle
VanHaitsma collected the ball
in front of the TK bench, and
thought about just running out
the clock and then changed
plans to run in for a dunk that
was ruled to be just after the
clock had expired – but the
court-storming TK fans didn’t
seem to mind.
Webster finished with a
team-high 16 points. Brice
Lloyd had 11 for TK and
VanHaitsma finished with
seven. Senior guard Tyler
Gavette had five points
including a big overtime
three-pointer.Scots knock off Pioneers to earn shot at district trophy
Brett Bremer
Sports Editor
The Fighting Scots earned
their rematch.
The Caledonia varsity
boys’ basketball team
knocked off East Grand
Rapids 49-43 in the
MHSAA Division 1 District
Semifinals at Caledonia
High School Wednesday to
earn another shot at Forest
Hills Central.
The Rangers took a
three-point win over the
Scots way back in
December. The Rangers
earned their spot in last
night’s district final with a
68-59 win over Ottawa
Hills in their semifinal
match Wednesday.
Senior forward Jaiden
Googins led the Scots with
17 points and 11 rebounds
in the win over the Pioneers.
Senior guard Lual Abiel
added ten points, two
rebounds and three assists.
Ky VanderWoude had
six points, ten boards and
three assists and freshman
Bryce Backus added six
points, ten rebounds, three
assists and three blocked
shots.
Caledonia upped its over-
all record to 12-11 with the
win, putting back-to-back
wins together to close out
the regular season and start
the postseason. The Scots
defeated West Ottawa 68-
in the regular season finale
in Holland last Friday, Feb.
23.
That win moved the
Scots to 5-9 in the OK Red
Conference this season.
Abiel had 18 points,
seven rebounds and five
steals. Vanderwoude fin-
ished with 13 points.
Googins chipped in nine
and freshman Ben Geerdes
had 11 points. Backus
added ten rebounds, seven
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will meet at the Yankee Springs Township Office at 284 N. Briggs
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meet on the following dates: Appeals are by appointment.
Please call 269-795-9091 to schedule an appointment.- Tuesday, March 5, 2024, at 1:30 PM- Organizational Meeting
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necessary to hear questions, protests, and to equalize the 2024
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of real property and personal property for 2024 are as follows
*Agricultural .............49.88%...........1.
*Commercial.............48.67%...........1.
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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICEFighting Scots senior guard Lual Abiel flies above the
rim to throw down a transition dunk during the district
semifinal contest with East Grand Rapids at Caledonia
High School Wednesday. (Photo by Perry Hardin)Caledonia junior Aryn Taylor (21) launches a three-
point shot over East Grand Rapids senior Peter
Heintz during the first half of their MHSAA Division 1
District Semifinal at Caledonia High school
Wednesday. (Photo by Brett Bremer)