Houghton

denies Wykons

HOUGHTON — Houghton broke open a close game in the third quarter and defeated West Iron 67-45 in girls basketball Friday.

The Gremlins led 30-24 at halftime before outscoring the visitors 37-21 in the second half.

“We played solid in the first half but Houghton went on a 14-3 run to start the third quarter and we never recovered,” said West Iron head coach Eric Shamion.

Danica Shamion led the Wykons with 15 points.

Houghton (10-5) got 19 points from Maryellen Trewhella.

West Iron (8-8) will host Bark River-Harris at 7 p.m. Monday in MHSAA tournament play.

West Iron 11 13 9 12 — 45

Houghton 21 9 18 19 — 67

WEST IRON: Mazurek 9, T. Bociek 5, J. Shamion 9, A. Bociek 3, D. Shamion 15, Kolenda 4. FT: 12-16. F: 8. 3-point FG: A. Bociek.

HOUGHTON: Peterson 9, Laitinen 2, Sleeman 13, Markham 6, S. Wickstrom 5, Trewhella 19, DeForge 5, T. Wickstrom 4, Svoke 4. FT: 3-5. F: 14. 3-point FG: Peterson, Sleeman 3, Trewhella 2, DeForge.

Munising

spills Knights

MUNISING — Jenna Matson poured in a game-high 19 points to lead Munising to a 38-27 victory over Norway in a Skyline Central Conference girls basketball game Friday.

“We shot worse tonight than we have all year and Munising took advantage the entire game,” said Norway head coach Joe Tinti. “We were never really out of it but we couldn’t manufacture any points on their zone defense. They wanted this win and that was evident.”

Sophomore Donna VanHolla led the Lady Knights with eight points, while senior MacKenzie Clifford chipped in seven. Norway won the JV game.

Norway, who finishes the regular season 8-7 (8-5 SCC) with the loss, travels to rival Iron Mountain on Monday for a Division 3 first-round MHSAA district game versus the host Mountaineers. A 6 p.m. tip-off is scheduled.

Iron Mountain slipped past the Knights at Norway on Feb. 18 in a non-conference game.

Norway 9 7 4 7 — 27

Munising 10 14 4 10 — 38