UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM) – The Friday night high school basketball slate along the Lakeshore looked like this:
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West Ottawa boys 44, Holland 39 (overtime)
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East Grand Rapids boys 49, Hamilton 38
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Lawton boys 61, Saugatuck 29
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Fennville boys 61, Martin 44
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Grand River Prep boys 52, Black River 40
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West Ottawa girls 67, Hamilton 41
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Lawton girls 48, Saugatuck 46
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Martin girls 47, Fennville 9
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Black River girls 40, Grand River Prep 20
On Saturday evening, West Ottawa’s boys face Warren De La Salle at Cornerstone University. Tuesday night, catch the Hopkins at Hamilton boys’ game around 6:40 PM on 99 7/1450 WHTC.
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Hope College sends its two basketball teams out onto the court one last time before Christmas on Saturday afternoon. While the Flying Dutch women have an encounter with the Trine Thunder in Angola, the Flying Dutchmen welcome the Wisconsin-Stevens Point Pointers to DeVos Fieldhouse, with coverage from Mike Coleman and Casey Rutledge at 2:40 PM on The Lakeshore’s 92 7 The Van.
Ellie Droste scored 11 points as Grand Valley State’s women got past visiting Aquinas at the Fieldhouse Arena on Friday night, 50-38. The Lakers face Lewis in Romeoville, Illinois on Tuesday afternoon.
In state major college basketball on Friday night, Western Michigan downed Aquinas, 67-56. On Saturday afternoon, Michigan has Southern Utah coming to Ann Arbor.
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Little Caesars Arena will see its first basketball-hockey doubleheader on Saturday, with the Pistons hosting the Houston Rockets in a matinee, and the Red Wings entertaining the New Jersey Devils in the nightcap, with coverage from Ken Kal and Paul Woods at 7:45 PM on 99 7/1450 WHTC.
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Tanner Jeannot’s goal 58 seconds into overtime lifted the visiting Nashville Predators past the Blackhawks at the United Center on Friday night, 3-2. Chicago skates in Dallas against the Stars on Saturday evening.
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College football bowl action on Saturday finds Eastern Michigan taking on Liberty at the Lending Tree Bowl in Mobile, Alabama.
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The Griffins were slated to play on Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon against visiting Toronto at Van Andel Arena, but those games were called off on Friday by the AHL due to COVID 19 health protocols involving the Marlies. Grand Rapids won’t return to action until hosting the Milwaukee Admirals on Wednesday.
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The Gold’s game in suburban Chicago on Friday night against the Windy City Bulls was canceled by the NBA G-League due to COVID 19 health protocols involving the Bulls. Grand Rapids is now off until playing the Raptors 905 in the Toronto suburb of Mississauga on December 28th.
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