MUSKEGON, MI – The high school basketball season is often filled with a combination of down-to-the-wire finishes and lopsided results.

The West Michigan Conference gave us more of the latter on Thursday night.

The Ludington and Mason County Central boys’ basketball teams won convincingly in their league matchups, while the Hart girls’ basketball team defeated Hesperia by a whopping 81 points.

Below is a recap of how each Muskegon-area basketball team fared on Wednesday and Thursday night.

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THURSDAY’S GAMES

BOYS

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Ludington 67, Orchard View 39

The Orioles took a 36-17 lead in the first half and continued to roll past the Cardinals for a convincing win in West Michigan Conference action.

Cameron Gunsell scored 13 points to lead Ludington, while Brody Kaminski added 12 points and Taj Williams had 11 points.

Yaseen Davis scored 11 points to lead Orchard View, while Tyshawn Smith added nine points.

Ludington (7-4) will host Cadillac (5-4) on Monday, while Orchard View (4-7) will travel to Wyoming Potter’s House Christian (3-5) on Tuesday.

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Mason County Central 56, Shelby 36

Cole VanderHaag finished with 20 points, three rebounds, and five steals to lead the Spartans, while Trent Hawke added 13 points and three rebounds and Jaxon Munoz had five assists, two steals, and three rebounds.

“Overall, it was a really nice team effort,” said Mason County Central head coach Chris VanderHaag. “We got some balanced scoring tonight with some really good minutes from Latrell Williams, Tyler Norton and Kyle Peters.

“Cole and Trent each had solid games. It was nice seeing them both scoring in double figures. When that happens, it usually means good things for us. Jaxon Munoz really shined tonight finding our shooters. Shelby is a scrappy team. We knew they were not going to go away. Leighton Belasco had a nice game for them.”

Mason County Central (6-5) will host Brethren (3-6) next Wednesday, while Shelby (2-9) will travel to Grand Rapids West Catholic (5-3) on Saturday.

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GIRLS

Hart 85, Hesperia 4

*No stats reported

Hart (8-1) will travel to Montague (5-2) on Tuesday, while Hesperia (0-7) will travel to Blanchard Montabella (2-4) on Tuesday.

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WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

BOYS

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Pentwater 55, White Cloud 49

The Indians trailed by only one point at halftime and six points entering the fourth quarter but couldn’t make up ground down the stretch as they fell to Pentwater on Wednesday night.

Jayden Robinson scored 16 points to lead White Cloud, while Coleson Cruzan added 14 points and Brady Strait had 11 points.

White Cloud (7-3) will host Kent City (4-5) on Friday.

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GIRLS

Spring Lake 50, Grant 20

Tessa Britt led the Lakers with 11 points and five rebounds, while Kloe George added 10 points, and Ellie Wrona added nine points and three steals.

Spring Lake (5-2) will travel to Zeeland East (7-2) on Friday, while Grant (2-5) will host Reed City (2-6) on Friday.

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