TRAVERSE CITY -- Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart proved Saturday that its No. 3 ranking in the Associated Press Class D girls basketball poll is no fluke.
The Irish overpowered St. Francis 63-39 in a non-conference game.
Chelsea Mills scored 16 points and Liz Ebright 15 to power Sacred Heart. Ellen Kendziorski had 13 points and four steals for the Gladiators. Jamie Bott chipped in 12 points.
The St. Francis JV team improved to 7-1 by beating the Irish 42-39. McKealy Ludka netted 12 points and Kellar Greiner 10 for St. Francis.
North GR Grizzlies 53
Leelanau HomeSchool 43
Heidi Couturier scored 23 points as North Grand Rapids beat the Leelanau Home School Warriors for Christ 53-43.
Megan Couturier netted 23 points for Leelanau (1-2) while eighth-grader Casie Plamondon added eight points and seven rebounds.
BOYS HOOPS
Kingsley 51
Mesick 41
Kingsley evened its overall and Northwest Conference record by beating Mesick, 51-41.
Brian Conrad led the way for the Stags (3-3, 1-1 NWC) with 19 points. Tommy Sedlacek added nine points and four assists and Maurice Sims eight points.
Kingsley was 12 of 14 at the free-throw line, 6 of 8 in the final quarter.
Mark Fortelka had 13 points and 11 rebounds for Mesick.
Benzie Central 72
Glen Lake 53
Benzie Central opened a 14-point lead at half en route to a 72-53 Northwest Conference win at Glen Lake.
Jeremy Hoxsie led the Huskies with 16 points. Jacob Moilaneu added 15 and Caleb Moss 12.
Andrew White's 14 points paced Glen Lake (1-4, 1-1). Matt O'Brien chipped in 11.
Frankfort 59
Leland 52
Wade Luxford's 24 points, eight rebounds and six assists sparked Frankfort to a 59-52 come-from-behind win over Leland.
The Panthers trailed 40-38 after three quarters.
Alex Stieve had 14 points for Frankfort while Max Banktson contributed 10 points and eight rebounds.
Nate Sneed's 18 points topped Leland (3-3, 0-2). Galen Whitaker collected 16 points and 12 rebounds and Eric Larsen 14 points.
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