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The Grand Traverse Academy (Traverse City, MI) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Forest Area (Fife Lake, MI) by a score of 36-29.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Forest Area	-	-	-	-	29
GTA	-	-	-	-	36

Final score provided by A. Dennis.

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Forest Area (24-25)

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Grand Traverse Academy (24-25)

Grand Traverse Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	140	36	13	53	25	26
1	Coby Bilderback (Jr)	28	3	1	10	10	15
2	Kaden Klooster (Jr)	18	7	3	9	33	33
3	C. Vermilyea (Jr)	8	0	0	2	0	0
10	Nate Dix (Jr)	21	7	2	5	40	50
11	Weston Kinney (Sr)	25	10	3	11	27	27
13	Kyle Newman (Sr)	7	0	0	1	0	0
15	Alex Wilkins (Sr)	10	2	1	1	100	100
23	Charlie Dennis (Sr)	23	7	3	14	21	21

Grand Traverse Academy

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	140	36	2	16	13	8	15	53	11	37	30
1	Coby Bilderback (Jr)	28	3	1	6	17				0	4	0
2	Kaden Klooster (Jr)	18	7	0	2	0	1	4	25	3	7	43
3	C. Vermilyea (Jr)	8	0	0	1	0				0	1	0
10	Nate Dix (Jr)	21	7	1	2	50	2	2	100	1	3	33
11	Weston Kinney (Sr)	25	10				4	7	57	3	11	27
13	Kyle Newman (Sr)	7	0							0	1	0
15	Alex Wilkins (Sr)	10	2							1	1	100
23	Charlie Dennis (Sr)	23	7	0	5	0	1	2	50	3	9	33

Grand Traverse Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	140	36	6	21	27	3	14	3
1	Coby Bilderback (Jr)	28	3		4	4		1
2	Kaden Klooster (Jr)	18	7				2	3
3	C. Vermilyea (Jr)	8	0				1	1
10	Nate Dix (Jr)	21	7	1	2	3		2
11	Weston Kinney (Sr)	25	10	4	9	13		2	3
13	Kyle Newman (Sr)	7	0
15	Alex Wilkins (Sr)	10	2	1	4	5		1
23	Charlie Dennis (Sr)	23	7		2	2		4

Game Story

Michigan High School Basketball - Grand Traverse Academy sneaks past Forest Area

February 20, 2025: Traverse City, MI 49686

The Grand Traverse Academy Mustangs (Traverse City, MI) basketball edged the visiting Forest Area Warriors (Fife Lake, MI), 36-29 in Thursday's non-league bout.

The Mustangs now possess a 10-9 record.

With the loss, Forest Area falls to 3-18 on the campaign. The Warriors travel to Central Lake (Central Lake, MI) to play the Trojans in a Ski-Valley bout on Monday, February 24. The Trojans go into the bout with a record of 7-15. Central Lake lost 55-50 in their recent league bout against Inland Lakes (Indian River, MI)

Players of the Game

Forest Area (24-25)

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Grand Traverse Academy (24-25)

Congratulations to #11 Weston Kinney for being selected the Grand Traverse Academy Basketball Player of the Game.

Forest Area @ GTA Basketball Game Info

Thu., Feb. 20, 2025 @ 7:30p

Grand Traverse Academy

The Grand Traverse Academy (Traverse City, MI) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Forest Area (Fife Lake, MI) by a score of 36-29.

Rankings & Records

Forest Area (24-25)

MI	Class
712	150

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
3-19	2-15	2-8	1-10	0-1	.136	.118	770	1,285

Grand Traverse Academy (24-25)

MI	Class
586	128

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
10-10	0-5	5-4	5-5	0-1	.500	.000	844	1,001

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Forest Area	-	-	-	-	35.0
Grand Traverse Academy	7.7	14.0	12.7	15.3	42.2

Head-to-Head

Grand Traverse Academy won on 1/16/2025

1/16 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

GTA - - - - 56
Forest Area - - - - 40

The Grand Traverse Academy (Traverse City, MI) varsity basketball team won Thursday's away non-conference game against Forest Area (Fife Lake, MI) by a score of 56-40.
Box score
Grand Traverse Academy won on 2/20/2025

2/20 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Forest Area - - - - 29
GTA - - - - 36

The Forest Area (Fife Lake, MI) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's away non-conference game against Grand Traverse Academy (Traverse City, MI) by a score of 36-29.
Box score

1/16 @ 7:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
GTA	-	-	-	-	56
Forest Area	-	-	-	-	40

Team Stat Comparison

Forest Area		Grand Traverse Academy
-	Points Per Game	42.1
-	Rebounds Per Game	27.7
-	Assists Per Game	5.5
-	Steals Per Game	7.3
-	Blocks Per Game	2.3

Team Leaders

Forest Area		Grand Traverse Academy	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#11 Weston Kinney9.2	4.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	#11 Weston Kinney8.9	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#23 Charlie Dennis1.5	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#2 Kaden Klooster1.6	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#11 Weston Kinney1.1	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Forest Area	0-4		Grand Traverse Academy	1-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/16/24	Forest Area	Cadillac Heritage Christian	(L) 62-35	1/6/25	Cadillac Heritage Christian	Grand Traverse Academy	(L) 43-36
12/18/24	Forest Area	Central Lake	(L) 58-56	1/27/25	Grand Traverse Academy	Central Lake	(W) 54-45
2/5/25	Central Lake	Forest Area	(L) 68-31
2/24/25	Forest Area	Central Lake	(L) 56-39

Record Breakdown

Forest Area (24-25)		Grand Traverse Academy (24-25)
3-19	Overall	10-10
2-15	League	0-5
1-3	Non-League	10-4
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
0-4	Common Opponent	1-1
2-8	Home	5-4
1-10	Away	5-5
0-1	Neutral	0-1
0-0	Playoff	0-0
3-19	In-State	10-10
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0