After flying high against Christian last Tuesday, East Grand Rapids came back down to earth. The East Grand Rapids Pioneers took a 47-36 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Catholic Central Cougars on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Pioneers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Michigan basketball rankings (they are ranked 183rd, while the Cougars are ranked 30th).

Pioneers
01/17/25 @ Catholic Central | 36-47 |
01/14/25 @ Christian | 54-10 |
01/10/25 vs Forest Hills Central | 41-17 |
01/07/25 vs Lakeview | 55-33 |
01/03/25 vs Cadillac | 58-40 |
With the defeat, East Grand Rapids broke their four-game winning streak and moved their record to 4-8. As for Catholic Central, the win (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 8-1.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. East Grand Rapids has already played their next contest (against Forest Hills Northern), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Catholic Central has also has no score uploaded for their next match, this one against Ottawa Hills.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps