MS Athletics

On Wednesday night, the 8th grade Lady Rockets played Jenison for the 2nd time to start the season. The tenacious defense of the Lady Rockets helped them to many steals and a halftime lead of 19 to 9.  The team held Jenison's best player to only 3 points in the first half with a great effort by Gracie Callender and Grace Tindall. The other players also chipped in by "digging" on defense. The 3rd quarter was played even 8 to 8. In the 4th quarter the Rockets started to make some of their close shots that had eluded them most of the game and scored their most in a quarter by scoring 21. Many great passes by Jaz Kops and Grace Tindall led to the easy buckets. The final score was R-P 48 and Jenison 24.  The Rockets will travel to Muskegon on Monday. Leading scorers for the team were: Gracie Callender (2 points), Ella Voorhies (2 points), Wren Tryska (4 points), Grace Tindall (8 points), Ash David (8 points), Olivia Ambler (with a career high of 11 points), and Jaz Kops (13 points).  Great job by the rowdy student section as well.