Local Sports Journal

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Muskegon Catholic’s Toya Briggs, left, and Morgan Shugars, from Montague, battle for the ball during Monday’s girls basketball game at Montague. Photo/Tim Reilly

Muskegon Catholic broke open a close game with a big second quarter and earned a 61-39 win over Montague on Monday night.

The Crusaders led 9-7 after one quarter and increased the lead to 28-17 at halftime.

MCC was led by Tootie Thompson’s 16 points and Katherine Salisz’s 12 points and seven steals.

Haleigh Locke scored 11 points for MCC, Kendall Wickstrom grabbed 10 rebounds and Momo Neal had five steals.

Hailey Cockerill scored 16 points to lead Montague and Leanne Fessler added nine.