Whiteford’s basketball teams will continue their quests for Tri-County Conference championships tonight.
THE BOBCAT GIRLS will play at home against Madison. Whiteford is 9-4 overall and 7-1 in the TCC, a game behind Morenci (8-0 in TCC). Madison is 6-7 overall, but 6-3 in the league and have won five of its past six TCC games. The Trojans resurgence has been, at least in part, to the return of Laura Teunion-Smith to the lineup.
In the past five games, Teunion-Smith has averaged 13.8 points a game. Against Morenci Thursday, Teunion-Smith scored 17 points and pulled down 22 rebounds. Morenci had to come back from a 35-33 deficit with 15 seconds remaining to beat the Trojans 37-35.
For the Bobcats, Baylee Baldwin continues to lead the team in scoring, averaging more than 17 points a game. She also has hit a TCC-leading 25 3-pointers on the season:
| PLAYER | SCHOOL | 3FG (all games) |
| Baylee Baldwin | Whs | 25 |
| McKenna Shaffer | Morenci | 17 |
| Sydney Amsdill | Clinton | 15 |
| Emma LaRocca | Summ | 14 |
| Daelyn Merillat | Morenci | 12 |
| Lindsey Morris | Madison | 11 |
| Olivia Warner | BD | 10 |
| Morgan Gillen | Morenci | 10 |
| Mady Schmitz | Morenci | 10 |
Baldwin is also nearing a career milestone. She has made 68 career 3-pointers, two behind the all-time Whiteford career record for 3’s:
| WHITEFORD CAREER 3-POINT FIELD GOALS | 3’S |
| Emily Ritzenthaler | 70 |
| Baylee Baldwin | 68 |
| Lindsey Bixler | 66 |
| Janie Bunge | 62 |
| Mariah DuPree | 33 |
THE WHITEFORD’S BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM is 7-0 in league play and have a two-game lead in the standings over both Sand Creek and Summerfield in starting the second round of league action. The Bobcats made its first appearance in the Class C boys basketball rankings by the Detroit Free Press this week and are 9-2 overall.
Whiteford is doing it with defense. The Bobcats are allowing only 38.7 points per game in TCC contests – nearly 12 points fewer than any other league team:
| TCC GAMES | PF | PF AVG | PA | PA AVG |
| Whiteford | 461 | 65.9 | 271 | 38.7 |
| Sand Creek | 394 | 56.3 | 353 | 50.4 |
| Clinton | 369 | 52.7 | 362 | 51.7 |
| Summerfield | 433 | 61.9 | 371 | 53.0 |
| Britton Deerfield | 344 | 49.1 | 377 | 53.9 |
| Morenci | 325 | 46.4 | 382 | 54.6 |
| Madison | 282 | 40.3 | 397 | 56.7 |
| Whitmore Lake | 360 | 51.4 | 455 | 65.0 |
Madison picked up its first win of the season last week against Whitmore Lake and is scoring a league-low 40.3 points a game.
Whiteford is aiming at its first TCC title since 2011-12.
