Engadine at St. Ignace – – Boys Basketball – – The Bleacher Denizen – – February 6, 2023 – – by Chuck Krafft

Tonight, your Bleacher Denizen has left his home in Lansing and come up and over the Mackinac Bridge. He plans to blog the “Hooping for a Cure” boy/girl doubleheader in St. Ignace. This is a big fund raiser the St. Ignace community does each year to raise funds to help cancer patients through the “No Cancer Patient Left Behind Program” and the Mackinac Straits Health System Oncology Department.

Well, in this video of “Red River Valley” from my You Tube Channel, I let the viewers know that you never know where the Red River Valley will lead you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w03AhhNk1M8

One place it does not lead is St. Ignace High School, but fortunately, I-75 and US-2 get you pretty close, so I’m here to do the game.

The St. Ignace Saints boys will be hosting the Engadine Eagle boys during tonight’s first game.

Engadine enters this game with a 1-11 record. Eagle Coach Joe Brownson provided me with this information about his background players. Luke Germain is a fine ballhandler who can score from the three point line or slash to the basket. David Parker provides quickness and strong ball handling to the EAgles. Derrick Schroeder is a fine rebounder and scorer in the post. Derrek Clark defends well in the post and also sets excellent screens.

Emmet Dumas and Brendon Wheeler give the Eagles a threat from the three point line. hunter Cameron and Zach Hoadley rebound and defend well in the post. Zach Hoadley is also able to use his quickness to score in the lane.

Mikka Luoto is usually able to help out in the backcourt with the ball handling, defense and scoring, but is injured and unable to play tonight. Skyler Prachar, a solid perimeter defender and Nik Ehn, a good rebounded are sick and unable to play tonight.

The St. Ignace Saints are at 13-2 coming into the game. Coach Ingalls provided me with this information about the Saint players.

Jonny Ingalls has been listed as one of the top 100 basketball players in Michigan by Mick McCabe from the Detroit Free Press. Here are the reasons why! He is an excellent defender, rebounder and leader. He is a great ball handler who can get to the basket against almost anyone and he can shoot mid-range shots and three point shots off the dribble or on the catch and shoot consistently. He is a fine athlete who is very quick and can leap really well.

Kevin Frazier is an experienced senior guard with four years on the Saint varsity. He is a solid ball handler and really good shooter from the three point line. Ethan McLean defends well on the perimeter or in the lane. He is a good scorer near the basket or from the three point line. He hit the winning three point shot from the corner in this game from last year’s Bleacher Denizen annual basketball trip to St. Ignace. https://thebleacherdenizen.com/2022/02/19/rudyard-at-st-ignace-boys-basketball-the-bleacher-denizen-february-18-2022-by-chuck-krafft/

Tyrel Matson is a tough post defender and rebounder. He also scores a lot on putbacks and is a threat from the three point line. Nick Halberg is a tough defender and rebounder in the post. Trevor Visnaw helps at the point; his quickness makes him a fine perimeter defender. Shawn Kingsbury is a tough, active perimeter defender. Kordell Killscrow is a versatile defender who can work on the perimeter or in the post. He also gives the Saints a nice three point shot.

It is now time to review the events of this contest through the hazy eyes of an aging Bleacher Denizen who was never able to escape church league when he attempted to play basketball in what some call “the Stone Age.” While many people criticized his ball handling, I’d like to point out that most guards struggled to dribble and control the rocks we used before inflatable basketballs were invented.

Injured Eagle player Mikka Luoto and Saint Kevin Frazier each hit a layup for their team before the opening tap. The teams agreed to do this to give Mikka Luoto a chance to be part of the game. It is now 2-2 with the opening tap coming up.

Engadine wins the opening tap Derrick Schroeder sinks an eight foot shot from the side for the Eagles. St. Ignace turns the ball over. (OK, it was a Saint player, not the saint, himself.) Engadine misfires on a threeball from the wing. Emmet Dumas steals the ball for the Eagles. Luke Germain is fouled on a layup and hits one of his two free throws to give Engadine a 5-2 lead with 7:14 to play in the first quarter.

Shawn Kingsbury passes to Tyrel Matson, who hits a layup for St. Ignace, is fouled, but misses his free throw. The rebound goes out of bounds and the Saints get the ball back. St. Ignace throws the ball out of bounds. Derrick Schroeder hits a jump shot for Engadine. Kordell Killscrow throws in a threeball from the side to tie the game at 7-7.

Engadine misfires on a triple try from the wing. Zach Hoadley gets the offensive rebound for the Eagles. Engadine misses an eight foot shot from the baseline. The rebound goes out of bounds and the Eagles get the ball back. Engadine misses a driving layup. Trevor Visnaw passes to Kordell Killscrow, who hits a three point shot from the side to give St. Ignace a 10-7 lead.

Engadine drives into the lane, but throws a pass out of bounds. St. Ignace misses a three point shot from the corner; the rebound goes out of bounds and Engadine takes possession. Nick Halberg steals an Eagle pass. Jonny Ingalls hits a fast break layup for the Saints. Kevin Frazier steals the ball and hits a layup for the Saints and St. Ignace has a 14-7 lead.

Kevin Frazier steals the ball for St. Ignace. A traveling violation negates a Saint layup. Kevin Frazier steals the ball and is fouled on a fast break layup. He hits one of his two free throws to give St. Ignace a 15-7 lead with 4:01 to play in the first quarter.

Emmet Dumas passes to Derrek Clark for an Eagle layup. Derrek Clark knocks the ball away from St. Ignace and Luke Germain picks it up for Engadine. Engadine misses a layup. Jonny Ingalls is fouled on a fast break layup and hits one of his two free throws to boost the Saint lead to 16-9 with 3:12 remaining in the quarter.

Engadine throws a pass out of bounds. St. Ignace misses a layup. Jonny Ingalls pulls down the offensive rebound for the Saints. St. Ignace misses a threeball from the corner. Jonny Ingalls gets the offensive rebound; he drives in and hits a layup for the Saints. David Parker hits a six foot banked shot from the side for Engadine to trim the Saint lead to 18-11.

Derrek Clark knocks the ball out of bounds; the Saints get the ball back. St. Ignace misses a three point shot from the corner. Kevin Frazier pulls down the offensive rebound for the Saints and is fouled on a six foot shot from the side. Kevin Frazier hits one of his two free throws to give his Saints a 19-11 lead with 1:53 left in the quarter.

Trevor Visnaw steals the ball and hits a layup for the Saints. He is fouled on the play and makes his free throw. Shawn Kingsbury’s sticky defense forces an Engadine traveling violation. Trevor Visnaw passes to Kevin Frazier, who is fouled on a layup and hits two free throws to give St. Ignace a 24-11 lead with 1:23 to go in the quarter.

Nick Halberg gets his hand on the ball, but the Eagles are able to recover. Engadine misses a three pointer near the top of the key. St. Ignace loses a pass out of bounds. Trevor Visnaw knocks an Eagle pass out of bounds; Engadine gets the ball back. Engadine misses a three point attempt from the corner. St. Ignace loses a pass out of bounds on a too fast break. Engadine misses an eight foot banked shot from the side. David Parker steals the ball for Engadine, but there is no time to shoot before the quarter ends.

After one quarter, St. Ignace has a 24-11 lead.

St. Ignace inbounds the ball to begin the second quarter. Nick Halberg pulls down the offensive rebound for the Saints. Trevor Visnaw passes to Tyrell Matson, who is fouled on a layup and hits one of his two free throws for the Saints. Kordell Killscrow knocks the ball away from Engadine and Jonny Ingalls darts into the backcourt to retrieve the ball for St. Ignace. The Saints miss a three point shot from the side. Engadine misses a layup. David Parker steals the ball for Engadine and hits a fast break layup to cut the Saint lead to 25-13.

Nick Halberg passes to Ethan McLean, who hits a layup for the Saints. Ethan McLean steals the ball for the Saints. St. Ignace misses a layup; Tyrel Matson hits a putback for the Saints. Engadine turns the ball over. St. Ignace misses a three point shot from the side. Nick Halberg gets the offensive rebound for the Saints. The Saints loses a pass out of bounds. Shawn Kingsbury steals the ball for the Saints and is fouled on a layup. He hits one of his two free throws to give the Saints a 30-13 lead with 6:07 to play in the half.

Zach Hoadley passes to David Parker, who is fouled on a layup and hits two free throws for the Eagles. Kevin Frazier passes to Ethan McLean for a Saint layup. Engadine throws a pass too high and out of bounds. St. Ignace misses a three point shot from the corner. Tyrel Matson steals the ball and hits a fast break layup for St. Ignace. Jonny Ingalls steals the ball and hits a fast break layup for St. Ignace. David Parker passes to Derrek Clark, who is fouled on a layup and hits one of his two free throws for Engadine. With 4:24 to play in the second quarter, the St. Ignace lead is at 36-16.

St. Ignace misses a three point shot from the wing. The rebound goes out of bounds and Engadine gets the ball. Kevin Frazier steals the ball for St. Ignace. The Saints miss a layup. Jonny Ingalls is fouled on a putback and hits two free throws to boost the Saints to a 38-16 lead with 4:08 left on the first half clock.

Kevin Frazier steals the ball for St. Ignace. The Saints misfires on a threeball from the wing. Kevin Frazier fights and pulls down the offensive rebound for the Saints. Kevin Frazier drives and hits a reverse layup for the Saints. Trevor Visnaw steals the ball for the Saints. St. Ignace misses a fast break layup. Jonny Ingalls gets the offensive rebound for the Saints. St. Ignace misses a layup. Jonny Ingalls is fouled on a putback and hits one of his two free throws to give St. Ignace a 41-16 lead with 3:32 to go in the quarter.

Kordell Killscrow steals the ball for the Saints. St. Ignace mislaunches a three point shot from the side. Kordell Killscrow snares the offensive rebound for the Saints. St. Ignace misses a three point shot Kevin Frazier gets the offensive rebound for St. Ignace. The Saints miss a three point shot from the side. Kevin Frazier gets another offensive rebound for the Saints. St. Ignace loses a pass out of bounds. Tyrel Matson knocks an Engadine pass out of bounds; the Eagles retain possession. Engadine is fouled, but misses the first shot of a one and one free throw opportunity. With 2:54 to go in the half, St. Ignace leads 41-16.

The rebound goes out of bounds and Engadine gets the ball. The Eagles miss a three point shot from the corner. Jonny Ingalls pulls down the defensive rebound for the Saints and goes coast to coast for a layup. David Parker is fouled and hits one of two free throws in a one and one opportunity. St. Ignace misses a three point shot from the corner. Trevor Visnaw gets the offensive rebound for the Saints. St. Ignace misses a threeball from the side. Engadine is fouled on the rebound, but misses the first shot of a one and one free throw opportunity.

St. Ignace misses a three point shot from the side. Tyrel Matson steals the ball and passes to Trevor Visnaw for a Saint fast break layup. Tyrel Matson steals the ball for the Saints. St. Ignace misses a six foot shot from the baseline. Kordell Killscrow draws a charging foul from Engadine. St. Ignace misses a three point shot from the corner. Kordell Killscrow taps the ball and Jonny Ingalls picks it up for the Saints. Jonny Ingalls passes behind his back to Tyrel Matson, who hits a layup to give St. Ignace a 47-17 lead.

Kevin Frazier steals the ball for St. Ignace. He hits a fast break layup for the Saints, is fouled and makes his free throw. Engadine misses a fast break layup. Jonny Ingalls is fouled on a fast break layup and hits two free throws for St. Ignace. With 30.2 to play in the half, St. Ignace has a 52-17 lead.

Kevin Frazier nearly steals the ball for the Saints and causes an Eagle turnover. Kevin Frazier is fouled on a layup with 4.9 seconds to play and hits one of his two free throws for the Saints. Jonny Ingalls gets the offensive rebound for the Saints. The Saints miss a three point shot from the corner. Ethan McLean grabs the offensive rebound. St. Ignace misses a three point shot from the corner at the buzzer.

At halftime, St. Ignace has a 53-17 lead.

David Parker has 7 points to lead the Engadine scoring at halftime.

Jonny Ingalls has 14 points to lead St. Ignace. Kevin Frazier has 13 points and Tyrel Matson has 9 points.

As the readers cannot hear the halftime entertainment, I hope you will enjoy this original tune from my You Tube Channel! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol3R-ZL9568

Engadine inbounds the ball to get quarter number three underway. Ethan McLean steals the ball for St. Ignace. He passes to Jonny Ingalls, who hits a three point shot from the wing for the Saints. Jonny Ingalls gets knocks the ball out of bounds; Engadine retains possession. The Eagles miss a three point shot from the top of the key. St. Ignace misses a three point shot from the side. Ethan McLean gets the offensive rebound for the Saints. St. Ignace misses a threeball from the wing. Tyrel Matson gets the offensive rebound and passes to Ethan McLean, who hits a layup to give the Saints a 58-17 lead.

Engadine commits a traveling violation. Jonny Ingalls hits a ten footer off the dribble from the baseline for the Saints. Engadine misses a three point shot near the top of the key; the rebound goes out of bounds and the Eagles get the ball back. Engadine turns the ball over. St. Ignace misses a jump shot from the free throw elbow. An Eagle dribbler loses the ball out of bounds. St. Ignace misses a layup. Engadine misses a driving six footer from the side. Kevin Frazier throws in a threeball from the wing to boost the Saint lead to 63-17.

Luke Germain drives and dishes the ball to Derrick Schroeder, who hits a layup for the Eagles. St. Ignace loses the ball out of bounds. Engadine misses a fourteen foot shot off the dribble in the lane. Jonny Ingalls drives, makes a tight spin and hits a layup for St. Ignace to give the Saints a 65-19 lead.

Kevin Frazier steals the ball for the Saints. St. Ignace misses a three point shot from the corner. Engadine misses a three pointer from the wing. St. Ignace misses an eight foot shot from the baseline. Trevor Visnaw gets the offensive rebound for the Saints. Ethan McLean knocks the ball away from Engadine and Shawn Kingsley picks it up for St. Ignace. Shawn Kingsley passes to Ethan McLean for a Saint reverse layup. David Parker passes to Emmet Dumas, who hits an eight foot shot from the baseline for Engadine as the third quarter buzzer makes its presence known.

St. Ignace enters the fourth quarter with a 67-21 lead.

St. Ignace inbounds the ball to start out the fourth quarter. The Saints miss a three point shot from the wing. Kevin Frazier steals the ball for St. Ignace and passes to Jonny Ingalls, who banks in a leaning six foot shot from the side. Luke Germain gets into the lane and hits a six foot shot for Engadine. Jonny Ingalls passes to Tyrel Matson, who hits a layup to give the Saints a 71-23 lead.

Engadine misses a ten foot jumper. Jonny Ingalls passes to Tyler Koivuniemi, who hits a layup for St. Ignace and is fouled. He sinks his free throw as well. Engadine misses a three point shot from the corner. Tyler Koivuniemi is fouled on a fast break layup and hits one of his two free throws to give St. Ignace a 75-23 lead with 5:37 left on the clock.

Engadine commits an offensive foul. Nick Halberg ties up the ball. The Possession Arrow consults its legal staff and decides to give the ball to St. Ignace. St. Ignace is called for a three second violation. Nick Halberg steals the ball for the Saints and passes to Shawn Kingsbury, who hits a fast break layup for the Saints to give his team a 78-23 lead.

Shawn Kingsbury knocks the ball out of bounds; Engadine retains possession. Ethan McLean knocks the ball away from Engadine and Trevor Visnaw picks it up for St. Ignace. Emmet Dumas steals the ball for Engadine. Zach Hoadley passes to Brendon Wheeler, who hits one of his two free throws for Engadine. With 1:55 to go, the St. Ignace lead is at 78-24.

Trevor Visnaw passes to Nick Halberg, who hits a reverse layup for the Saints. Nick Halberg blocks an Engadine layup. Emmet Dumas steals the ball and hits a fast break layup for Engadine. Nick Halberg saves a loose ball for St. Ignace and hits a layup. Trevor Visnaw knocks the ball away from Engadine and Nick Halberg picks it up for St. Ignace. St. Ignace misses a fast break layup. Engadine misses a threeball from the side just before the final buzzer.

St. Ignace wins this game 82-26.

David Parker led the Engadine scoring with 7 points. Derrick Schroeder chipped in with 6 points. Emmet Dumas added 4 points. Derrek Clark and Luke Germain each put in 3 points. Mikka Luoto scored 2 points. Brendon Wheeler tallied 1 point.

Jonny Ingalls led the St. Ignace scoring with 23 points. Kevin Frazier supported him with 17 points. Tyrel Matson joined his teammates in double figures with 11 points. Ethan McLean chipped in with 8 points. Kordell Killscrow hit two big three pointers in the first quarter to give his Saints the lead and ended with 6 points. Trevor Visnaw added 5 points. Shawn Kingsbury, Tyler Koivuniemi and Nick Halberg each scored 4 points.

I also covered the girls, who played in the second half of this doubleheader. Here is a link to that game. https://thebleacherdenizen.com/2023/02/07/engadine-at-st-ignace-girls-basketball-the-bleacher-denizen-february-7-2023-by-chuck-krafft/