The Chix boy's basketball team traveled to Holland to play the Holland Christian Maroons Tuesday evening in the historic Holland Civic Center.  The Maroons started out quickly, taking an early 13-5 lead midway through the 1st quarter.  After a Chix timeout, the Chix responded to outscore the Maroons 12-4 to tie the score at 17 after 1 quarter of play.  The 2nd quarter was tightly contested, with the Chix outscoring the Maroons 17-16 in the stanza and Zeeland East led 34-33 at Halftime.  In the 2nd half, the Chix offense caught fire, out-scoring the Holland Christian 21-15 in the 3rd quarter and 18-14 in the 4th quarter to win the game 73-62.

The Chix had 4 players who scored double-digits points in the contest.  They were led by Sophomore Will Drnek, who scored a career-high 24 points.  Drnek added 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals.  Junior Caleb Claerbaut, scored a career-high 23 points for the Chix.  Claerbaut stuffed the stats sheet with 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals and 5 blocked shots.  Senior BJ Walker tallied 10 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, while Senior Quincy Thome added 10 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals.  Eli Walcott, Owen VerSteeg, and Will VerSteeg each scored 2 points for the Chix.

The Chix overall record now stands at 7-6 on the season and 3-1 in the OK Black Conference standings.  The Chix travel to Forest Hills Central on Friday night to take on the Rangers in a non-conference game.  Game time is scheduled for 7 pm.