Imlay City’s Josh Hayes seeks out an open teammate Monday versus Algonac.

IMLAY CITY — Imlay City sent visiting Algonac down to a 74-30 defeat in a Blue Water Area Conference varsity boys’ basketball meeting Monday night.

With the outcome, Imlay City improves to 4-3 overall and 2-2 as far as BWAC clashes are concerned.

In Monday’s meeting, Imlay City bolted out to a 22-7 advantage after one quarter was done and widened the gap to 40-20 at halftime.

Quarter three would see Imlay City continue to pull away. Aided by a 19-6 third quarter edge, the Spartans opened up a 59-26 cushion with 24 minutes gone.

Imlay City then outscored Algonac 15-4 the rest of the way. closing out a 74-30 win.

Parker Lewis (21 points, including three trifectas) proved Imlay City’s toughest player to stop. He was given assistance in the scoring department by Holden Redd (nine points, featuring a trey), Will Tolley (seven, with a triple), Dominic Ljuljdjuraj (seven), Andrew Badder (six), Raymond Liu (five, including a trifecta), Dean Aune, Zack Dingwell and Beau Hund (four each) along with Josh Hayes and Chris Cezik (one apiece).

Kevin Kissane has been covering high school sports for the Tri-City Times since 1985. When not standing on a field or court with his camera and notepad, he enjoys golf, travel and family. Kevin is a 1980 graduate of Capac High School, and is also a grad of St. Clair Community College and earned a degree in journalism from Central Michigan University.