Portland Boys top Charlotte

On Friday night, the PHS boys basketball team hosted the Charlotte Orioles. The Raiders would earn a 55-33 win.

Portland was led by freshman Chris Battley with 16 points. Freshman Dom Novara added 12 points including three three-pointers. Senior Dalton Becker added nine points for Portland.

Charlotte was led by sophomore Ben Buzzard with nine points.

Scoring by quarter:

1st – 2nd – 3rd – 4th – Final

Portland 14 – 8 – 16 – 17 – 55

Charlotte 2 – 5 – 19 – 7 – 33

After dropping their season opener to Lakewood 60-45 on Tuesday, the Raiders are now 1-1 on the season. Next week they travel to Ovid-Elsie on Monday, then to Ionia on Friday.