Ionia 7th grade girls outscored the Waverly Warriors 15-7 in the final quarter to pull out an exciting 33-30 comeback win Monday at the IMS gym. The victory improved their season record to 5-0.  After being blanked 9-0 in the opening stanza the Lady Dawgs fought back to close the gap to four 12-8 at the half. Waverly increased their advantage to five 23-18 at the end of three periods. Ten 4th quarter points from Ryelee Daugherty propelled Ionia to their first lead of the game late in the quarter. They then held off the Warriors for the hard fought win.        Daugherty paced the young dawgs with 16 points 8 rebounds 5 steals and 2 assists. Selina Stalker had a double double with 11 points and 12 rebounds. She also added 3 steals and 2 assists. Mallory Husmans aggressive play off the bench helped spark the Ionia comeback. She netted 4 points had 4 boards and 3 steals. Bella Barr also played big with 2 points 5 rebounds and 2 steals. Also adding to the Ionia cause were Alexa Petersen 5 boards 2 steals. Jovie Overcamp and Lydia Struble grabbed 4 caroms each each. while Ava Brown and Audrey Sprank pulled down 2 important rebounds apiece. Ionia will stay home for a Wednesday contest vs Lakewood at 4:30