BRONSON, MI (WTVB) – In boys high school basketball Monday, Bronson held on for a 45-44 win at home over Centreville. The Vikings led 25-19 at halftime and 37-32 after three quarters before managing the one point decision for their first conference victory of the season. Sean Kenny had a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds as Bronson improved to 3-6 overall and 1-3 in the B-C-S. Thursday the Vikings travel to Cassopolis.
Last night in gymnastics, Coldwater scored a season-high in points in a home win over Parma Western 124.225 to 122.475. It also gave the Lady Cardinals the third of their required four team Regional qualifying scores needed for a berth in the MHSAA Regionals in March. Coldwater posted season high scores last night on three events: the bars, beam, and floor exercise and in the process tallied 18 individual Regional Qualifying scores in the four events. Shelby Kahler and Madison Hedstrom both earned their right to compete in the post-season by scoring a fourth qualifier on the vault. Hedstrom also collected her fourth individual score for the floor exercise. The first event last night was the vault and Coldwater picked up six individual qualifiers led by a tie for second place between sisters Jenny and Amanda Daoud at 8.3. Next on the uneven bars, Jenny Daoud scored a personal best of 8.0 tying for second on the event. Then on the balance beam, the Lady Cardinals stuck four routines, and had five individual qualifiers. Leading the way was an impressive 1-2-3 finish from Jenny at 8.35, Amanda at 8.25, and Sarah Hughes at 7.95. It was a season high score for both Daoud girls and a personal best for Hughes. The momentum from the balance beam carried through to final event, the vault with five individuals collecting Regional qualifying scores including Jenny and Amanda Daoud, Brooke Neitzert, her first, Madison Hedstrom, and Darien Dyer, her third. A second place finish for Jenny Daoud included a personal best mark of 8.45 and she picked up another personal record and a win in the All-around competition at 33.1. Coming up Saturday in gymnastics, Coldwater competes at the St. John’s Invitational.
Tonight in high school sports, it’s a Branch County matchup in Boys basketball with undefeated Quincy hosting Coldwater. The Orioles are 8-0 while the Cardinals have a 1-9 record. We’ll have the game on the radio and you can also listen on-line at wtvbam.com with our live coverage starting at 7:15. The JV action begins at 6 pm with the Varsity scheduled to tip-off at 7:30 pm.
It’s also a Hoops for Hope night at Quincy sponsored by the Branch County Suicide Prevention Coalition. During the past week, the student body of each school has been conducting a coin challenge as a donation to the Coalition with the winning school receiving the Hoops for Hope Spirit Award. As yellow is associated with suicide prevention awareness, both teams tonight will be wearing yellow socks to show their support and spectators are encouraged as well to wear yellow. Another Hoops for Hope event is set for February 11th when Bronson hosts Union City in boys Basketball. Elsewhere on tonight’s schedule, in boys basketball, Union City hosts Mendon while in Girls only action, it’s Quincy at Concord, Bronson hosts Centreville, and Union City is at Homer.
Today on the Coaches Corner, it’s Quincy Girls Basketball coach Dana Clark.
In middle school sports yesterday, in girls basketball, Coldwater swept 3 games from Charlotte. Coldwater won the 8th grade “A” game at Charlotte 40-23 with 12 points for Samantha Rodesiler and 10 for Tyler Scheid. Emilee Smoker had 11 rebounds along with 7 points. In the 7th grade action in Coldwater, the Lady Cardinals won the “A” game 55-23 with 15 points for Olivia Foley and 14 for Carlee Crabtree. Coldwater took the “B” game 25-21 with 10 points for Emma Moore. The Coldwater 8th grade “B” team lost their game at Parma Western 33-28 with 10 points for Anna Tappenden.
Also Monday night, Bronson split their games at Centreville with an 8th grade win and a loss for the seventh grade squad. The 8th grade beat Centreville 40-10 with 16 points for Ashton Wronikowski while Maddy Thompson had 11 rebounds along with 8 points. Bronson dropped the 7th grade game 23-14 with 13 points for Keona Salesman and 11 rebounds for Alanna Mayer.
And the Union City 8th grade team lost at home to Athens 21-18 with 11 points for Autumn Carpenter.
