BATTLE CREEK, MI (WTVB) – It was a tough day on Friday for the Coldwater Girls Golf team in the opening round of the MHSAA Division Two State Finals at the Bedford Valley Golf Course in Battle Creek. Coldwater finds itself in 17th place after the first round after they had a team score of 394 on Friday. Hunter Jenkot led Coldwater with a 91 followed by Jayla Goodwin with a 98, Claire Sheppard shot a 99, Micki Slack had a 106, and Kelly Warner rounded out Coldwater’s scoring with a 112. The second round will be held on Saturday.
—MHSAA DIVISION TWO BOYS SOCCER DISTRICTS—
Marshall at Coldwater (11:00am, district title game. Winner advances to the Marshall Regional)
—FOOTBALL—
All of the Branch County teams were off on Friday night following their games on Thursday. Coldwater and Union City are assured of playing next week in the opening round of the state tournament while Quincy will have to wait until the Sunday night MHSAA Selection Show to get official word on whether or not their 5-4 record was good enough to get into the post season.
Friday night’s area games…
Michigan Center 45, Reading 43 (Big 8/Cascades Conferences Title Game)
Climax-Scotts 53, Athens 7
White Pigeon 36, Bangor 12
Edwardsburg 48, Sturgis 6
Hillsdale 17, Brooklyn Columbia Central 10
Mendon 45, Marcellus 0
Colon 23, Three Oaks River Valley 20
Vicksburg 30, Three Rivers 20
In games involving Interstate 8 teams…
Harper Creek 41, Whitehall 20
Parma Western 50, Dexter 20
Portland 27, Marshall 0
Pennfield 28, Olivet 21
Pewamo-Westphalia 42, Hastings 12
Jackson Northwest 21, Leslie 14
8-Man Football…
North Adams-Jerome 56, Tekonsha 54 (OT)
Camden-Frontier 50, Waldron 14
Burr Oak 58, Litchfield 6
In other Branch County high school sports on Saturday…
—GIRLS VOLLEYBALL—
Big 8 Conference Meet at Bronson
—CROSS COUNTRY—
Coldwater at Interstate 8 Meet hosted by Cornwell’s Turkeyville USAUnion City at Kalamazoo ChristianQuincy at Goble Invitational
—GIRLS SWIMMING—
Coldwater at Harper Creek Invitational
