COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – In Branch County high school sports last night, in boys varsity basketball, Bronson lost at Cassopolis 55-51. The Vikings couldn’t hold off a Cassopolis comeback as the Rangers outscored Bronson 22-11 in the fourth quarter. Noah Roberts had 18 points in the loss with 10 for Daniel McMichael while Eric Toledo added 10 rebounds and 7 points. The defeat drops the Vikings conference record to 1-4 in the BCS and 3-7 overall.
In girls hoops, Union City fell at home to Springport 40-37. Rachel Wing had 12 points and 9 rebounds while Riley Smith added 10 points in the loss that dropped the Lady Chargers record to 0-8 in the Big Eight and 2-12 overall. And Tekonsha lost at home to Camden-Frontier 68-8.
Last night’s reserve basketball schedule included Coldwater against Marshall with a split in the boys games in Coldwater while in the girls action at Marshall, it was a sweep for the host Redhawks. The JV Boys game went to Coldwater with the Cardinals beating Marshall 51-47. Zack Murphy had 12 points with 11 for Brady Beckhusen. Coldwater lost the freshman game 51-36 with 15 points for Joe Severn.
Marshall won the girls junior varsity game 49-39. Carly Duke had 13 points for Coldwater with 11 for Allison Butler. The Lady Cardinals lost the freshman game 62-22 with 9 points and 8 rebounds for Allison Adams.
In bowling Thursday afternoon in varsity only action at Midway Lanes, Coldwater swept to victory at home over Parma Western. The boys team is now 6-0 after the win with high scores from Shawn Johnson with a 224 along with Collin Outwater and Buddy Bailey both rolling a 194. The girls team improved to 5-1 led yesterday by Sadie Youse with a 163 and Alysia VanWormer with a 158.
Tonight’s high school schedule includes boys and girls varsity basketball in Coldwater with the Cardinals hosting Marshall and we’ll have all the action on the radio and you can also listen on-line at wtvbam.com. Our live coverage begins with the pre-game show about 5:30 pm following the Evening Journal with the girls tipping things off at six o’clock and the boys matchup to follow around 7:30 pm. Also tonight in boys and girls hoops, it’s Quincy at Reading while in boys only play, Union City hosts Springport and Tekonsha is at Camden-Frontier and in a girls only contest, Bronson is at Cassopolis.
Today on the Coaches Corner, it’s Coldwater gymnastics coach Kim Nichols.
