COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – In high school volleyball Thursday night, Coldwater lost at Adrian, falling in three sets 17-25, 11-25, 23-25. Jasmine and Jamie Wellet led the way in kills with 5 each, along with Jasmine serving a team-high 3 aces while Jamie paced the team in assists with 16 along with two solo blocks. Izzy Foley led the team defensively with 21 digs. Coldwater will take a 4-7-4 record into their next match at home Monday against Edwardsburg.
In last night’s JV match, Coldwater was a 2-0 winner at Adrian. Hunter Jenkot had 6 kills, Avery Milnes had 7 assists, Samantha Rodesiler had 8 digs, and Kaci White had 2 blocks. There was no freshman match.
Also in JV volleyball, Union City finished first in the annual Homer Invitational with three wins and one loss. Alexis George had 8 assists and 6 aces while Sydney Falkner had 12 kills.
In girls golf yesterday, Coldwater traveled to the Island Hills Golf Course to compete against 3 schools in a match play event hosted by Sturgis and they tied with Kalamazoo Christina for second place. Finishing first was Sturgis. Coldwater split with K-Christian with Madison Donbrock, Claire Sheppard and Jayla Goodwin winning their matches. Against Sturgis, Claire Sheppard and Molly Smith won their matches. Today, Coldwater will be at the Marshall Country Club for the Redhawk Invitational.
In boys tennis, Bronson’s varsity scored a 5-2 victory on the road against the Sturgis JV squad. Winners for the Vikings included Logan Kenny and Brett Sikorski at first and second singles as well as Brendan Bell and Branden Hyska at second doubles and Caeleb Albarran and Billy Balowski at third doubles.
In cross country, from Wednesday’s Springport Invitational, in the Division Two Boys race, Quincy was third and Union City seventh while for the Girls, Quincy was runner-up and Union City eighth. Nathan Nohr led the Quincy Boys with a second place finish overall while Grant Gay took eighth place for Union City. Gabby Porter finished third for Quincy in the girls race while for Union City, Marionna Bigelow took 28th place.
It’s a rain-free but chilly forecast for tonight’s football games and Coldwater will be playing at home for the first time this year when they take on the Pennfield Panthers in the Interstate Eight Conference contest that kicks off at 7 p.m. The Cardinal’s August 28 scheduled opener at home against Hastings had to be moved to Trine University in Angola, Indiana because the turf field project in Coldwater wasn’t finished in time to open the season.
The Cardinals have a 2-0 record following wins over Hastings and Marshall while Pennfield is 1-and-1, losing last week to Parma Western after a victory over Parchment. Our live coverage of tonight’s game on AM 1590 and FM 95.5 begins with the pregame show at 6:30 p.m. You can also listen on-line with the audio streaming here at wtvbam.com.
Elsewhere on the schedule, in the Big Eight, it’s Quincy at Jonesville while the tradition of the annual Little Brown Jug game continues with Union City at Athens. Also, Bronson is at Parchment and in 8-Man football, Tekonsha is at home against Battle Creek St. Philip.
There was reserve football last night including the Quincy junior varsity winning at home 36-7 over Jonesville. Luke Rufenacht had four touchdown runs for the Orioles. The Coldwater JV fell at Pennfield Thursday 24-8, while the freshmen team lost 36-16.
Today on the Coaches Corner, it’s Coldwater football coach Jeff Schorfhaar.
