COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – The Coldwater Cardinals will find out Sunday night who they will play next weekend in the opening round of the MHSAA football playoffs as well as where and when. The Cardinals made their bid for a home game in the first round thanks to a dominant second half performance on Friday night as they defeated Traverse City West 31-14 at Cardinal Field. The Cardinals scored 17 unanswered points in the second half after the game was tied 14-14 at the half. Sam Demeester recovered a fumble early in the third quarter and then scored the go ahead touchdown on the next play.
DeMeester was the McDonald’s Player of the Game as he had 16 carries for 63 yards and two touchdowns along with an eight yard TD reception, four tackles and a fumble recovery. Cole Targgart threw two touchdown passes to DeMeester and Brady Beckhusen. Angel Sereno also booted a 32 yard field goal to round out the Coldwater scoring. Coldwater also won the J.V. game 16-8 as they finished 5-4. Pat Olmstead rushed for 139 yards and two touchdowns.
Lake Michigan Catholic 44, Bronson 0
Cole Houtz had seven tackles for Bronson as the Vikings finished 1-8.
INTERSTATE 8
Whitehall 37, Harper Creek 30
Pewamo-Westphalia 44, Hastings 13
Jackson Lumen Christi 41, Flint Beecher 7
Portland 21, Marshall 14
Leslie 28, Jackson Northwest 23
B.C. Pennfield 22, Olivet 19
Western 57, Dexter 14
BIG “8”/CASCADES CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Grass Lake 43, (at) Springport 27
BCS RED
Cassopolis 55, Comstock 13
Bridgman 43, Centreville 0
White Pigeon 42, Colon 6
OTHER AREA H.S. FOOTBALL SCORES
B.C. Lakeview 40, Gull Lake 21
B.C. Central 47, Kal. Loy Norrix 6
Climax-Scots 54, New Buffalo 6
Camden-Frontier 44, Waldron 18
Edwardsburg 57, Sturgis 0
Three Rivers 14, Vicksburg 13
Constantine 65, Hartford 8
Brooklyn Columbia Central 29, Hillsdale 28
Royal Oak Shrine 49, North Adams-Jerome 8
Pittsford 44, Ashley 0
Marcellus 36, Galesburg-Augusta 20
Schoolcraft 41, Delton-Kellogg 7
Portage Central 24, St. Joseph 14
DeWitt 49, Portage Northern 14
Kalamazoo Christian 42, Martin 7
Stockbridge 50, Parchment 34
Kalamazoo Central 27, Mattawan 7
Dowagiac 22, Paw Paw 7
===Saturday’s Branch County H.S. Sports Schedule===
—GIRLS VOLLEYBALL—
Quincy at Coldwater Lady Cardinal Invitational
—CROSS COUNTRY—
Coldwater at Interstate 8 Conference Championship (hosted by Marshall)
Quincy at Gobles
Union City at Kalamazoo Christian Invitational
