STURGIS, MI (WTVB) – In high school boys varsity basketball, the Cardiac Cards ran out of miracles on Tuesday night.Coldwater’s Dylan Targgart’s three quarter court desperation shot drew iron at the buzzer as the Sturgis Trojans snapped the Coldwater Cardinals eight game winning streak with a 52-50 win on their home court.
Tuesday’s game was a preview of the upcoming districts as the Cardinals and Trojans will face each other in the opening round. Targgart was the McDonald’s Player of the Game with 17 points and nine rebounds including six on the offensive boards. Gage McGuire added 14 points and six rebounds.
Matt Polzin led Sturgis with 14 points.
Coldwater is now 10-2 while Sturgis is 11-2.
Coldwater won the J.V. game 38-30.
Also Tuesday night, Olivet topped Bronson 77-26. The Vikings dropped to 4-9.
Athens beat Union City 45-29, as the Chargers drop to 6-7 overall and 2-5 in the Big 8.
Quincy improved to 9-3 overall and 6-1 in the Big 8 after a 66-54 victory over Homer. Nathan Karney led the Orioles with 22 points and eight rebounds. William Dunn had a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds while Drew Deaton also had 12 points.
Other Boys Basketball scores…
Battle Creek Central 54, Niles 52
Harper Creek 68, Battle Creek Lakeview 64
Battle Creek Pennfield 60, Otsego 53
Battle Creek St. Philip 54, Burr Oak 28
Camden-Frontier 69, Waldron 36
Centreville 52, Marcellus 49
Concord 60, Jonesville 40
Hillsdale 64, Onsted 62
Jackson Christian 41, Hillsdale Academy 40
Kalamazoo Central 62, Portage Central 38
Kalamazoo Christian 72, Galesburg-Augusta 32
Mendon 73, Howe School, Ind. 36
North Adams-Jerome 82, Litchfield 63
Pittsford 56, Climax-Scotts 38
Schoolcraft 101, Lawton 44
South Haven 73, Vicksburg 66
Springport 43, Reading 42
Stevensville Lakeshore 54, Richland Gull Lake 45
—-Girls Basketball—-
Coldwater 56, Sturgis 34
The Lady Cardinals jumped out to a 19-4 lead after the first quarter and never looked back. Coldwater stretched their lead to 41-11 midway through the third in route to improving their record to 10-3 overall. Malorie Rzepka lead the Cardinals with 13 points. Carlee Crabtree scored nine points while adding five assists and four steals. Tyler Scheid and Samantha Rodesiler each had six points and six rebounds.
Coldwater swept the underclassman games. The Cardinals won the J.V. game 47-29 as Autumn Sunderland had a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Coldwater also won the freshman contest 44-29 as Taylor Wilber led the Cardinals with 17 points.
Other Girls Basketball Scores….
Athens 46, Bellevue 25
Centreville 55, Marcellus 36
Comstock 50, Allegan 27
Galesburg-Augusta 55, Kalamazoo Christian 49
Grass Lake 61, Reading 18
Jackson Lumen Christi 43, Jackson 42
Jackson Northwest 35, Eaton Rapids 26
Marshall 68, Holt 11
Niles 54, Battle Creek Central 40
Onsted 46, Hillsdale 32
Otsego 57, Battle Creek Pennfield 51
Parma Western 45, Hanover-Horton 36
Portage Northern 42, Mattawan 37
Richland Gull Lake 43, Stevensville Lakeshore 41
Schoolcraft 62, Lawton 34
St. Joseph 42, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 22
Vicksburg 43, South Haven 20
Waldron 57, Pioneer N. Central, Ohio 40
