JACKSON, MI 9WTVB) – The Coldwater High School varsity basketball squads continue their battles for first place in the Interstate 8 Conference this evening at Jackson Lumen Christi.
After holding off a Harper Creek rally in the final minutes on Tuesday night, the Coldwater girls will be looking to stay undefeated in conference play. The 9-1 Cardinals lead the I-8 with a 6-0 conference record. Jackson Northwest and Marshall and tied for second at 4-1.
The 8-2 Coldwater boys are tied for first place in the I-8 with Parma Western. Both teams are 5-1 in the conference. Pennfield is one game back at 4-2.
The junior varsity girls game will start at 4:30 p.m. followed by the varsity girls at 6:00 p.m. and the boys game at 7:30 p.m.. Coverage on AM 1590 and FM 95.5 WTVB as well as on line at www.wtvbam.com and Facebook LIve starts at 5:30 p.m..
In Big 8 Conference girls/boys basketball doubleheaders this evening….
Concord at Quincy
Bronson at Reading
Union City at Homer
The undefeated Quincy boys lead the Big 8 with a 5-0 record while Union City and Homer are tied for second at 4-1. Springport leads the girls Big 8 standings with a 4-0 record. Bronson is a half game back at 4-1 followed by Jonesville at 3-2 and Quincy at 2-2.
In girls basketball Friday night, Tekonsha will host Waldron.
In boys basketball on Thursday night….
Tekonsha 56, Litchfield 46
Athens 72, Climax-Scotts 57
Hillsdale Academy 69, North Adams-Jerome 57
Pittsford 70, Burr Oak 30
—UNDERCLASSMEN BOYS BASKETBALL—
The Coldwater J.V. boys basketball team defeated Jackson Lumen Christi 76-65. Four Cardinals in double figures. Aaron May had 19 points, DeAndre Douglas had 16 points, Lu LeBron had 13 points and Brock Thorton had 11 points.
Coldwater’s freshman also won as they defeated Kalamazoo Hackett Catholic 52-45. Gavin Budd led Coldwater with 22 points while Kyle Sheppard had 11 points.
The Quincy J.V. Boys team defeated Concord 64-37. Coy Clancy led the Orioles with 12 points.
—MIDDLE SCHOOL BASKETBALL—
The Cougars of St. Charles Borromeo defeated Trinity Lutheran of Sturgis on Thursday night 36-16. Leading the Cougars in scoring were Brady Mescher with 13 points followed by Jimmy Maynard with 11. Both Alex Richards and Christopher Grahl contributed six points each. The next game for the St. Charles team will be Thursday January 24th in Factoryville at 6:30 p.m..
