COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Junior Ayden Dirschell was voted by his teammates as Most Valuable Player for the Coldwater Cardinal boys basketball team during their team banquet Tuesday at Bill’s Grill House at the Coldwater Golf Course.
Other awards that were voted on by team members include:
- Most Improved Player: Austin Downs
- Best Defensive Player (tie): Niko Downs, Zach Coffing
- Leadership Award: Zach Coffing
- Scout Team/Bench Player (tie): Austin Downs, Kaden Lewis
- Hustle Award: Niko Downs
- Dedication Award: Niko Downs
- Most Sportsmanlike: Niko Downs
Dirschell also earned a spot in the CHS boys basketball record book: his 7.59 rebounds per game this past season is the tenth highest season average, He is also eighth in season average in steals, averaging 2.39 per game durign the 2022-23 season.
Dirschell was the only Cardinal representative on the Interstate 8 All-Conference team, while sophomore Gavin Taylor earned Honorable Mention honors. Dirschell, Taylor, Niko Downs, Kaden Lewis, and Jackson Reilly were named to the Interstate 8 Academic All-Conference team.
Coldwater finished the season 6-17 overall; they tied Hastings for fifth place in the league standings at 4-8.
Sixteen boys basketball teams across the state have punched their tickets to the MHSAA Semifinals Thursday and Friday at the Breslin Center in East Lansing following Tuesday’s Quarterfinals:
- Division 1 at Grand Haven: Zeeland West 53, Muskegon 52
- Division 1 at Holt: Ann Arbor Huron 54, East Lansing 48
- Division 1 at Detroit Mercy: North Farmington 62, River Rouge 51
- Division 1 at Detroit Mercy: Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 52, Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice 43
- Division 2 at Gaylord: Flint Powers Catholic 81, Kingsford 77
- Division 2 at Hamilton: Grand Rapids Christian 57, Grand Rapids Catholic Central 52
- Division 2 at Ypsilanti Lincoln: Chelsea 68, Detroit University Prep 53
- Division 3 at Gaylord: McBain 51, Menominee 49
- Division 3 at Kalamazoo Loy Norrix: Niles Brandywine 58, Grand Rapids Covenant Christian 34
- Division 3 at Ypsilanti Lincoln: Riverview Gabriel Richard 58, Jackson Lumen Christi 44
- Division 3 at St. Clair County Community College (SC4): Detroit Old Redford 45, Flint Beecher 44
- Division 4 at Gladstone: St. Ignace 68, Crystal Falls Forest Park 51
- Division 4 at Houghton Lake: Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart 63, Maple City Glen Lake 51
- Division 4 at Portage Northern: Wyoming Tri-unity Christian 65, St. Joseph Our Lady of the Lake Catholic 29
- Division 4 at SC4: Allen Park InterCity Baptist 58, Kingston 46
The Semifinals in Divisions 3 and 4 will be Thursday, while the Division 1 and 2 Semifinals will be Friday. All four championship games will be played Saturday.
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