COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – March Magic in the State of Michigan starts tonight as the 2018 Michigan High School Athletic Association Boys Basketball tournament gets underway.
Interstate 8 champion Coldwater drew a first round bye in the Class A District tournament being hosted by Richland Gull Lake. The host team will face Battle Creek Lakeview this evening with the winner playing Coldwater on Wednesday night at 7:00 p.m..
In the other first round games this evening, Harper Creek will play at Sturgis while Battle Creek Central plays at Kalamazoo Loy Norrix.
In the Class C district tournament being hosted by Homer, Big 8 Conference champion Quincy plays their first round game at Union City, Bronson travels to Reading and Mendon will be at Centreville. All of tonight’s games start at 6:00 p.m..
Homer drew an opening round bye and will face the winner of the Reading-Bronson Wednesday night.
In other area games this evening…
Class D at Litchfield
Tekonsha vs. Camden-Frontier
Hillsdale Academy vs. Pansophia Academy
Class B
Comstock vs. Pennfield (at Marshall)
Eaton Rapids at Parma Western
Onsted at Jonesville
Hillsdale vs. Brooklyn Columbia Central (at Jonesville)
Class C
Pewamo-Westphalia at Springport
White Pigeon at Schoolcraft
Pittsford vs. Addison (at Manchester)
Concord at Grass Lake
Jackson Prep at Jackson Lumen Christi
Class D
North Adams-Jerome vs. Jackson Christian (at Morenci)
Colon vs. Marcellus Howardsville (at Martin)
—MHSAA GIRLS BASKETBALL REGIONALS—
After winning girls basketball district championships last Friday, the Coldwater Cardinals and Bronson Vikings will be in the regional semifinals tomorrow night.
Coldwater is in a regional where the four teams have a combined record of 77-11. The 21-2 Cardinals will face 17-6 Okemos in the first Class A regional semi-final game at Kalamazoo Loy Norrix tomorrow night at 6:00 p.m.. The winner will face either Kalamazoo Central (17-3) or second ranked East Lansing (22-0) for the regional title.
The 17-6 Vikings will face 10th ranked Niles Brandywine (21-2) in the second semifinal of the Bridgman Regional on Tuesday night. The winner plays either fifth ranked Schoolcraft (22-0) or Kalamazoo Hackett (15-8) for the regional championship.
