COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – The Coldwater boys basketball team play only their second game of the season in the Coach Floyd Eby Gymnasium Friday night as they’ll host the Hastings Saxons. The Cardinals are 6-1 overall and 4-1 in the Interstate 8 following their 50-40 win on Tuesday at Jackson Lumen Christi. Coldwater is a half game back of Parma Western for first place in the Interstate 8.
The girls game between Hastings and Coldwater will tip at 6:00pm. Coldwater is in a three way tie for first in the Interstate 8. They are 4-1 in the conference and 10-1 overall.
Coverage of the girls/boys doubleheader begins at 5:30pm here on AM1590 and FM 95.5 WTVB and on line at www.wtvbam.com.
In the underclassmen games last night….
JV Boys…Coldwater 34 Hastings 25.
Leading scorers for Coldwater were Jaxon Janusz with 13 points and Dennis Winger with 10 points.
Freshmen Boys…Coldwater 37 Hastings 30
Deandre Douglas led Coldwater with 24 points while Kolby Wager had seven points and Zac Saeed added six points as the Cardinals improved to 4-4.
JV Girls…Coldwater 47 Hastings 17
Coldwater improved to 9-4. Autumn Sunderland led Coldwater with 14 points, four rebounds and three steals. Mia Rzepka added 12 points and Bailey Burkhardt had seven rebounds and three steals.
Freshmen Girls… Hastings 39 Coldwater 33
Abby Herman had 10 points for Coldwater while Alyssa Bach grabbed 10 rebounds and Madison Beckhusen had five steals and six assists.
In other Interstate 8 Girls/Boys doubleheaders….
Lumen Christi at Pennfield
Parma Western at Jackson Northwest
Harper Creek at Marshall
In Big 8 Conference Girls/Boys doubleheaders…
Quincy at Bronson (Hall of Fame Night at Bronson)
Reading at Union City
Concord at Homer
Jonesville at Springport
Union City won the JV boys game over Reading 44-28 as Mitchell Watson led the Chargers with 11 points.
In other boys basketball games tonight…
Calhoun Christian at Pansophia Academy
Tekonsha at Litchfield
B.C. St. Phillip at Athens
North Adams-Jerome at Burr Oak
Schoolcraft at Constantine
Three Rivers at Dowagiac
Hudson at Hillsdale
Waldron at Jackson Christian
Hartford at Mendon
Colon at Pittsford
Plainwell at Sturgis
In other girls basketball games tonight…
Calhoun Christian at Pansophia Academy
Schoolcraft at Constantine
Three Rivers at Dowagiac
Mendon at Hartford
Plainwell at Sturgis
In boys basketball last night…
Marcellus 70, Centreville 50
In girls basketball last night…
Litchfield 54, Tekonsha 15
Athens 43, B.C. St. Phillip 20
Pittsford 63, Colon 16
Brooklyn Columbia Central 61, Hillsdale 29
Centreville 46, Marcellus 12
North Adams-Jerome 28, Burr Oak 12
Waldron 72, Jackson Christian 45
===Middle School Girls Basketball===
8th grade A— Legg 40 Jackson Northwest 5
Mallory Wilber had 13 points, Jayla Foster added 12 points and Allison Miller grabbed eight rebounds.
8th grade B—Legg 30 Jackson Northwest 18
Tasha Pike led Legg with 15 points while Kaylee McBride added eight points.
7th grade A— Jackson Northwest defeated Legg, no score was provided.
Kyra Klotz had four rebounds.
7th grade B—Jackson Northwest 25 Legg 17
Heidi Katz led Legg with six points. Leading the team with eight rebounds each were Ilsa Katz, Heidi Katz, and Alexis Bills.
Meanwhile, the Saint Charles Borromeo Middle School boys basketball team defeated Factoryville Christian Middle School 31-28 in their first game of the season in the Sturgis Christian League. Saint Charles was led in scoring by David Richards with 14 points with Brady Mescher scoring 10 points. The St. Charles Lower Team A for grades 3-5 also defeated Factoryville, 30 to 18. Saint Charles will host Trinity Lutheran Middle School from Sturgis h their next game on Thursday January 25th at 6:30 p.m. at the Rec-Center in Heritage park.
In other Branch County high school sports this evening….
—GIRLS GYMNASTICS—
Coldwater at Jackson Lumen Christi
