BRONSON, MI (WTVB) – In high school basketball Thursday, Bronson’s boys dropped their Big 8 Conference opener and fell to 1-2 overall as they were beaten by Reading 57-38. Reading only led 22-21 at the half but broke the game open with a 35-17 second half.
The Bronson girls jumped out to a 13-2 lead after the first quarter and went on to defeat Reading 46-31 as they improved to 3-1 overall and 2-0 in the Big 8. Alanna Mayer scored a game-high 19 points for the Vikings
In action Friday night, Coldwater and Marshall will have a girls/boys varsity doubleheader on the Red Hawks home court starting at 6:00 p.m.. Coverage here on AM 1590 and FM 95.5 WTVB as well as on line at https://wtvbam.com/local-sports-live/ and on https://www.facebook.com/1590WTVB starts at 5:30 p.m.
In other girls/boys doubleheaders, Union City will host Homer while Quincy will be at home against Concord.
Thursday area boys scores….
Athens 60, North Adams-Jerome 26
Camden-Frontier 67, Hillsdale Academy 46
Centreville 65, White Pigeon 47
Calhoun Christian 44, Colon 33
Dowagiac 67, Sturgis 28
Kalamazoo Christian 46, Constantine 23
Jackson Christian 74, Litchfield 63
Bloomingdale 51, Mendon 41
Thursday area girls scores…
Centreville 43, White Pigeon 30
Calhoun Christian 44, Colon 26
Sturgis 37, Dowagiac 20
Hillsdale 38, Hudson 36
Kalamazoo Christian 56, Constantine 53
Bloomingdale 51, Mendon 16
Underclassmen Basketball—
Freshman—
Marshall 49, Coldwater 43 (Elijah Sloan led the Cardinals with 16 points while Chase Sunderland had 10 points.)
JV—
Marshall 54, Coldwater 34 (Donte Work and Brock Thornton both had eight points for the Cardinals.
Concord 56, Quincy 49 (Tae’Sean Bodley led the Orioles with 15 points.)
