Coldwater 63, Harper Creek 45After surrendering 20 points in the first quarter, the Coldwater Cardinals buckled down on the defensive end and only allowed 25 points for the rest of the night as they won at Harper Creek 63-45 for their fifth straight victory. Coldwater is now 7-1 overall and 4-1 in the Interstate 8. Colin Warner led the Cardinals with 17 points, five rebounds, two assists and two steals. The McDonald’s co-Players of the Game were Dylan Targgart and Cameron Barnes. Targgart had 16 points and eight rebounds while Barnes had eight points
Centreville 61, Bronson 45
Thad Herman led the Vikings with 16 points. Bronson is now 2-5.
In other area boys basketball scores…
Battle Creek Central 58, Mattawan 46
Battle Creek Lakeview 54, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 50
Battle Creek Pennfield 66, Hastings 47
Benton Harbor 49, Stevensville Lakeshore 44, OT
Cassopolis 57, Mendon 39
Edwardsburg 71, South Haven 65, 4OT
Gobles 52, Galesburg-Augusta 45
Kalamazoo Central 76, Richland Gull Lake 43
Kalamazoo Hackett Catholic Central 68, Delton Kellogg 46
Lawton 55, Constantine 44
Marshall 57, Jackson Northwest 44
New Buffalo 66, White Pigeon 35
Niles Brandywine 62, Parchment 42
Parma Western 61, Jackson Lumen Christi 47
Paw Paw 65, Allegan 22
Portage Central 58, Portage Northern 43
Schoolcraft 72, Kalamazoo Christian 46
Three Rivers 64, Sturgis 49
Vicksburg 65, Dowagiac Union 56
—GIRLS BASKETBALL—
Coldwater built an 18 point lead midway through the third quarter and went on to defeat Harper Creek 53-45. Carlee Crabtree led the Cardinals with 19 points, four steals and four rebounds while Izzy Foley added 10 points. Jamie Wellet had nine points while Tyler Scheid grabbed nine rebounds. Coldwater is now 7-2 overall and 3-2 in the I-8.
Quincy jumped out to a 19-4 lead after the first quarter and went to defeat Union City 53-12 in a Big 8 contest. Hannah Economou had a double-double as she scored a game-high 18 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for the Orioles while Allison Parshall had 11 points. Dani Cross led Union City with six points.
In other area girls basketball scores…
Hillsdale Will Carleton Academy 62, Coldwater Pansophia Academy 11
Jonesville 61, Reading 32
Athens 39, Homer 27
Springport 65, Concord 43
B.C. St. Phillip 50, Tekonsha 24
Battle Creek Lakeview 67, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 15
Battle Creek Pennfield 57, Hastings 41
Climax-Scotts 56, Jackson Christian 35
Constantine 39, Lawton 34
Edwardsburg 61, South Haven 41
Galesburg-Augusta 42, Gobles 31
Hillsdale 61, Dundee 52
Kalamazoo Central 75, Richland Gull Lake 68
Kalamazoo Hackett Catholic Central 60, Delton Kellogg 43
Marshall 41, Jackson Northwest 40
Mattawan 48, Battle Creek Central 32
North Adams-Jerome 48, Burr Oak 10
Parma Western 52, Jackson Lumen Christi 35
Pittsford 68, Waldron 30
Portage Central 36, Portage Northern 30
Three Rivers 53, Sturgis 32
===SATURDAY’S BRANCH COUNTY H.S. SPORTS SCHEDULE===
—WRESTLING—
Coldwater at Three Rivers Super Duals
Bronson at Goshen Invitational
Union City at Parma Western Invitational
—BOYS SWIMMING—
Coldwater at Kalamazoo Loy Norrix Invitational
—GIRLS GYMNASTICS—
Coldwater at Lowell Invitational
—COMPETITIVE CHEER—
Coldwater at Jackson Northwest Invitational
Quincy at Hudson Invitational
Union City at Gull Lake Invitational
—LESTER—
(KALAMAZOO) – Western Michigan University has picked a new head football coach. Former Bronco quarterback Tim Lester will to take over for P.J. Fleck who left WMU last week after the taking the head coaching job at the University of Minnesota. Fleck will be a tough act to follow. The Broncos won the MAC title this past season and earned a trip to the Cotton Bowl. Lester set numerous records when he quarterbacked the Broncos in the late 90’s. Lester has been a head coach in NCAA Division Two and Three. He was also an assistant coach at Syracuse and Purdue. Lester will be introduced Saturday at a news conference as well as during the WMU basketball and hockey games.
