COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Coldwater’s final home game of the season ended in a 35-13 loss to Parma Western on Friday night as the Panthers earned their sixth victory of the season to qualify for the post season. The game marked the end of Purple Week at Coldwater High School as all of the fall sports teams got involved in the fight against cancer. It was also Senior Night for the Cardinals but the Panthers won for the second straight year at Cardinal Field. Parma quarterback Tyler Pape had a big night as he ran for four touchdowns and passed for another. Bo Branham’s four yard touchdown for Coldwater with 25 seconds left in the first quarter tied the game at 7-7. A pair of second quarter TD’s for the Panthers gave them a 21-7 lead at the half. They tacked on another score in the third quarter before Austin Roby scored a nine yard touchdown for the Cardinals early in the fourth quarter to cut the Panther lead to 28-13. But Pape’s fourth TD of the night with just over seven minutes to play closed out the scoring. Coldwater drops to 2-4 in the Interstate 8 and 2-5 overall. Branham was our McDonald’s Player of the Game as he finished with 85 yards rushing while Dylan Targgart led the defense with five tackles.
Due to injury and other constraints for Harper Creek’s JV football team, the Coldwater JV football game against Harper Creek scheduled for Thursday, October 11 has been cancelled. However, the JV team will play at Grand Ledge on October 11 at 4:30 PM.
Other scores in the Interstate 8:
(at) Hastings 55, Pennfield 27
(at) Jackson Lumen Christi 41, Harper Creek 0
(at) Marshall 52, Jackson Northwest 13
