WHITE PIGEON – Rachel Vite scored 11 points and hauled down 11 rebounds as Edwardsburg opened up the 2009-10 girls’ basketball season with a 36-32 win over host White Pigeon Tuesday night.

The Lady Eddies also got six points from Sarah D’Amico and five points each from Mariah Murphy and Emily Kozinski.

D’Amico also had seven rebounds and four assists, while Kozinski had eight rebounds and two teams.

EDWARDSBURG 36
Leslie Boyles 2, Ashley Streb 4, Mariah Murphy 5, Sarah D’Amico 6, Rachel Vite 11, Emily Kozinski 5. TOTALS: 15 4-11 36

WHITE PIGEON 32
Sara Anderson 4, Emily Abbs 13, Morgan Gropp 11, Tiffany Schumacher 4. TOTALS: 11 6-8 32
Edwardsburg 6 18 27 36
White Pigeon 9 17 24 32
3-point baskets: D’Amico (E) 2, Anderson (WP), Abbs (WP), Gropp (W) 2. Total fouls: Edwardsburg 8, White Pigeon 14. Fouled out: None. Varsity records: Edwardsburg 1-0, White Pigeon 0-1

Cassopolis…38
River Valley…28
THREE OAKS – Visiting Cassopolis kicked off its season with a victory Tuesday night over host River Valley, 38-28.

The Lady Rangers trailed 10-6 after one period, but grabbed a 15-12 halftime lead and never looked back.

River Valley cut the lead to 20-18 heading into the fourth quarter, but Cassopolis outscored the Lady Mustangs 18-10 in the final eight minutes to pull away to the victory.

Savannah Sullivan had 16 points to lead the Lady Rangers, who also got nine points from Damonica Kelly and eight points from Reese Ellison.

CASSOPOLIS 38
Damonica Kelly 9, Sasha Lanier 0, Savannah Sullivan 16, Lela Broussard 3, Reese Ellison 8. TOTALS: 12 13-20 38

RIVER VALLEY 28
Katie Peterson 5, Chelsea Baker 3, Shelby Schlott 4, Liz Strefling 10, Kourtney Krumrie 2, Cassi Bronson 2, Jordan Gibson 2. TOTALS: 10 7-13 28

Cassopolis 6 15 20 38
River Valley 10 12 18 28
3-point baskets: Sullivan (C), Peterson (RV). Total fouls: Cassopolis 16, River Valley 17. Fouled out: Bronson (RV), Krumrie (RV)