From staff reports

EDWARDSBURG – The host Eddies continued their tune up for the postseason Tuesday night with a 52-43 Lakeland Conference victory over arch rival Cassopolis.

The contest was a makeup game from earlier in the month.

Edwardsburg and Cassopolis were knotted at 13 after one period of play, but the Eddies grabbed a 25-22 halftime advantage and then built on it throughout the second half.

Edwardsburg outscored Cassopolis 15-8 in the third quarter to open up a 40-31 advantage heading to the final quarter.

The Eddies (11-8, 8-3 Lakeland) also outscored the Rangers (7-12, 2-9 Lakeland) in the fourth quarter.

Rachel Vite scored a game-high 24 points to lead Edwardsburg offensively.

The Eddies also got 11 points from Sarah D’Amico and eight points from Ashley Streb.
The Rangers were led by Damonica Kelly’s 12 points. Lela Broussard added 10 points and Savannah Sullivan eight points.

The two teams wrap up their regular season on Thursday night.

CASSOPOLIS 43
Sasha Lanier 2 1-2 6, Jameka Eleazer 1 0-0 3, Lela Broussard 5 0-4 10, Damonica Kelly 5 0-0 12, Savannah Sullivan 3 0-0 8, Reese Ellison 2 0-0 4, Devan Hillyer 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 18 1-6 43
EDWARDSBURG 52
Rachel Vite 10 4-4 24, Leslie Boyles 0 0-0 0, Emily Kozinski 2 0-2 5, Ashley Streb 4 0-0 8, Mariah Murphy 2 0-0 4, Sarah D’Amico 4 2-2 11. TOTALS: 22 6-8 52

Cassopolis 13 22 31 43
Edwardsburg 13 25 40 52
3-point baskets: Cassopolis 6 (Kelly 2, Sullivan 2, Lanier 1, Eleazer 1), Edwardsburg 2 (Kozinski 1, D’Amico 1). Total fouls: Cassopolis 11, Edwardsburg 11. Fouled out: None. Varsity records: Edwardsburg 11-8, 8-3 Lakeland Conference; Cassopolis 7-12, 2-9 Lakeland Conference

New Buffalo…49
Cassopolis…52
Cassopolis’s Stefon Luckey scored a game-high 21 points to lead the Rangers to a 52-49 non-conference win over visiting New Buffalo Tuesday night.

The win raised Cassopolis’ season record to 7-10. The Bison dip to 8-9.

The Rangers grabbed a slim 12-8 lead after one quarter and increased their advantage to 30-20 by halftime.

New Buffalo outscored Cassopolis 19-9 in the third quarter to knot the score at 39 heading to the fourth.

Cassopolis held a 13-10 advantage in the scoring column over the final eight minutes of play to pull out the victory.
Beside Luckey’s total, the Ranger
s also got seven points from Tommy First and Nate Hartline, while Angelo Burmeister and Steven Eleazer both finished with six points.

Thomas Shelby led the Bison with 14 points. Tyler Henninger and Blane Zavesky both finished with eight points.

The Rangers are back in action on Friday night as they travel to Bridgman for a Lakeland Conference contest.

NEW BUFFALO 49
Curtis Brewster 7, Alex White 0, Thomas Selby 14, Kurtis Hatfield 5, Micah Harris 0, Will Woerdehoff 0, Brett McGinnis 4, Tyler Henninger 8, Jordan Stover 1, Austin Ricketts 2, Ben Bartelmay 0, Blane Zavesky 8. TOTALS: 19 9-13 49
CASSOPOLIS 52
Stefon Luckey 21, Steven Eleazer 6, Tommy First 7, Nate Hartline 7, Angelo Burmeister 6, Jacob Lee 5, Tyler Gilliam 0, Dwight Ottman 0, Willie Ellison 0. TOTALS: 23 5-11 52

New Buffalo 8 20 39 49
Cassopolis 12 30 39 52
3-point baskets: New Buffalo 2 (Brewster, Hatfield), Cass 1 (Luckey). Total fouls: New Buffalo 15, Cass 16. Varsity records: Cass 7-10, New Buffalo 8-9. JV score: New Buffalo 69, Cass 48