It was a busy Friday night of High School Basketball in the Battle Creek area. With Michigan State basketball on the airwaves, we were unable to provide the normal Game of the Night.
The Interstate 8 has tightened up early in the season after the Pennfield Panthers topped the Marshall Redhawks last Friday. Five teams began the night atop the conference at 2-1.
As the calendar turns to 2020, some of the best rivalry contests make their way into the Game of the Night schedule for us on WBCK. Friday's game provided another classic from Pennfield.
When the Benton Harbor Tigers and Battle Creek Central Bearcats get together in this old rivalry, the Central Field House has been at full capacity for some of the most classic games between the two squads.
After a busy five-game Friday that culminated with our Game of the Night, six more games took to the historic floor at Chuck Turner Court for the second day of the 51st annual Chuck Turner Cereal City Showcase at the Central Field House.
The Battle Creek Central Bearcats find themselves with a schedule in December that will keep them at the Central Field House for four games in the first month of the season.
We are less than a week away from the tip-off of our broadcast schedule for High School Basketball on WBCK. There are 24 regular season games scheduled, with two days where the listeners get a say.