Birch Run Boys varsity team gave it's best effort against a hot-shooting Essexville Garber team on Friday, but lost 65-30, though they were in it much of the game. Birch Run was down 8-13 after the 1st quarter, and going into halftime was down by 7, (17-24). Garber stretched their lead to 15 points in the 3rd quarter (21- 36). The Panthers had good looks at the rim, but the shots wouldn't fall. Jaxon Martinus led the team with 13 points. Connor Mausolf had 9 rebounds, and Trent Dalak had 6 deflections. Our next games is vs. Alma home Monday @ 7:00.

Jaxon Martinus- 13 pts, 3 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl, 1 defl, 1 blk

Colton Elliott- 8 pts, 1 reb

Wyatt Stevens- 4 pts, 2 ast, 1 stl

Connor Mausolf- 2 pts, 9 reb, 1 stl, 1 defl

Mike Jenrow- 2 pts, 2 reb, 1 blk

Gage Martinius- 1 pt, 5 reb, 1 ast, 1 defl

Trent Dalak- 2 reb, 1 ast, 6 defl

Karter Knight- 2 reb, 1 blk

Keegan Hale- 1 reb, 2 ast, 2 stl, 2 defl

Alex Chase- 1 reb

The BR JV boys lost to Garber on Thursday 57-47.