Middle School Basketball Heats Up a Cold River Rouge

The River Rouge Panthers hosted the Hamtramck Cosmos for the last regular season game of middle school boys basketball. For Coach Bralin Toney it was an opportunity for his players to showcase their development. The young Panthers were 9-0 leading into the evening. Finishing the season with a perfect record would be the perfect morale builder for the team.

The game started aggressively from tip off. Panthers and Cosmos were in a battle that canceled each other out. After twenty minutes of assertive defense, salient offense the score was deadlocked at 13-13. Coaches took their teams to the lock...