By John Raffel
Correspondent
PAW PAW – Paw Paw boys basketball team ended a three-game losing streak and improved its record to 3-6 on Dec. 23 with a 50-30 win over Allegan at the Parchment Holiday Showcase
Earlier in the week, Paw Paw lost to Niles 58-55 and to Dowagiac 56-49.
The Red Wolves return to action on Jan. 12 at home against Three Rivers.
The Paw Paw girls are 4-1 after a 70-34 win over Niles on Dec. 21 at home. They will play Battle Creek Harper Creek at home on Jan. 5.
Paw Paw wrestling
Paw Paw’s wrestling team defeated Niles 51-28 on Dec. 20.
For the Red Wolves, it was Kainan Teske (106 pounds) with a pin over Connor Craw in 31 seconds; Owen Hamre (120) won by forfeit; Zac Klimp (126) pinned Lloyd Brown in 3:46; David Pokorny (132) was pinned in 16 seconds by Brock Clendenin;
Tyler Perkkio (138), pinned Nathan Smith in 5:05; Jerry Strasser (144) pinned Chayce Quinn in 1:23; Alex Burgess (150) pinned Ward Cheney in 53 seconds; Alec McNeil (157) was pinned by Toney Boyne in 1:39; Dominic Hernandez (1675) won by forfeit; Gavin Turk (175) won 2-1 over Sam Rucker; Fisher Edwards (190) lost an 11-1 decision to Julian Means-Flewellen; Austin George (215) pinned Ronald Fiedler in 2:19 and Braylen Kennedy (2185) was pinned in 2:40 by Chase Brawley.