By By SCOTT NOVAK / Dowagiac Daily News
The Dowagiac freshmen and junior varsity girls' basketball teams were swept by visiting Paw Paw Thursday night.
The freshmen team was defeated by the Lady Redskins, 31-21. The junior varsity fell to Paw Paw, 58-20. The JV will be in action on Tuesday against Hartford.
Freshmen basketball
Dowagiac grabbed a 7-3 first quarter lead and led 11-10 at halftime.
Paw Paw outscored Dowagiac 11-4 in the third quarter and 10-6 in the final eight minutes to rally for the victory.
Stephanie Grabemeyer scored seven points to lead the Chieftains. Dowagiac (0-2) also got six points from Brittany Gnatz and four points from Kayleigh Hutchings.
JV basketball
Dowagiac was outscored by Paw Paw 23-4 in the opening quarter.
The Chieftains (0-2) never recovered.
Paw Paw outscored Dowagiac over the final three quarter of play, 35-16.
Allison Frontczak had five points, while Sarah Shelton and Shardatsha Fitchett both scored four points.
Line Zachary added three points.