By By SCOTT NOVAK / Dowagiac Daily News
The Niles freshmen and junior varsity basketball teams were also victorious Thursday night against host Dowagiac.
The Lady Vikings won the freshmen game 59-15, while the junior varsity squad posted a 37-11 victory.
Freshmen basketball
Kaleigh Hill led the Lady Vikings with 10 points, while Autumn Lucero added nine points and Katie Bourbonnais seven points.
Niles jumped out to a 17-0 first quarter lead and never looked back.
The Lady Vikings led 33-2 at halftime.
Kayleigh Hutchings and Tasia Diaz both scored four points for Dowagiac, while Katie Wood led the Chieftains with five points.
JV basketball
Niles led 15-1 after one period of play and 20-3 at halftime against the Chieftains.
Kelsey Neilson led the Lady Vikings with nine points, while Madalynn Peterek and Abigail Mitchell added eight and seven points respectively.
Dowagiac got four points each from Shardatsha Fitchett and Tanisha White.