November 2020

These were the only givens in this game:  The Hornets were going to win and the Hornets were going to lose.  It just happened that the Hornets from Brown County were the victors and the Hornets from Eureka were the defeated.  Brown County (7-5) withstood a 3rd quarter push by Eureka to win 59-49.  Brown County led after the […]

West Hancock ran its Macomb-Western Holiday Tournament winning streak to 11 games, topping the Pittsfield Saukees 39-32 in the quarterfinal round Friday night. The Titans will be making their fourth consecutive semifinal appearance. In a matchup featuring the last three tournament champions (Pittsfield – 2016 and West Hancock – 2017 & 2018), the Saukees proved

Farmington’s balanced scoring attack (four players with nine points or more) and stifling defense swallowed Macomb in this quarterfinal matchup.  The Farmers (10-2) shot 20-28 (71%) from the free throw line and used a 15-5 third quarter to skate passed the Bombers (2-9).  Macomb’s Sam Allen built on a solid tournament with an additional 23

Ryan Adolphson turned in arguably the best individual performance of the tournament thus far with his 28 points and 20 rebounds on 11-19 shooting.  Abingdon-Avon (9-3) was all over Monmouth-Roseville (7-6) in this quarterfinal matchup.  The Tornadoes never surrendered their lead in this one.  The Titans shot well in the second half, but it wasn’t

Rockridge (8-3) gets the upper hand early and holds back a charging Liberty Eagles team (9-4) by a score of 59-53.  The Rockets started absolutely red hot in this contest, not missing a field goal until 6:24 left in the second quarter.  Rockridge led wire-to-wire and were up by as many as 18, but Liberty

Coltin Quagliano’s triple double highlighted a 63-43 win for the Flying Geese of Wethersfield (7-4) over the Tigers of Illini Bluffs (2-10).  Wethersfield started on their run early and jumped out to a 23-10 lead at the end of the first quarter and led the game wire-to-wire.  This wasn’t the smoothest of affairs, however, as

A 17-16 lead at halftime mushroomed into an 18 point victory for the Lewistown Indians (7-6) over the Illini West Chargers (1-11) in this quarterfinal Consolation contest.  The Chargers won the battle in the paint (20-14) and bench points (8-5)…but committed nearly double the turnovers which allowed Lewistown to convert into 21 points. Lewistown surged

Trevor Heffren shot 12-23 from the field and scored 27 points to lead the Eureka Hornets (5-8) to a victory over the Panthers of Camp Point Central (1-11) in the second round of the Consolation bracket.  Camp Point outscored Eureka 15-3 in the third quarter to take the lead, but Eureka charged back to take

This first game of the Consolation bracket certainly seemed like a 9am game in the early going.  The halftime score was a mere 18-11, led by Canton.  Things heated up in the second half, however, as both teams stepped up the scoring.  Brown County erupted for 35 second half points after only scrounging 11 in

Will Guthie’s three-point play with 5.8 seconds left in overtime lifted the Pittsfield Saukees to a 52-51 victory over the Flying Geese of Wethersfield, who were making their Macomb-Western Holiday Tournament debut. It was a dramatic ending to the first round as Pittsfield overcame an eight-point fourth quarter deficit. Unfortunately for Wethersfield, it was a