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No nerves of SteelersPolice say a western Pennsylva-

nia man told them he kicked his girl-

friend’s puppy to death because he

was upset that the pit

bull wouldn’t behave

before the start of

the Pittsburgh Steel-

ers game.

Twenty-two-year-old William

Woodson remained jailed Monday

on a charge of animal cruelty.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

reports that a witness told police

that Woodson was kicking the dog

down the street shortly after 1 p.m.

Sunday, which is when the football

game began. Police say Woodson

was supposed to be taking the pit

bull for a walk, but the animal resis-

ted. By the time police arrived, the

puppy was dead.

L.A. fans ready for some NFLNFL-starved fans in Los Angeles

are already signing up for ticket

updates, even though there’s no

stadium or a team to play in it.

John Semcken of Majestic Realty

Co. said Monday that the stadium

Web site has received more than

105,000 requests about general

admission tickets, 36,000 about club

seats and 3,200 about luxury suites.

About 75,000 seats are planned.

Majestic began gauging demand

and seeking support about a year

ago. Semcken says demand spiked

after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger

signed a bill last month clearing the

way for construction in the Los

Angeles suburb of Industry.

She’s on the record again Germany has restored the 1936

high jump record to the woman who

was stripped of the mark because

she was Jewish.

Gretel Bergmann

also had been banned

from that year’s Berlin

Olympics by the Nazis

because of her reli-

gion.

Germany’s track

and field association says the act of

restoring Bergmann’s record jump

of 5 feet, 3 inches, “can in no way

make up” for the past. But it called

the decision an “act of justice and a

symbolic gesture.”

The track group also requested

the 95-year-old Bergmann be

included in Germany’s sports hall of

fame. Bergmann emigrated in 1937

to the United States, where she still

lives.

We stink and we’re sorryThe outcome was so embarrass-

ing that Wigan’s players want to

refund the cost of tickets to their

fans.

Wigan (England) was routed 9-1

by Tottenham on Sunday, matching

a league record for most goals

scored by a team in a game.

“We feel that as a group of play-

ers we badly let down our support-

ers yesterday, and this is a gesture

we have to make and pay them

back for their tremendous loyalty,”

Wigan defender Mario Melchiot

said.

“As a group of professionals, we

were embarrassed by the way we

performed. We feel it was below our

standards and this is something we

feel we owe to the fans.”

Wigan declined to say how many

of its fans were at the game but said

the amount the players would pay

would be a “five-figure sum.”

Which area team

has the best shot

at winning a state

title on Friday?

”They said it

“Good, hard rac-

ing is going to cre-

ate its own acci-

dents. It’s going to

create its own

moments, it's going

to create everything

that the fans want to see.”

— Kevin Harvick, after Sunday’s

bumping at Homestead

By MARK TUPPERH&R Executive Sports Editor

CHAMPAIGN — Freshmanmaturity is being put to the testwithin the Illini basketball team.

With two freshmen startingand another making a positiveimpression with his play off thebench, coach Bruce Weber hastried to acclimate his newcom-ers to the world of college bas-ketball.

That includes teaching themhow to study detailed scoutingreports, how to pay attention topreparation in practice and theimportance of self-disciplineduring Thanksgiving breakwhen sleep habits and nutrition

need to be taken as seriously aspracticing free throws.

Always the teacher, Weber isexcited to learn how his fresh-men do as 20th-ranked Illinoisbegins a series of games againstbetter teams.

Tonight, the opponent is Wof-ford College, which won at Geor-gia, led by 13 in the second halfbefore fading to lose by three atPittsburgh, and which on Sun-day led by two at halftime

before falling at Bradley, 56-54.Running through the scouting

report at practice Monday, theIllini players learned Wofford isa smart, difficult-to-play basket-ball team.

“We have tried — even withthe exhibition games — to getthem used to the preparationand that the little things areimportant,” Weber said of his

Illinois vs. Wofford

The Associated Press

They don’t all need glass-es. But if you always sus-pected basketball refereesare biased — well, you’reright, according to a coupleof professors who’ve stud-ied the matter.

Refs favor the hometeam, the academics say.They’re big on “make-up”calls. They make more callsagainst teams in the lead,and the discrepancy growsif the game is on nationalTV.

The professors studied365 college games duringthe 2004-05 season andfound that refs had a terrif-ic knack for keeping thefoul count even, regardlessof which team was moreaggressive.

Exhibit A: The 2005 FinalFour meeting between Illi-nois and Louisville. The Illi-ni, known for being moreaggressive defensively, gotwhistled for the first sevenfouls. By the end of thegame, the foul count wasLouisville 13, Illinois 12. TheIllini won 72-57.

Results like this were thenorm across all the gamesthe professors studied fromthat season — from the BigEast to the ACC to the BigTen and all 63 NCAA tour-nament games. The take-home message for coaches:The more aggressive yourteams the better because, inthe end, the foul count isgoing to be about even nomatter what.

It helps explain, the pro-fessors say, why collegebasketball has gottenincreasingly physical overthe past 25 years.

“Part of the reason forthe study came from some-thing my coach used to tellme,” said study co-authorKyle Anderson, a visiting

Study saysrefs showreal bias

NEW YORK (AP) —Joe Mauer sat behind atable on a podium in aconference room at theMetrodome when JustinMorneau shouted out thelast question of the day.

“Are you finally going tobuy dinner now?”Morneau said to his team-mate from the audience,one MVP to another.

Mauer became only thesecond catcher in 33 yearsto win the AmericanLeague Most ValuablePlayer Award, finishingfirst in a near-unanimousvote Monday.

The Minnesota Twinsstar received 27 of 28 first-place votes and 387 points

in balloting by the Base-ball Writers’ Associationof America.

Yankees teammatesMark Teixeira (225 points)and Derek Jeter (193) fol-lowed. Detroit’s MiguelCabrera drew the otherfirst-place vote and wasfourth with 171 points, onepoint ahead of the Angels’Kendry Morales.

Mauer became the sec-ond Twins player to win in

four years, followingMorneau in 2006. Morneaugave Mauer a bottle ofchampagne.

“Hopefully we can popthat open here a littlelater,” Mauer said.

Born in St. Paul, the 26-year-old can leave theTwins and become a freeagent after the 2010 sea-son, when he is to make$12.5 million. Minnesota isexpected to try to sign himto a new deal.

“I’ve always said it willhappen when it needs tohappen and I truly believethat,” he said. “I’m not thekind of guy that, you know,

Bergmann

By JUSTIN CONNH&R Staff Writer

It may have been the lowestmoment of what turned out to be abreakthrough season for MacArthur,but Generals coach Felipe Phillipscan laugh about it now.

The Friday after Thanksgiving lastyear — after the Generals had losttheir season-opening game againstMount Zion at the Decatur TurkeyTournament — MacArthur playedHarvey Thornton in the 2:30 p.m.game. Two nights before, Thorntonhad been upset by Springfield South-east, and the Wildcats weren’t in agood mood when they thrashedMacArthur 70-32.

It was the start of a 29-game win-ning streak for Thornton that includ-ed a 62-29 win over eventual tourna-ment champion Bolingbrook a weeklater. Thornton went on to finish third

in Class 4A, losing to eventual statechampion Whitney Young.

“Thornton wore us out,” Phillipssaid, laughing. “But they wore every-one out after that. We were just theunfortunate ones who had to be thefirst team to play them after theylost. But it showed our boys wherethey were at and where they neededto go. I like playing clubs like that.”

The Generals will get the chanceagain at this season’s tournament,though its city rival Eisenhower thatwill open against Thornton — thetournament’s second seed — at 7:30p.m. tonight.

The Decatur Turkey Tournament —in its 40th season — has featured 51players that went on to play NCAADivision I basketball, and that totalwill be added to this year. The top

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Felipe Phillips will again have his hands full as he guides his young MacArthur Generals basketball team into the Decatur TurkeyTournament, which starts today. Kendall Kinnison, below, will be part of an elite field of players in the four-day event.

Associated Press

Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer got 27 of a possible 28 first-place votes to win the American League MVP award. He easily out-distanced a pair of New York Yankees.

Mauer easy pick as AL MVP

Herald & Review/Lisa Morrison

Tyler Griffey and his fellow Illinois freshmen havehandled the early games with a high level ofmaturity. But Illinois coach Bruce Weber knowsthat will be tested further starting tonight.

A different test for freshmenHow will new faceshandle tougher foes? WHEN: Today, 8:45 p.m.

WHERE: Assembly Hall, ChampaignTV: ESPNURADIO: Illini Sports Network, includ-

ing WSOY (1340 AM)RECORDS: Illinois is 3-0; Wofford is 2-2.OF NOTE: This is the second on-

campus game that is part of theHoopTV Las Vegas Invitational. Aftertonight’s game, the action shifts toLas Vegas where Illinois will play Utahon Friday and either Oklahoma Stateor Bradley on Saturday at the OrleansArena.

ILLINI/B5

REFS/B3

MVP/B3

It’s time to feast

n Today

The NL MVP will beannounced today. AlbertPujols of St. Louis is theobvious choice to win.

Turkey Tourneyagain serves up a quality field

TURKEY/B5

The Associated Press

ST. THOMAS, VirginIslands — Purdue coachMatt Painter said he thoughtthe team with the ball lastwould win the game.

Technically, he was right:Kelsey Barlow of the sixth-ranked Boilermakers chaseddown Wayne Chism’s missfrom the top of the key withtwo seconds left to secure a73-72 victory over No. 9 Ten-nessee on Monday night inthe title game of the Par-adise Jam.

“That was a great collegebasketball game rightthere,” Painter saidmoments after the Boiler-makers (4-0) stormed thecourt to celebrate before thecapacity crowd at the Uni-versity of Virgin IslandsSports and Fitness Center.“We were very fortunate topull that out.”

Barlow missed two freethrows with 17.6 secondsremaining to give the Volun-teers (4-1) an opportunity toset up the possible game-winning shot.

No. 3 Texas 85, Iowa 60

KANSAS CITY, Mo. —Dexter Pittman scored 11 ofhis 15 points in the secondhalf and Texas got past Iowain the semifinals of the CBEClassic.

Texas (3-0) had its usualbalanced scoring, with fiveplayers in double figures,and shot 55 percent to reachTuesday’s championshipgame against Pittsburgh.

Payne and BrennanCougill led Iowa (1-3) with 11points each.

No. 11 North Carolina 93,

Gardner-Webb 72

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. —Deon Thompson scored 22points to help North Carolina

bounce back from its firstloss.

Tyler Zeller added 16points for the Tar Heels(5-1), who led by doubledigits most of the way in the599th victory for coachRoy Williams, now in hisseventh year at his almamater following 15 seasonsin Kansas.

No. 16 Louisville 80,

Appalachian State 53

LOUISVILLE, Ky. —Samardo Samuels had 16points, and Preston Knowlesand Edgar Sosa added 11points each for Louisville.

Freshman Rakeem Buck-les added six points and 10rebounds for the Cardinals(4-0), who won their thirdgame in three days.

No. 19 Clemson 102, Winthrop 66

CLEMSON, S.C. — TrevorBooker had 15 points and 11rebounds to help Clemsonwin its 30th straight game inNovember.

The Tigers (4-0) haven’tlost in college basketball’sopening month since a 79-70defeat at Boston College onNov. 26, 2004.

No. 21 Maryland 79, Chaminade 51

LAHAINA, Hawaii — SeanMosley scored 19 points, EricHayes added 12 and LandonMilbourne had 10 to leadMaryland in the first roundof the EA Sports Maui Invi-tational.

The Terrapins (4-0)advanced to a semifinalmeeting on Tuesday withCincinnati.

Cincinnati 67, No. 24 Vanderbilt 58

LAHAINA, Hawaii —Yancy Gates scored 12 pointsin an 18-2 first-half run thatset the tone for Cincinnati inthe first round of the EASports Maui Invitational.

TURKEYContinued from B1player is Thornton’s ReggieSmith, a three-star recruitaccording to Scout.com.Smith, a 6-foot-1 senior knownfor his abilities in the clutch,has signed with Marquette.

Though Bolingbrook is thetournament’s top seed, Smithand Thornton 5-9 point guardJay Parker — both listed astop-50 players in the ChicagoSun-Times area — are whohave local coaches breakingout in night sweats.

“They have to be the heavyfavorite,” Mount Zion coachJay Driscoll said.

Other D-1 signees andrecruits include SpringfieldLanphier’s Karl Madison, a6-0 point guard headed toDrake, and Peoria Centralsophomore point guard Anto-nio “Bobo” Drummond, whois being recruited by Illinois.

Central, which also returnsthe Mid-State 6’s leadingreturning scorer Tony Banks,is the three seed andMacArthur is the fourth seed.

The Generals went 1-2 at thetournament last year, but fin-ished 17-11 with a regionaltitle. Though four seniorstarters from last year havegraduated, MacArthur returnsKendall Kinnison, who was

recently named a McDonald’sAll-American game nominee,and also has junior KistonLee, who is being recruited byD-I schools including BallState, Ohio University andNorthern Illinois.

“The key for us in the tour-nament will be chemistry,”Phillips said. “We lost allthose seniors and these guyshaven’t played that muchtogether. Our first few gameswill all about getting a feelfor each other and everyoneknowing their roles and eachother’s roles.”

Mount Zion also went 1-2 atthe tournament last year andalso lost several seniors,including the Long twins andAlex Birge. The Braves will beled by Jordan Fortner, RyanHartman and Seth Myers.

“What we’ve talked about isnot backing down and playinghard,” Driscoll said.

Eisenhower will be led byD-I recruit Jarod Oldham andCaleb Davis.

“I think Oldham is going tohave a breakout season,”Phillips said.

Lincoln Thanksgiving

Tournament

This year’s Lincoln Tourna-ment rivals the Decatur tour-ney as far as quality teamsand star players. The hostRailers feature Bucknell

signee Ben Brackney, lastyear’s Class 3A state champi-on and defending LincolnTournament champion Cham-paign Centennial is led byDrake signee Rayvonte Rice.

Belleville Althoff was a sec-tional champion last seasonand should again be a rankedteam in Class 3A.

Effingham St. Anthony Turkey

TournamentThe host Bulldogs and city

rival Effingham FlamingHearts will battle it out inPool A, while Breese Centralis the clear favorite in Pool B.

St. Anthony could be a con-tender in Class 2A this year,while Effingham should com-pete in the upper echelon of theApollo, making Friday’s gamemust-see. On the other side ofthe bracket, Flora — a young,but up-and-coming team — willface a Breese Central teamthat will likely be ranked inClass 2A on Wednesday.

Lady Braves Thanksgiving

TournamentThe host Braves, Eisenhow-

er and MacArthur will com-pete in this tournament,which features one of the topteams in the Peoria-area inPeoria Central and one of thetop teams in Southern Illinoisin Belleville West.

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL

ILLINIContinued from B1freshmen. “If you screw up onan out-of-bounds defenseagainst Presbyterian and giveup two points, it isn’t going tohurt us when we’re up by 45.But in a game like this, itmight make a difference.

“This is a disciplined team,well-coached,” he said. “Theyare versatile. They run a lotof players at you and theykeep making you guard in alot of different situations. Ifyou are not prepared, theywill take advantage. This isgood preparation for all ofour guys.”

That’s especially true offreshmen like Brandon Paul,D.J. Richardson and TylerGriffey, who have beenamong the most mature first-year players Weber hascoached.

Mature so far, Weber cau-tioned, but he wonders ifthere will be bumps in theroad as Illinois tackles atough stretch the rest ofNovember and throughDecember.

“We’re going to have to seeas we get into the grind,”Weber said. “We’re in awhole new situation. Theyare on break and they havefree time. Are you smart? Doyou sleep 14 hours and cometo practice groggy and notready? Do you eat right orstay up too late? That’smaturity, and we talk to

them about it.”Tonight’s battle features

two teams that will dip deepinto their benches.

“They have great depth,”Weber said. “They will play10 or 11 guys. They will rotatefive guys at once. In fact, wethought that changed the tideof the game (with Bradley)when they did that.”

Wofford’s top player is ayoung man Weber alreadyknows.

Noah Dahlman, a 6-foot-6junior from Minnesota, is thebrother of a player Illinoisrecruited, Isaiah Dahlman,who is a senior reserve atMichigan State. Noah led theSouthland Conference inscoring last season with 17.8points per game and he leadsWofford early on this year.

“He was part of an unbe-lievable high school run,”Weber said of Dahlman, who

helped win three state cham-pionships and who is the all-time Minnesota preprebounding leader. “Heknows how to post up, he’ssmart, uses his body and isgood at getting to the glass.

“And Junior Salters is oneguy who has the ability tocreate shots. He gets pointsfor them,” Weber said.

Weber has been pleasedwith the play of his fresh-men, the rebounding of jun-ior Mike Davis and the wayjunior guard DemetriMcCamey is pushing theball. And he’s pleased withthe quality of play off thebench.

What he wants to see nowis more from starting centerMike Tisdale, who throughthree games is averaging 7.7points and 4.7 rebounds.

“He probably hasn’t playedup to what he expects and weexpect,” Weber said. “Someof it is the tempo of thegame, some of it is playingagainst teams with smallerplayers. But I got after himthe last couple of days andsaid he can’t just give up andsay, ‘We’re playing small soI’m not going to get involvedas much.’

“He has to find ways. Hecan’t give in. We need him tobe successful and he has tocontinue to push himself andnot be satisfied. It’s a littleslow start, but now he has tostep up and make a differ-ence for us.”


MILL IK IN T IPOFF

Millikin men vs. Webster

WHEN: Today, 7:30 p.m.WHERE: Griswold CenterRADIO: NoneRECORDS: Millikin is 1-1;

Webster is 1-2.OF NOTE: Millikin got down

14-0 to start Saturday’s 10-pointloss to Franklin and could neverrecover despite shooting 49 per-cent. The Big Blue can’t affordanother bad start today againstWebster, which is coming off itsfirst win of the season, 68-67over LaGrange. Millikin andWebster could see more of eachother in December, when theBig Blue will compete in a tour-nament played at Webster.

Millikin women vs. McKendree

WHEN: Today, 5 p.m.WHERE: Griswold CenterRADIO: WZUS (100.9 FM)RECORDS: Millikin is 1-1;

McKendree is 5-2.OF NOTE: Elise Wildman is

averaging a double-double sofar (16.5 ppg., 12 rpg.) for theBig Blue. Even with Wildman’swork, Millikin is getting dominat-ed on the glass, get out-rebounded 80-54 in two games.The Big Blue is also giving up23.5 turnovers a contest. McK-endree, coming off a three-gamewinning streak, has alreadypacked seven games into itsschedule because the NAIAstarts its season earlier.

Boilers survive VolsBOYS BASKETBALL

Centralia Lutheran 52, Ramsey 43Centralia Lutheran (52)

Allison 3 0-0 7, Klockenaga 3 0-0 6, D. Burmeis-ter 10 7-10 27, Lape 1 0-2 2, Klein 5 0-5 10, T.Burmeister 0 0-1 0, Ramsour 0 0-0 0, Kehn 0 0-0 0,Snyder 0 0-0 0, Totals 52.Ramsey (43)

Dixon 2 0-0 5, Belcher 1 1-2 3, Snow 1 0-0 3, Car-lock 1 0-0 2, Carter 6 6-12 18, Moreland 5 2-7 12,Johnson 0 0-0 0, Green 0 0-2 0, Hadley 0 0-0 0,Thomas 0 0-0 0, Totals 43.Centralia Lutheran 14 11 10 17 — 52Ramsey 7 11 9 16 — 43

Patoka 50, Clay City 30Patoka (50)

Thompson 4 1-2 9, Potter 2 2-3 6, Ishum 2 0-0 4,Ju. Ishum 1 0-0 2, Rogers 1 0-1 2, Baldridge 7 1-415, Allen 5 1-3 11, Wadkins 0 1-2 1, Z. Wadkins 0 0-00, Fisser 0 0-0 0, Desppes 0 0-0 0, Totals 50.Clay City (30)

Noll 3 0-0 8, Brown 1 3-4 6, Kessler 2 0-0 4, Wolfe5 0-0 12, Dulaney 0 0-3 0, D. Wolfe 0 0-0 0, Totals 30.Patoka 10 7 15 18 — 50Clay City 5 2 8 15 — 30

CUMBERLAND TOURNAMENT

Martinsville 66, Beecher City 64Beecher City (64)

Lagerhausen 4 0-0 9, Julius 2 3-5 7, Ohnesorge 22-3 7, Dr. Levitt 1 0-0 3, L. Levitt 10 1-9 23, Peterson0 2-2 2, Kemme 5 2-2 13, Marten 0 0-0 0, Harder 0 0-0 0, Bales 0 0-0 0, Hutchison 0 0-0 0, Kirchhofer 0 0-0 0, Totals 24 10-21 64.Martinsville (66)

Cribelar 2 4-6 8, Perisho 3 0-0 6, Sanders 2 1-4 5,Davidson 2 0-0 4, Higginbotham 14 10-14 38, Bry.Washburn 1 0-0 3, B. Washburn 1 0-0 2, Lovell 0 0-00, Toner 0 0-0 0, Scott 0 0-0 0, Vincent 0 0-0 0, Nobel0 0-0 0, Totals 66.Beecher City 17 13 15 19 — 64Martinsville 12 21 12 21 — 66

3-Pointers-Beecher City 6 (Lagerhausen, Ohnesorge,Dr. Levitt, L. Levitt 2, Kemme) (Bry. Washburn).

Newton 57, St. Elmo 44St. Elmo (44)

Logue 2 1-2 5, Buzzard 1 0-0 3, Asher 1 1-3 4, Maxey8 1-3 20, Pruett 1 0-0 2, Sperry 4 2-2 10, Duckworth 00-0 0, Mansker 0 0-0 0, Schaal 0 0-0 0, Totals 17 5-11 44.Newton (57)

Pilman 1 1-2 3, Wyatt 8 5-5 23, Frohning 5 8-10 18,Bear 5 0-0 12, Kerner 0 1-2 1, Brandenburg 0 0-0 0,Dy. Casey 0 0-0 0, De. Casey 0 0-0 0, Emmerich 0 0-0 0, Howze 0 0-0 0, Totals 19 15-19 57.St. Elmo 12 16 10 6 — 44Newton 19 13 7 18 — 57

3-Pointers-St. Elmo 6 (Buzzard, Asher, Maxey4), Newton 4 (Wyatt 2, Bear 2).

(Newton — 1-0; next: today vs. Martinsville.)

ST. ANTHONY TURKEY TOURNEYAt Effingham

Charleston 67, Flora 56Charleston (67)

Lord 3 0-0 7, Clark 1 0-0 3, Miller 7 3-4 22, Wheel-er 6 5-9 21, Shick 1 0-0 2, Nead 3 5-6 11, Addison 0 1-4 1, Doughty 0 0-0 0, Totals 21 14-23 67.Flora (56)

Krutsinger 3 0-0 7, Greenwood 1 1-3 3, Knapp 7 7-8 25, Painter 4 0-0 10, Lewis 4 0-0 10, Bush-King 0 1-2 1, Totals 19 9-13 56.Charleston 16 10 17 24 — 67Flora 11 11 18 16 — 56

3-Pointers-Charleston 11 (Lord, Clark, Miller 5, Wheel-er 4), Flora 9 (Krutsinger, Knapp 4, Painter 2, Lewis 2).

(Charleston — 1-0. Flora — 0-1.)

Effingham 60, Vandalia 35Vandalia (35)

Johnson 3 1-1 9, Cowger 1 4-6 6, Norris 2 1-2 5,Hosick 2 0-0 5, Ritchey 1 0-0 3, Bell 1 0-0 3, Austin 10-1 2, Stewart 1 0-0 2, Berning 0 0-0 0, Hoffman 0 0-0 0, Osorio 0 0-0 0, Rubin 0 0-0 0, Totals 12 6-10 35.Effingham (60)

J. Wohltman 4 0-0 8, Semple 4 0-0 8, Chase Green4 0-0 8, Tate 3 0-0 6, Chad Green 2 1-1 5, M. Wohlt-man 2 1-1 5, Foreman 2 0-0 4, Morrow 1 0-0 2,McCollum 6 0-0 14, Steppe 0 0-0 0, Totals 28 2-2 60.Vandalia 5 6 15 9 — 35Effingham 16 13 18 13 — 60

3-Pointers-Vandalia 5 (Johnson 2, Hosick,Ritchey, Bell), Effingham 2 (McCollum 2).

INTERSTATE CLASSICAt Paxton

Downs Tri-Valley 59, Clinton 52Downs Tri-Valley (59)

Fisher 4 1-3 9, Schenkel 2 1-2 6, Roach 2 1-3 5,Walter 2 0-0 4, Cripe 9 8-10 31, Lewis 1 0-0 2, Sparks1 0-0 2, Eads 0 0-0 0, Rosensteel 0 0-0 0, Jimerson 00-0 0, Totals 21 11-18 59.Clinton (52)

Bundy 2 5-8 9, Nixon 2 5-12 9, Ennis 3 1-2 8,Alwood 1 0-0 2, Good 5 0-5 13, Wilson 4 1-3 10, Webb0 1-3 1, Grimm 0 0-0 0, Jette 0 0-0 0, King 0 0-0 0,Lyons 0 0-0 0, Mills 0 0-0 0, Szymkiewicz 0 0-0 0,Totals 17 13-33 52.Downs Tri-Valley 22 7 13 17 — 59Clinton 15 14 10 13 — 52

3-Pointers-( Schenkel, Cripe 5)Clinton 5 (Ennis,Good 3, Wilson).

(Clinton — 0-1.)Other tournament score

Paxton-Buckley-Loda 72, Armstrong 44

LINCOLN TOURNAMENT

Lincoln 74, Cahokia 50Lincoln (74)

Bowlby 2 4-4 9, Smith 3 0-0 6, Turner 1 0-0 3,Brackney 9 2-2 22, Nelson 9 0-0 22, Green 1 0-0 2,Coyne 5 0-0 10, Cosby 0 0-0 0, Kirby 0 0-0 0, Miller 00-0 0, Totals 30 6-6 74.Cahokia (50)

Bronden 2 0-0 6, Ivy 2 0-0 4, Hunt 1 0-2 2, Beckley1 0-0 2, Spencer 7 0-0 18, Norris 7 4-7 18, Bell 0 0-00, Minor 0 0-0 0, Holmes 0 0-0 0, Jennings 0 0-0 0,Totals 50.Lincoln 17 16 19 22 — 74Cahokia 11 15 13 11 — 50

3-Pointers-Lincoln 8 (Bowlby, Turner, Brackney2, Nelson 4) (Bronden 2, Spencer 4).

For Lincoln, Nelson had 3 steals. Smith had 5rebounds. Brackney had 10 rebounds.

Other tournament scoreBelleville Althoff 106, Rochester 44

EDINBURG TOURNAMENT

Sangamon Valley 75, Morrisonville 49Morrisonville (49)

Rever 4 1-3 9, Hughes 2 0-0 6, McWard 3 0-2 6,Deal 1 3-4 5, Weitekamp 7 5-7 20, O’Brien 1 0-0 2,Shipman 0 1-2 1, Moomey 0 0-0 0, Sullivan 0 0-0 0,Nation 0 0-0 0, Totals 18 10-18 49.Sangamon Valley (75)

Colbrook 3 1-2 8, Acree 1 0-1 2, Blair 0 4-6 4, Yok-ley 1 0-0 3, West 1 0-0 2, McCall 0 2-2 2, Leonard 62-5 17, Moeller 3 2-4 14, Bramel 5 1-2 11, Rentschler5 1-2 11, McQuality 0 1-2 1, Craig 0 0-0 0, Totals 2514-26 75.Morrisonville 4 9 20 16 — 49Sangamon Valley 13 30 16 16 — 75

3-Pointers-Morrisonville 3 (Hughes 2, Weit-ekamp), Sangamon Valley 8 (Colbrook, Yokley,Leonard 3, Moeller 3).

Other tournament scorePalmyra Northwestern 57, Edinburg 54

CENTRAL ILLINOIS TURKEY TOURNEYAt Atwood

Hutsonville 89, DeLand-Weldon 31Hutsonville (89)

Green 3 2-6 8, Titsworth 3 0-0 6, Van Schoyek 2 1-15, J. Webster 2 1-2 5, Pearse 2 1-2 5, O. Webster 2 0-04, Kiger 1 2-4 4, Mehler 1 1-4 4, Martin 2 0-0 4, Call-away 12 3-5 29, Callahan 6 3-3 15, Totals 36 14-27 89.DeLand-Weldon (31)

Beavers 1 2-5 4, Yokley 2 0-0 4, Duff 6 8-16 20,Cunningham 0 2-4 2, Becker 0 1-3 1, Carver 0 0-0 0,Hood 0 0-0 0, Totals 9 13-28 31.Hutsonville 17 29 25 18 — 89DeLand-Weldon 7 7 5 12 — 31

3-Pointers-Hutsonville 3 (Mehler, Callaway 2).

Atwood-Hammond 60, LSA 17Atwood-Hammond (60)

N. Davis 3 0-2 9, Smith 2 1-4 5, E. Davis 2 0-0 4,Sebens 1 1-3 3, Garrett 1 0-2 2, Crist 6 5-8 17, Lee 50-0 10, Bialeschki 3 2-2 10, Totals 23 9-21 60.LSA (17)

E. Krigbaum 0 7-8 7, Chandler 3 0-0 6, T. Krigbaum0 2-4 2, Clark 1 0-0 2, Washington 0 0-2 0, Taylor 0 0-00, Merry 0 0-2 0, Edwards 0 0-0 0, Totals 4 9-16 17.Atwood-Hammond 7 19 25 9 — 60LSA 6 3 2 6 — 17

3-Pointers-Atwood-Hammond 5 (N. Davis 3,Bialeschki 2).

Other tournament scoresHutsonville JV 48, DeLand-Weldon JV 10

At UrbanaBement 61 , Mahomet JV 53Urbana Uni-High 62, Hume Shiloh 32

OAKLAND TOURNAMENT

Tri-Country 66, Lovington 36Lovington (36)

Coff 4 0-0 8, Franklin 1 0-0 3, Leynes 11 1-4 23,Frantz 1 0-1 2, Clapp 0 0-2 0, J. Martina 0 0-0 0, N.Martina 0 0-0 0, Mendall 0 0-0 0, Totals 17 1-7 36.Tri-County (66)

Veach 2 2-2 7, Clapp 2 0-0 5, Lewis 2 0-1 4, Maxe-don 1 0-0 3, C. Meyer 7 1-2 18, Findley 5 4-4 15, Wil-son 6 1-2 14, Blake 0 0-0 0, Kennedy 0 0-0 0, Inman0 0-0 0, Kircher 0 0-0 0, A. Meyer 0 0-0 0, Morgan 00-0 0, Richardson 0 0-0 0, Olinger 0 0-0 0, Skaggs 00-0 0, Totals 25 8-11 66.Lovington 6 8 7 15 — 36Tri-County 26 14 15 11 — 66

3-Pointers-Lovington 1 (Franklin), Tri-County 8(Veach, Clapp, Maxedon, C. Meyer 3, Findley, Wilson).

Other tournament scoreSalt Fork 62, Georgetown-Ridge Farm 47

GIRLS BASKETBALL

St. Teresa 69, Sangamon Valley 3Sangamon Valley (3)

Kinne 0 3-4 3, Borowczyk 0 0-0 0, Brown 0 0-0 0,Campbell 0 0-0 0, Ka. Dietz 0 0-0 0, Hill 0 0-0 0,O’Connor 0 0-1 0, Quinlan 0 0-0 0, Stahulak 0 0-0 0,Thompson 0 0-0 0, Totals 0 3-4 3.St. Teresa (69)

York 4 0-0 9, Walker 4 1-3 9, Braden 3 2-2 8,Landry 4 0-0 8, Brown 3 0-0 6, Hettinger 3 0-0 6,Richards 2 0-0 5, Raycraft 2 0-4 4, Fitzgerald 1 0-02, Haskins 5 2-2 12, Hogan 0 0-0 0, Totals 31 5-11 69.Sangamon Valley 0 0 3 0 — 3St. Teresa 11 22 18 18 — 69

3-Pointers-St. Teresa 2 (York, Richards). For St. Teresa, Landry had 18 rebounds.(St. Teresa — 2-3; next: today at Cerro Gordo.)

Tuscola 51, Northwest Christian 9Northwest Christian (9)

Porter 2 1-2 5, James 2 0-0 4, Phelps 0 0-0 0,Javens 0 0-0 0, Korando 0 0-0 0, Martin 0 0-0 0,Leach 0 0-0 0, Blackburn 0 0-0 0, Totals 9.Tuscola (51)

Miller 4 0-0 8, Troike 3 1-2 7, Hardwick 3 0-0 6,Morris 2 0-0 4, L. Ponder 2 0-0 4, Weaver 1 0-0 2,Harris 1 0-0 2, Kohlbecker 1 0-0 2, Kauffman 1 0-02, Mooney 1 0-0 2, Cleland 1 0-0 2, Buckner 4 1-2 10,Borries 0 0-0 0, Carter 0 0-0 0, Totals 24 2-4 51.Northwest Christian 0 0 9 0 — 9Tuscola 20 10 11 10 — 51

3-Pointers-Tuscola 1 (Buckner).(Tuscola — 1-0.)

Argenta-Oreana 49, Cerro Gordo 33Argenta-Oreana (49)

Allen 2 4-6 8, Heiges 3 2-2 8, Millington 4 0-1 8,Hays 3 0-2 6, Stoerger 2 2-8 6, Bloch 5 3-7 13, Flem-ing 0 0-0 0, Gentzyel 0 0-0 0, Stupek 0 0-0 0, Totals19 11-26 49.Cerro Gordo (33)

Phelps 2 3-6 7, Likens 1 1-2 3, Witts 1 0-1 2, Grant1 0-0 2, Sawyer 1 0-0 2, Proctor 1 2-2 4, Chapman 11-2 3, West 4 2-2 10, McRae 0 0-0 0, Totals 12 9-14 33.Argenta-Oreana 9 10 11 19 — 49Cerro Gordo 12 4 5 12 — 33

3-Pointers-Cerro Gordo 3 (West 3). For Cerro Gordo, Witts had 9 rebounds.For Agenta-Oreana, Stoergner had 6 steals.

Heiges had 5 steals. Bloch had 12 rebounds(Argenta-Oreana — 3-0. Cerro Gordo — 2-1.)

Sullivan 41, Arcola 18Sullivan (41)

Pollock 3 0-0 6, Morrison 3 0-0 6, Hart 2 0-0 6,Daily 2 0-2 4, Neuhauser 1 0-0 2, Cohan 1 0-1 2, H.Bragg 6 3-5 15, Collins 0 0-0 0, Massey 0 0-0 0, Mur-phy 0 0-0 0, Sodoski 0 0-0 0, Totals 18 3-8 41.Arcola (18)

Fishel 1 0-0 3, Seaman 1 0-0 2, Schneider 1 0-2 2, Henry5 0-1 10, Stenger 0 1-3 1, Thomas 0 0-1 0, T. Clark 0 0-0 0,C. Edwards 0 0-4 0, Karmazinas 0 0-0 0, Totals 8 1-11 18.Sullivan 16 5 16 4 — 41Arcola 4 8 3 3 — 18

3-Pointers-Sullivan 2 (Hart 2), Arcola 1 (Fishel).(Arcola — 0-3; next: Monday vs. South Piatt.)

Shelbyville 48, Arthur-Lovington 39Arthur-Lovington (39)

Brough 4 0-0 8, M. Tabb 3 0-0 7, Plank 2 0-0 4,Chancellor 2 0-0 4, Taylor 1 0-0 2, A. Tabb 7 0-5 14,Custer 0 0-0 0, Totals 19 0-5 39.Shelbyville (48)

Shanks 4 1-2 9, Eisenbarth 3 0-0 6, Finley 5 3-6 13,Martin 5 0-2 10, Duckett 3 2-4 10, Wiseman 0 0-0 0,Julius 0 0-0 0, Coleman 0 0-0 0, Totals 20 6-14 48.Arthur 6 10 13 10 — 39Shelbyville 13 8 10 17 — 48

3-Pointers-Arthur-Lovington 1 (M. Tabb), Shel-byville 2 (Duckett 2).

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City 55,Casey-Westfield 36

Casey-Westfield (36)Thompson 2 2-4 6, Nichols 2 0-0 4, Tiffin 5 3-6 15,

Montgomery 4 2-6 10, Scott 0 1-2 1, Repp 0 0-3 0,Totals 13 8-21 36.Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City (55)

Strauch 3 2-3 8, Wendte 1 6-8 8, Barnes 2 0-2 5,Shelton 0 4-6 4, Jones 2 0-0 4, Myers 1 1-1 3, Doty 7 5-6 21, Ma. Klee 1 0-0 2, Wheeler 0 0-0 0, Buchanan 0 0-0 0, Gardner 0 0-0 0, Kersey 0 0-0 0, Totals 17 18-26 55.Casey-Westfield 15 10 6 5 — 36CHBC 9 10 15 21 — 55

3-Pointers-Casey-Westfield 2 (Tiffin 2), Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City 3 (Barnes, Doty 2).

(Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City — 2-1.)

Maroa-Forsyth 40, Heyworth 35Maroa-Forsyth (40)

Livingood 2 1-3 5, Siron 1 2-5 4, Carr 1 0-2 2, Ford1 0-0 2, Mandrell 8 0-0 16, Sobol 4 3-5 11, Hatton 0 0-2 0, Taylor 0 0-0 0, Totals 17 6-17 40.

Heyworth (35)Hinthorn 2 0-3 4, Davis 1 1-2 3, Hoegger 4 5-7 14,

Kingery 3 7-7 13, Anderson 0 1-2 1, Martin 0 0-2 0,C. Bonnell 0 0-0 0, VanWInkle 0 0-0 0, Shadowens 00-0 0, N. Bonnell 0 0-0 0, Totals 35.Maroa-Forsyth 12 5 8 15 — 40Heyworth 1 11 10 13 — 35

Meridian 56, Okaw Valley 48Okaw Valley (48)

Burch 1 4-4 7, Pierce 1 3-5 5, Krutsinger 1 1-4 3, New-ton 0 2-4 2, Marshall 5 6-6 16, Rothrock 5 2-2 15,Richardson 0 0-0 0, Nickerson 0 0-0 0, Totals 13 18-25 48.Meridian (56)

Doyle 4 0-2 8, Hood 0 4-7 4, Funk 5 4-5 15, Randolph6 2-5 14, Ha. Grider 5 3-4 14, DiUlio 0 1-2 1, Younger 00-0 0, Sapp 0 0-0 0, Mendenall 0 0-0 0, Totals 20 14-25 56.Okaw Valley 10 13 10 15 — 48Meridian 16 8 13 19 — 56

3-Pointers-Okaw Valley 4 (Burch, Rothrock 3),Meridian 2 (Funk, Ha. Grider).

Dieterich 52, Sandoval 44Sandoval (44)

Horton 3 2-4 8, Simpson 1 5-8 7, Perkins 2 1-2 5,Rhodes 2 1-6 5, Henson 2 0-1 4, Tolka 6 1-4 15, Tipsword0 0-0 0, Carter 0 0-0 0, Meyer 0 0-0 0, Totals 16 10-25 44.Dieterich (52)

Hartke 3 2-4 9, Am. Durbin 1 2-2 4, Goodman 0 2-3 2, Storm 7 2-8 17, C. Niemerg 5 0-2 10, B.Niemerg 4 0-0 10, As. Durbin 0 0-3 0, Meinhart 0 0-00, Orsborn 0 0-0 0, Rueter 0 0-0 0, Totals 20 8-22 52.Sandoval 11 9 12 12 — 44Dieterich 18 8 13 13 — 52

3-Pointers-Sandoval 2 (Tolka 2), Dieterich 4(Hartke, Storm, B. Niemerg 2).

(Dieterich — 1-1; next: today vs. Teutopolis.)

Cumberland 35, Marshall 31Cumberland (35)

Swingler 3 0-0 6, Knight 1 0-0 2, Weaver 1 0-0 2,Holsapple 1 0-0 2, Gabel 4 5-6 13, Shupe 3 2-2 10,Willenborg 0 0-0 0, Jansen 0 0-0 0, Totals 13 7-8 35.Marshall (31)

Sandefer 3 0-0 8, Lycan 3 1-2 7, Strohm 1 4-4 6, E.Kuhn 1 2-2 5, G. Kuhn 0 2-2 2, A. Kuhn 1 0-0 2, Bishop 01-2 1, Willoughby 0 0-0 0, Houchin 0 0-0 0, Totals 8 6-12 31.Cumberland 6 7 12 10 — 35Marshall 7 12 4 8 — 31

3-Pointers-Cumberland 2 (Shupe 2), Marshall 3(Sandefer 2, E. Kuhn).

BLUE STAR COUNTRY CLASSICAt Champaign

Paris 39, Monticello 35Monticello (35)

Whitney 1 4-4 6, Gallivan 1 4-4 6, Thompson 1 0-0 2,Gadbury 1 0-0 2, Doane 0 2-5 2, Donohue 5 6-8 16,Harshbarger 0 1-7 1, Dawson 0 0-0 0, K. Hardimon 0 0-00, S. Hardimon 0 0-0 0, Seevers 0 0-0 0, Totals 9 17-28 35.Paris (39)

Rose 2 4-6 8, Hoffman 2 2-4 6, A. Englun 3 0-0 6,Barnes 2 1-2 5, Stefard 2 1-4 5, Temples 0 2-4 4,Thompson 1 1-2 3, M. Englun 0 2-2 2, Milbourne 00-0 0, Keys 0 0-0 0, Totals 12 13-24 39.Monticello 5 4 14 12 — 35Paris 13 4 12 10 — 39

For Monticello, Thompson had 6 rebounds.Harshbarger had 5 rebounds.

(Monticello — 2-2.)Other tournament score

Champaign Central 52, Salt Fork 32

TODAY’S SCHEDULE

BOYS BASKETBALLRegular season

Arcola at Central A&M, 7:30 p.m.Arthur-Okaw Christian at Meridian, 7:30 p.m.Cerro Gordo at Argenta-Oreana, 7:30 p.m.Danville First Baptist at Decatur Christian, 7 p.m.East Peoria at Champaign Central, 8:30 p.m.Hillsboro at Shelbyville, 7:30 p.m.Northwest Christian at Pana First Baptist, 7:30 p.m.Paris at Fithian Oakwood, 6 p.m.Peoria Notre Dame at Springfield, 6:30 p.m.Riverton at Warrensburg-Latham, 7:45 p.m.Salem at Metropolis Massac County, 8:30 p.m.Sullivan at Arthur, 7:15 p.m.

Central Illinois Turkey TourneyPool A

At UrbanaUrbana Uni-High JV vs. Hume Shiloh JV, 5 p.m.Bement vs. Hume Shiloh, 6:30 p.m.Urbana Uni-High vs. Mahomet-Seymour JV, 8 p.m.

Pool BAt Atwood

Atwood-Hammond JV vs. LSA JV, 5 p.m.LSA vs. Hutsonville, 6:30 p.m.Atwood-Hammond vs. DeLand-Weldon, 8 p.m.

Cumberland TournamentMartinsville vs. Newton, 6 p.m.Cumberland vs. Beecher City, 7:30 p.m.

Edinburg TournamentWaverly vs. Kincaid South Fork, 6 p.m.Greenview vs. Okaw Valley, 7:30 p.m.

Interstate ClassicAt Paxton

Downs Tri-Valley vs. Armstrong, 6 p.m.Paxton-Buckley-Loda vs. Clinton, 7:30 p.m.

At CliftonPeotone vs. Cissna Park Crescent Iroquois, 6 p.m.Clifton Central vs. Manteno, 7:30 p.m.

St. Anthony Turkey TournamentAt Effingham

Mattoon vs. Breese Central, 5 p.m.Effingham vs. Taylorville, 6:30 p.m.Effingham St. Anthony vs. Vandalia, 8 p.m.Team Soy Capital Decatur Turkey Tournament

At Stephen Decatur Middle SchoolPeoria Central vs. Springfield Lanphier, 6 p.m.Harvey Thornton vs. Eisenhower, 7:30 p.m.,

WDZ (1050 AM)GIRLS BASKETBALL

Regular seasonArthur-Lovington at Tuscola, 7:30 p.m.Breese Central at Greenville, 6:30 p.m. Central A&M at Pana, 7:15 p.m.Champaign Judah Christian at Villa Grove, 7:30 p.m.Cisne at Louisville North Clay, 6:15 p.m.LSA at Sangamon Valley, 7:30 p.m.Mount Pulaski at Kincaid South Fork, 6:15 p.m.Oblong at Tri-County, 6:15 p.m.St. Teresa at Cerro Gordo, 7:30 p.m.Vandalia at South Central, 6:15 p.m.

Blue Star Country ClassicAt Champaign St. Thomas More

Danville vs. Mahomet-Seymour, 5:15 p.m.Champaign Central vs. Rantoul, 6:30 p.m.Champaign Centennial vs. Champaign St.

Thomas More, 8:15 p.m.At Urbana

Salt Fork vs. Monticello, 6 p.m.Urbana vs. Paris, 7:30 p.m.

Lady Braves Thanksgiving TournamentAt Mount Zion

Peoria Notre Dame vs. Eisenhower, 6 p.m.MacArthur vs. Mount Zion, 7:30 p.m.

National Trail Conference TournamentAt Teutopolis

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City vs. Altamont, 5:30 p.m.Effingham St. Anthony vs. Brownstown, 7 p.m.Neoga vs. Dieterich, 8:30 p.m.

Newton TournamentFlora vs. Cumberland, 6 p.m.Newton vs. Effingham, 7:30 p.m.

Taylorville Thanksgiving Round RobinHillsboro vs. O’Fallon, 6 p.m.Taylorville vs. Lincoln, 7:30 p.m.

WRESTLINGCharleston, Eisenhower at Mattoon, 6:30 p.m.

Scoreboard

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Purdue’s Robbie Hummel, left, and Keaton Grant, right, cometogether to defend Tennessee’s J.P. Prince on Monday as theBoilers won, 73-72, to take the title game of the Paradise Jam.

State

Eldridge

helps ISU

recover CHICAGO (AP) — Osiris

Eldridge scored 19 points tolead Illinois State to a 69-65victory over Illinois-Chicagoon Monday night.

Lloyd Phillips scored 15points and Dinma Odiakosaadded 13 points and eightrebounds for the Redbirds(3-0). The Flames (1-2) alsohad three scorers in doublefigures, led by Zavion Neelywith 17 points.Jeremy But-tell andMaroa-Forsyth’sRobert Krepseach scored15 for Illinois-Chicago.

Eldridgefired in 17 first-half points,highlighted by an individual8-0 run that gave IllinoisState its first lead. The Red-birds trailed by as many asnine points in the first halfand were down, 21-18, beforeEldridge’s spurt. The ISUsenior drove the lane on afast break for a lay up,before sinking back-to-backtreys from the left corner.

Eldridge added to his pointtotal, and the Illinois Statelead, with a jumper as timeexpired to give the Redbirdsa 34-28 edge at the break.

Eldridge

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Wofford (2-2)

Player Ht. Yr. PPGNoah Dahlman 6-6 Jr. 14.8Cameron Rundles 6-1 Jr. 3.8Junior Salters 6-2 Sr. 7.0Corey Godzinski 6-9 Sr. 6.8Brad Loesing 6-0 So. 5.3

Illinois (3-0)

Player Ht. Yr. PPGMike Davis 6-9 Jr. 12.0Mike Tisdale 7-1 Jr. 7.7D. McCamey 6-3 Jr. 8.7D.J. Richardson 6-3 Fr. 11.3Brandon Paul 6-4 Fr. 16.7

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Today’s question:

Which area team has the best shot

at winning a state title Saturday:

Maroa-Forsyth or Tuscola?

EIU to face SIU in playoffsWilliam & Mary. No, make that

Southern Illinois.

ESPNews could have told East-

ern Illinois about anything Sunday

afternoon, just so no

one took away

the Panthers’

Ohio Valley

Conference

championship

and spot in the FCS playoffs.

The Panthers will travel to South-

ern Illinois for a 1 p.m. Saturday

first round-game, news Athletic

Director Barbara Burke told coach

Bob Spoo, who relayed the correc-

tion to players and fans gathering at

the Student Recreation Center.

Those watching ESPNews first

saw the erroneous bracket sending

the Panthers to William & Mary.

While ESPNews may have fum-

bled the ball on its selection show,

Eastern was just glad it got a mulli-

gan from Thursday’s 21-10 loss to

Tennessee State after Jacksonville

State beat Eastern Kentucky 34-26

Saturday.

BCS at-large bids up for grabsIowa and Penn State ended their

seasons eligible for an at-large BCS

selection, and Oklahoma State and

Virginia Tech are also in position to

become eligible for big-money bowl

bids.

The top seven teams in the BCS

standings released Sunday were

unchanged from last week, with

Florida, Alabama and Texas still in

control of the destinies in the

national championship race.

Barring any major upsets over the

next two weeks, the winner of the

Florida-Alabama Southeastern Con-

ference title game will face Texas in

the BCS title game on Jan. 7 at the

Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif.

With fourth-place TCU a victory

away from securing an automatic

BCS bid and the loser of Florida-

Alabama a lock to be selected, only

two at-large berths would remain.

Aldrin over the moon at raceApollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin

checked out a new kind of orbit:

watching some spins

on a NASCAR track.

Aldrin, the second

man to walk on the

moon, served as the

honorary race chair-

man for the NASCAR

Sprint Cup race Sun-

day at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Neil Armstrong and Aldrin were on

Apollo 11’s lunar module, which land-

ed on the moon on July 20, 1969.

Aldrin said he wants NASA to

take the checkered flag on a new

destination.

“Forget the moon,” Aldrin said.

“Let’s go to Mars.”

Owner makes nice with BillsTennessee Titans owner Bud

Adams is making a friendlier ges-

ture to the Buffalo Bills one week

after his obscene hand sign to fans

of the team earned

him a hefty fine.

A full-page ad on

the back of Sunday’s

Buffalo News says,

“We wish the Bills

and their fans good

luck today and for the

remainder of the season.” Adams’

name is printed below.

The NFL fined Adams $250,000

last Monday for obscene gestures

he made at Buffalo fans a day earli-

er while celebrating the Titans’

41-17 victory.

Who deserves the

most blame for

the Bears’ 4-5

start this season?

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Eisenhower coach Eric Newbon has more than just the task of taking over a team at a new school. Newbon, the former girls basketball coach at MacArthur, isadjusting to life as a boys basketball coach for the Panthers.

Coach adjusts to leading boys team

Associated Press

Jimmie Johnson finished fifth to earn his fourthconsecutive Sprint Cup title on Sunday.

By LEROY BRIDGESH&R Staff Writer

DECATUR — Afterseven years as a girlsbasketball coach, EricNewbon wasn’t surehow Eisenhower’s boysteam would react to hishire.

Sure, he helpedMacArthur to its firstwinning season in atleast five years in 2007.Then a year ago, hecoached the Generals toa 20-win season, includ-

ing a sectional finalappearance.

But he knows there’s anegative perception

about girls basketballcoaches crossing overinto the boys game. So,like most gigs, he hasspent months buildingthe necessary rapportwith his players beforethey take the floor forGame 1 this week. Sofar, so good.

“The transition hasbeen much smootherthan I expected,” New-bon said. “I expectedsome problems, but

Johnson hits fourth gear into historyHOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) —

All Jimmie Johnson ever wantedwas a chance to race with thebest in NASCAR. Maybe evenwin a race or two.

Never did he expect to be achampion.

Especially four times over. Johnson bulldozed his way into

the record books by becoming thefirst driver in NASCAR history towin four consecutive championships,finishing fifth in Sunday’s season-finale at Homestead-Miami Speed-way. He joins Richard Petty (7),Dale Earnhardt (7) and teammateJeff Gordon (4) as the only driversto win more than three titles.

“To do something that’s neverbeen done in the sport, and lovethe sport like I do and respect itlike I do and the greats — Petty,Earnhardt, Gordon — to dosomething they have never doneis so awesome,” Johnson said.“And to win four championships

in eight years, what this teamhas done — this is unbelievable.”

Yes, it is. Johnson now stands atop

NASCAR as a one-man dynasty,much like Tiger Woods, RogerFederer and Lance Armstrong intheir sports.

Only Johnson hasn’t been fetedunder a blizzard of confetti byhimself. His mighty HendrickMotorsports team rules NASCARthe way UCLA once dominatedthe hardwood or Michael Jordan’sChicago Bulls reigned supreme.

Johnson’s title gave a record 12thoverall championship to teamowner Rick Hendrick, who was inNorth Carolina with a niece who’sawaiting an emergency liver trans-plant. In his absence, the team tookthe top three spots in the finalstandings. Mark Martin wound upwith his fifth runner-up finish in thestandings, while Gordon was third.

“I feel really, really blessed to

have had a chance,” Martin said. There’s seemingly plenty of

chances left for Johnson’s tag-team with crew chief ChadKnaus to keep the No. 48 in thetitle hunt for another decade.

The 34-year-old Californian onFriday signed a five-year contractextension to drive for Hendrickthrough 2015, and Knaus has insist-ed the No. 48 team can keep thispace for the next several years.

“He’s not done yet,” teammateMartin said.

No, he is not. Johnson never let up in pur-

suit of the championship, eventhough he needed only to finish25th or better to get it Sunday.But he pushed for all 400 milesand even threatened to try torun down the leaders to betterhis eventual fifth-place finish.

“History, boys!” he shouted ashe crossed the finish line. “Howabout some history!”

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Coach Lovie Smith.................31%

GM Jerry Angelo...................18%

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Eagles receiver Jason Avant falls across the goalline for a touchdown in the Bears’ 24-20 loss.

Warner roughs upRams before injury

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A blow to the head turnedKurt Warner into a spectator in the second half,still in uniform but shut down for the day.

The Arizona Cardinals quarterback said itwas just a precaution for what theteam termed concussion-relatedsymptoms. In any case, he’dalready done enough to make itthree straight victories over hisformer team in the stadium wherehe rose to stardom.

Warner threw for 203 yards andtwo touchdowns while building a21-3 cushion, and the NFC Westleaders hung on late, remaining unbeaten onthe road with a 21-13 victory over the St. LouisRams on Sunday. Arizona had a season-high 183yards rushing, including 110 on 14 carries byTim Hightower for the Cardinals’ first 100-yardgame of the season.

“I felt pretty good coming out right after halftime,but I just wanted to be smart,” Warner said. “It wasone of those situations where I didn’t feel perfect.”

Warner

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Crucial loss has

Bears on the ropesCHICAGO (AP) —

Donovan McNabb andthe Philadelphia Eaglesfound a way to pull outa close win. They alsohurt the Chicago Bearsin the process.

McNabb threw for 244yards against his home-town team, LeSeanMcCoy scored the go-ahead touchdown on a10-yard run followingAntonio Dixon’s block ofa field goal attempt,and Philadelphia cameaway with a 24-20 victo-ry over strugglingChicago on Sundaynight after back-to-backclose losses.

The Bears were lead-ing 20-17 when Dixonblocked a 48-yard field

goal by Robbie Gouldwith 11 minutes left.McNabb then led theEagles (6-4) on a 62-yard touchdown drivethat McCoy capped witha neat 10-yard run,sending Chicago to itsfifth loss in six gamesand delivering anotherbig hit to its playoffhopes.

Barring a big run, theBears (4-6) will missthe postseason for thethird straight season —certainly not what theyexpected when theymade that big offseasontrade with Denver forJay Cutler.

The Bears had high

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DECATUR — St. Teresasnuck up on a lot of people ayear ago when it won 22games and made it to the sec-tional finals.

With all but one playerback, the Bulldogs won’t havethat luxury this year. Thebulls eye is squarely on theBulldogs’ back.

And that’s why coach BillIpsen has been pushing agroup that is picked by mostto win the Okaw Valley Con-ference and make a deeperrun into the postseason.

“We can’t stay the same,”Ipsen said. “We have toimprove on everything.”

And part of the job of push-ing them has been to bringmore of an up-tempo offenseto the table.

“Offensively, if we run,we’ll be all right,” Ipsen said.“If we slow down, we’ll havetrouble scoring.

“We like to push the ballbecause we feel we have theadvantage because even ourpost can run the ball well.”

That post player is NickSanford, a 6-foot-4 agile leaperwho was one of several Bull-dogs who went out for crosscountry in the fall to preparehimself for this style. He aver-aged 17.8 points and 10.8rebounds as a junior.

Another who ran crosscountry was Preston Shelley(12.8 ppg). He is a capableoutside scorer who will beasked to run the offense andkeep it moving.

“Preston will handle theball,” Ipsen said. “He likesbeing in charge on the floorand he’s one of our bestpassers. He can shoot the balltoo, but I like him handlingthe ball out there.”

To help prepare his teamfor the postseason, Ipsen hasprepared a tough non-conference slate that includesgames with Mount Zion, RockIsland Alleman andRochester.

“We got valuable experiencelast year,” Ipsen said. “If westay hungry, we’ll be allright.”

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COACH: Bill IpsenLAST YEAR’S RECORD: 22-7, 9-2

Okaw ValleyTOP RETURNERS: Preston Shelley

(Sr., G); Nick Sanford (Sr., C); Bren-nan McElroy (Sr., G)

Roster

Burrows, Drew Sr.Cole, Edison Sr.Hall, Cameron Sr.Hunt, Matt Sr.McElroy, Brennon Sr.Moran, Matt Sr.Sanford, Nick Sr.Shelley, Preston Sr.Bednar, Jarrett Jr.Boynton, Bobby So.Fitzgerald, Jeffrey So.Gleghorn, Adrian So.Hamilton, Eric So.Krueger, Patrick So.Lecrone, Kyle So.Lindsey, Anthony So.Michel, Aaron So.Tueth, Alex So.

Schedule

Dec. 2 at St. Thomas More, 7:30 p.m.Dec. 7 at Macon County TourneyDec. 14 at Auburn, 7:30 p.m.Dec. 18 at Sullivan, 7:30 p.m.Dec. 22 St. Teresa Christmas Tournament Jan. 5 Mount Zion, 7:30 p.m.Jan. 8 Argenta-Oreana, 7:30 p.m.Jan. 9 Rochester, 7:30 p.m.Jan. 12 at Warrensburg-Latham,7:45 p.m.Jan. 15 at Tolono Unity, 7:30 p.m.Jan. 16 at Bloomington CentralCatholic Shootout, 5:45 p.m.Jan. 19 at Central A&M, 7:30 p.m.Jan. 22 Maroa-Forsyth, 7:30 p.m.Jan. 26 at Tuscola, 7:30 p.m.Jan. 29 at Okaw Valley ConferenceTournamentFeb. 9 Clinton, 7 p.m.Feb. 12 at Monticello, 7:30 p.m.Feb. 16 Shelbyville, 7:30 p.m.Feb. 19 Meridian, 7:30 p.m.

DECATUR — Before FelipePhillips took over theMacArthur basketball programlast season, it was known forhaving plenty of offensive fire-power, but no defense.

Phillips instilled a defensivemindset, and a long-sufferingsenior class at MacArthurfinally experienced some suc-cess, going 17-11 and winninga regional title.

Phillips wants to make surethis year’s team doesn’t forgetwhat led last year’s turnaround.

“We just have to keep thesame philosophy,” Phillipssaid. “As long as we keepplaying defense, we’ll be fine.”

Kendall Kinnison and BryceTaylor were juniors who playedsignificant roles on last year’steam, but will have to emergeas the team’s leaders this year.

Kinnison — in his third sea-son as a varsity starter —averaged 13.5 points per gamelast year and showed signs ofstar power, including a 33-point game against Waltonville, Ga., at theCollinsville Tournament and 31against Champaign Centennial.

“He’s got the experiencenow, so we’re looking for himto step up this year,” Phillipssaid. “He’s proven he’s capableof being a great player, now hehas to do it consistently.”

The Generals could have abreakout star in junior smallforward Kiston Lee. He openedthe eyes of college coaches inAAU ball this summer and isbeing recruited by Ball State,Ohio University and NorthernIllinois. Kiston’s brother CorleyLee, a MacArthur grad, playedDivision I basketball at ChicagoState.

“I debated all last yearwhether I should bring him upoff JV, but I never did,”Phillips said. “But he had agreat summer. He’s an athlet-ic kid who can make plays —he’s similar to his brother, butnot quite as big. The onething we’d like to see is forhim to be more aggressive.”

Junior Fred Lee will joinKinnison in the post, whilesenior A’Jawon Gadison andsophomore transfer ShevonteJoyner will battle for thepoint guard position. Both willsee plenty of playing time.

Quick peekCOACH: Felipe PhillipsLAST YEAR’S RECORD: 17-11, 8-4

Big 12TOP RETURNERS: Kendall Kinni-

son (Sr., F); Bryce Taylor (Sr., G);A’Jawon Gadison (Sr., G)

TOP NEWCOMERS: Shevonte Joyn-er (So., G); Kiston Lee (Jr., F); FredLee (Jr., F); Chad Jones (Jr., G/F);Troy Kendrix (Jr., G/F)

RosterGadison, A’Jawon 5-9 Sr.Kinnison, Kendall 6-5 Sr.Stevens, Josh 5-10 Sr.Stirts, Tyler 6-3 Sr.Taylor, Bryce 6-1 Sr.Anderson, Trae 6-3 Jr.Jones, Chad 6-2 Jr.Kendrex, Troy 6-3 Jr.Lee, Fred 6-3 Jr.Lee, Kiston 6-3 Jr.Joyner, Shevonte 5-10 So.Lee, Jatavious 5-7 So.Smith, Brad 6-2 So.Anderson, Reggie 5-10 Fr.

ScheduleNov. 25-28 at Decatur Turkey TournamentDec. 4 Champaign Central, 7:30 p.m.Dec. 5 Springfield, 7:30 p.m.Dec. 8 at Normal West, 7:30 p.m.Dec. 11 Eisenhower, 7 p.m.Dec. 12 at Normal West ShootoutDec. 18 at Mattoon, 8 p.m.Dec. 28-30 at Collinsville Tourney Jan. 8 at Urbana, 7:30 p.m.Jan. 15 at Bloomington, 7:45 p.m.Jan. 18 at Peoria ShootoutJan. 22 Champaign Centennial,7:30 p.m.Jan. 29 at Normal, 7:30 p.m.Feb. 2 at Eisenhower, 7:30 p.m.Feb. 5 Normal West, 7:30 p.m.Feb. 6 Springfield SE, 7:30 p.m.Feb. 12 Danville, 7:30 p.m.Feb. 19 at Normal, 7:30 p.m.Feb. 23 at Mount Zion, 7:30 p.m.Feb. 26 Bloomington, 7:45 p.m.

DECATUR — Kyle Karstenslikes to be busy, and that won’tbe a problem this winter.

In addition to being LSA’sfirst-year executive directorand high school principal,Karstens is taking over theboys basketball program. For-mer coach Dave Jumps had aback injury that limited himin from participating with theteam in the offseason.

“He’s healthy and he couldhave coached, but in discus-sions between the athleticdirector (Mark Burgener) andmyself, we thought this wasthe best way to go this year,”Karstens said.

Karstens has 18 years ofcoaching experience overall.He was boys varsity coach atLutheran High North inMacomb, Mich., a school of600, and over the last sevenyears was the principal andcoach at Martin Luther Acad-emy in Kansas City, Mo.

“I’ve always been one to beputting a lot of balls in theair,” said Karstens, who alsohas a wife and three children.“For me, the coaching part isa release. It’s hard for me toreally consider that a job.”

The Lions will be a youngteam, but will have two seniorleaders in Nick Calleja andT.J. McCoy. Calleja and juniorEthan Krigbaum will becounted on for most of thescoring, with McCoy provid-ing points from the outside.Junior transfer Macon Clarkis expected to contribute andKarstens was high on fresh-man point guard Kain Chan-dler, whom he said will be funto watch and has the capabili-ty to take the ball to the bas-ket.

LSA’s bench will be largelymade up of freshmen.

“We don’t have a lot ofexperience and we won’t betall, but we will be fundamen-tally sound,” Karstens said.

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COACH: Kyle KarstensTOP RETURNERS: Nick Calleja (Sr.,

F); Ethan Krigbaum (Jr., G/F); TJMcCoy (Sr., G/F)

TOP NEWCOMERS: Kain Chandler(Fr., G); Macon Clark (Jr., F)

Roster

Calleja, Nick F Sr.McCoy, TJ G/F Sr.Sikowski, Jarrod G Sr.Clark, Macon F Jr.Krigbaum, Ethan G/F Jr.Spence, Dustin G So.Triplett, Lorenzo G So.Chandler, Kain G Fr.Collins, Trent G Fr.Edwards, Matthew F Fr. Krigbaum, Troy G Fr.Martin, Kanyon F Fr.McCrady, Alex G Fr.Merry, Kyle G Fr.Paustain, Vincent F Fr.Taylor, Skyler G/F Fr.Washinton, Antoine G Fr.

Schedules

Nov. 23 Atwood-Hammond, 8 p.m.Nov. 24 Hutsonville, 6:30 p.m.Nov. 27 DeLand-Weldon, 6 p.m. Dec. 1 Cerro Gordo, 7:30 p.m.Dec. 11 at Arthur, 7:30 p.m.Dec. 12 Sangamon Valley, 7:30 p.m.Dec. 14 at Buckley Christ Lutheran,7:30 p.m.Dec. 17 at Argenta-Oreana, 7:30 p.m.Dec. 18 Morrisonville, 7:30 p.m.Dec. 22 at St. Teresa Christmas Tourn. Jan. 5 Champaign Judah Christian,7:30 p.m.Jan. 8 at Cornerstone ChristianAcademy, 7:30 p.m.Jan. 12 at Decatur Christian, 7:30 p.m.Jan. 15 Normal Calvary Baptist,7:30 p.m.Jan. 19 at DeLand-Weldon, 7:30 p.m.Jan. 21 at Urbana Uni-High, 7:30 p.m.Jan. 25 Buckley Christ Lutheran,7:30 p.m.Jan. 29 at Champaign JudahChristian, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 5 Decatur Christian, 7:30 p.m.Feb. 9 at Normal Calvary Baptist,7:30 p.m.Feb. 12 DeLand-Weldon, 7:30 p.m.Feb. 16 Urbana Uni-High, 7:30 p.m.

MOUNT ZION — JayDriscoll will be as interestedas anybody to see what hap-pens at the start of this season.

The Mount Zion coach likeswhat he has coming up. Buthe’s very aware that none ofthem have been asked to perform in the roles they willthis season.

That speaks more to thefact that the Braves have hadsuch stars in recent years.

Last year, when Mount Zionneeded something to happen,it went to the Long brothers.They leaned on Alex Birge thefew times the Longs wereunable.

“They were the best play-ers,” Driscoll said. “The bestplayers took the shots.”

But they are gone and it’sup to this group to establish anew identity.

“It will be interesting,”Driscoll said. “In practice yousee them do well, but it willbe different when the lightsturn on.”

Jordan Fortner is a 6-foot-4forward who will be the firstplace to look. Driscoll likeshis ability to be an offensiveforce and grab those reboundsthat Birge gobbled up lastyear.

“He played really well latein the year and had a goodsummer,” Driscoll said.

Ryan Hartman is a 6-3 senior who is a toughrebounder with the ability tostep out and score. And SethMyers is a 6-0 junior who willtake over the point guardposition.

“He really developed play-ing behind the Long twins,”Driscoll said. “He’s filled outand I think he’s going to be apretty good player.”

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COACH: Jay Driscoll

LAST YEAR’S RECORD: 13-13, 10-4

Apollo

TOP RETURNERS: Jordan Fortner

(Sr., F)

TOP NEWCOMERS: Ryan Hartman

(Sr., F); Joe Babich (Jr., F); Seth

Myers (Jr., G)

Roster

Beck, Braden G 6-2 Sr.

Burdick, Brandon G 6-0 Sr.

Fortner, Jordan F/C 6-4 Sr.

Hartman, Ryan G/F 6-3 Sr.

Huggins, Kyle G 5-11 Sr.

Oliver, Kendall F 6-3 Sr.

Babich, Joey G 6-1 Jr.

Bray, Lucas G 5-10 Jr.

Huber, Brandon G 6-0 Jr.

Myers, Seth G 6-0 Jr.

Richards, Patrick G 5-9 Jr.

Abfall, Caleb G 5-11 So.

Sharp, Dalton G 5-11 So.

Stewart, Jacob G 6-2 So.

Schedule

Nov. 25-28 at Decatur Turkey

Tournament

Dec. 4 Olney, 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 8 at Salem, 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 11 at Newton, 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 18 at Effingham, 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 19 at Eisenhower, 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 26-28 at Breese Mater Dei

Tournament;

Jan. 5 at St. Teresa, 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 8 Charleston, 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 12 at Paris, 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 15 at Olney, 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 26 at Mattoon, 8 p.m.

Jan. 29 Robinson, 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 2 Effingham, 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 5 Salem, 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 9 at Charleston, 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 12 Newton, 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 16 Paris, 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 19 at Robinson, 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 23 MacArthur, 7:30 p.m.

DECATUR — It’s the startof a new era at Eisenhowerwith coach Eric Newbon, andit’s all about living up topotential this season.

A year ago, the Panthersfelt like they underachievedafter they went 9-18 in theteam’s first losing season inthree years. The approach forEisenhower is going to be allabout pushing the tempo withit’s athletic, moderately-sizeroster.

“Our quickness is astrength for sure,” said New-bon, who stepped in after for-mer coach Jeremy Mooreresigned after the season.“We don’t have the biggestguys, but we’re athletic.”

Because of the lack ofheight, rebounding from allpositions is paramount forNewbon’s team. So far, New-bon’s been pleased with thework his guys have put in, butNewbon knows it doesn’t mat-ter until the Panthers put itall together on the court.

“Once the season starts up,we have to bring it everynight,” Newbon said. “Wecan’t take any nights offbecause our competition is toogood.”

The Panthers will be led onthe court by senior Jarod Old-ham, a point guard receivinglooks from several NCAADivision I schools. Oldhamstruggled at times offensivelylast year, but is poised toreturn to the form that madehim a standout as a sopho-more on the 2007-08 team.

Though not a big team, 6-foot-5 Caleb Davis does pro-vide some inside force for thePanthers.

Quick peek

COACH: Eric Newbon


(Big 12)

TOP RETURNERS: Jarod Oldham

(Sr., G), Caleb Davis (Sr., C)

TOP NEWCOMERS: Yamane Tay-

lor (Jr., F), Kristian Kremer (Jr., F)

Roster

Adams, Nigel F/C 6-2 Sr.

Davis, Caleb F/C 6-5 Sr.

Griffin Jr., Tory G 5-9 Sr.

Halliburton, Anthony G 6-1 Sr.

Hiser, Carson G 6-2 Sr.

Oldham, Jarod G 6-4 Sr.

Washington, Ashton G 5-8 Sr.

Apholone, Marcqui G 5-10 Jr.

Calmese, Robert G 5-10 Jr.

Johnson, Jalen F 6-2 Jr.

Joyner, Jalen F 6-2 Jr.

Kremer, Kristian F 6-2 Jr.

Martin, Chris F 6-3 Jr.

Taylor, Yamane F 6-2 Jr.

Schedule

Nov. 24-28 at Decatur Turkey

Tournament

Dec. 4 at Normal, 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 8 Urbana, 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 11 at MacArthur, 7 p.m

Dec. 12 at Chicago Foreman

Dec. 18 Bloomington, 7:45 p.m.

Dec. 19 Mount Zion, 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 28-30 at Collinsville Tourney

Jan. 8 Mattoon, 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 15 Normal West, 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 22 Normal, 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 29 at Bloomington, 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 2 MacArthur, 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 5 at Danville, 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 9 Normal, 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 12 at Champaign Central,

7:30 p.m.

Feb. 19 Normal West, 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 20 at Mount Vernon, 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 26 at Champaign Centennial,

7:30 p.m.

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DECATUR — DecaturChristian School’s leadershipis getting an early test thisseason.

Its coach, Shaun Rapp, washospitalized last week afterworking out and isn’t expectto return to the team untilafter Thanksgiving. In themean time, Rapp is relying onsenior Matt Flint to step upfor the Warriors.

“I had a talk with him lastweek and told him he’s got tobe our team leader,” Rappsaid. “I need him to lead thisyoung team.”

Flint and Michael Doolinwere going to have to lead ayoung team on the floor thisseason. That’s because theroster has only five seniorsand juniors and a wealth ofunderclassmen.

“We’re rebuilding thisyear,” Rapp said.

Because of that, Rapp’steam is going to have to devel-op patience quickly so it candevelop throughout eachgame and as the season pro-gresses. As with any youngteam, limiting turnovers willalso be important for DCS.

“It’s going to be about find-ing our offense,” Rapp said.“I’m happy with what I’veseen in practice.”

Quick peek

COACH: Shaun Rapp


TOP RETURNERS: Matt Flint (Sr.),

Michael Doolin (Jr.)

TOP NEWCOMERS: Peter Smith

(So.), Alex Newbon (So.)

Roster

Bayless, Blake Fr.

Bayless, Martin So.

Bayless, Zac Fr.

Black, Eric Jr.

Doolin, Michael So.

Flint, Matt Jr.

Newbon, Alex So.

Pilcher, Andrew Fr.

Rapp, Monte Fr.

Rasche, Jon Fr.

Schwartz, Zach Jr.

Smith, Peter Fr.

Schedule

Nov. 14 at Decatur Home School,

1 p.m.

Nov. 20 at Rockford Berean,

1 p.m.

Nov. 24 First Baptist Christian

School, 6 p.m.

Dec. 1 at Chirst Lutheran,

7:30 p.m.

Dec. 4 at Lovington, 7 p.m.

Dec. 8 at Atwood-Hammond,

7:15 p.m.

Dec. 11 Bement, 6 p.m.

Dec. 14 Calvary Baptist Academy,

5 p.m.

Dec. 15 at Okaw Valley, 7:15 p.m.

Dec. 19 Arthur-Okaw Christian,

7:30 p.m.

Dec. 28 at Arthur-Christian

Tournament

Jan. 5 DeLand-Weldon, 6 p.m.

Jan. 8 at University High, 7 p.m.

Jan. 12 LSA, 7:30 p.m.;

Jan. 15 Christ Lutheran, 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 16 Cornerstone Christian,

2:30 p.m.

Jan. 18 at Judah Christian, 6 p.m.

Jan. 19 Springfield Calvary, 6 p.m.

Jan. 22 at Cornerstone Christian

Academy, 5:30 p.m.

Jan. 23 at Northwest Christian,

7 p.m.

Jan. 26 at Calvary Baptist

Academy, 5 p.m.

Jan. 29 at DeLand-Weldon, 5 p.m.

Feb. 2 University High, 6 p.m.

Feb. 5 at LSA, 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 12 Judah Christian, 6 p.m.

DCS

NEWBONContinued from B1every player has been great.”

Newbon’s familiarity withEisenhower contributed to thesmooth transition. Seniorguard Jarod Oldham knows theteam was excited about New-bon — an Eisenhower grad —coming in. After all, Newbonwas an assistant at Eisenhowerbefore reshaping the girls pro-gram at MacArthur.

“He knew us and we knewof him and that helped,” Old-ham said. “It’s been good.We’re ready for a big season.”

Newbon also brings a simi-lar playing style as formerEisenhower coach JeremyMoore, which will utilize thePanthers’ quickness. Oldham

and the rest of the guardswill have to push the ball tocounter their lack of size onthe roster, which is some-thing Eisenhower has done inthe recent past.

“We love to push it and sodoes coach,” Oldham said.“We just have to work on ourrebounding and if we improvethat then we’ll be good.”

Right away, Newbon let theteam know what to expect.Oldham still remembersNewbon telling the guys hewasn’t a big yeller, but that

hasn’t mattered for a groupthat’s trying to reboundafter a difficult 9-18 recordlast season. The team hassix seniors who don’t wantto end their careers in disap-pointing fashion.

“We’ve got a group ofquality athletes that have

been working hard,” Newbonsaid.

At the top of that list isOldham and Caleb Davis, a 6-foot-5, 220 pound senior, whowill help the Panthers spreadthe floor.

Eisenhower gets its firstaction together under theguidance of Newbon againsthighly regarded HarveyThornton at 7:30 p.m. Tuesdayin the opening round of theDecatur Turkey Tournament.


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MacArthur’s Bryce Taylor is one of two seniors returning for the Generals who saw significant minutes last season. Taylor, MacArthur’s two-guard, is among the area’s best shooters.

‘We love to push itand so does coach.’

Eisenhower senior guard Jarod Oldham

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EIU gets help, makes playoffsEastern Illinois will make its 13th

FCS playoff appearance next week

after Jacksonville State prevailed

over Eastern Kentucky on Saturday.

The Panthers had

a chance to clinch

the outright Ohio

Valley Confer-

ence title on

Thursday night but were knocked

off by Tennessee State, 21-10.

Eastern will learn its first-round

opponent at 2 p.m. today. The

NCAA selection show will be

revealed live on ESPN News.

Tickets for the first-round playoff

game will go on sale through the

EIU Ticket Office starting at noon

on Monday. Ticket information will

be announced once the pairings

for the first round are set. Tickets

can be purchased by calling

581-2106.

Holmgren talks BrownsFormer Seattle and Green Bay

coach Mike Holmgren is interested

in working for the struggling Cleve-

land Browns.

Holmgren said on his weekly radio

show on Seattle’s KJR that he has not

yet spoken to Browns owner Randy

Lerner, who is looking

for a “serious, credible

leader” football author-

ity to run his struggling

team. However, Holm-

gren did indicate he

would welcome the

chance to take on a

rebuilding project like the 1-8 Browns.

“It takes a tremendous amount of

energy, but there is a certain appeal

there,” the 61-year-old Holmgren.

“There’s something in my personali-

ty, too, that taking on those types of

projects, that kind of gets me going.

But there’s a lot of work to do.”

Teams throw records outZach Amedro threw for 540 yards

and six touchdowns, Kevon

Calhoun ran for 173 yards and four

more scores, and West Liberty

(W.Va) beat Edinboro (Pa.) 84-63 in

the Division II playoffs.

The teams combined for 1,394

yards of offense, breaking the divi-

sion record of 1,369 set in Chadron

State’s 76-73 triple-overtime win

over Abilene Christian on Nov. 23,

2007. Their combined 1,170 yards

passing broke the mark of 1,065 set

by Western New Mexico and West

Texas A&M on Oct. 8, 1994.

Edinboro QB Trevor Harris had a

playoff-record 630 yards passing

and seven total TDs.

No! Albert denies rumorMarv Albert said Saturday he was

never involved in an altercation with

50 Cent, denying Internet reports of

a fight on “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”

According to the reports, punches

were thrown after members of the

rapper’s entourage didn’t recognize

Albert, the longtime

sports broadcaster

who was appearing

as a guest on the

show on Wednesday

night.

But Albert told The

Associated Press he

was not even close to the exchange,

which he believed was caused

when a member of 50 Cent’s party

was prevented by show security

from using a phone in the room that

was supposed to belong to Albert.

“I couldn’t even tell you what the

guy looked like or the security

guard looked like,” Albert said.

They said it“Jimmie and I talked about a life-

time deal, but I couldn’t borrow

enough money to make it work.”

— Stock-car owner Rick Hendrick,

to the Miami Herald, after signing

star driver Jimmie Johnson to a

contract through 2015

Who deserves

the most blame

for the Bears’ 4-5

start this season?

DECATUR — It has alonger, more formal name,but when someone says,“Turkey Tournament” inCentral Illinois, every bas-ketball fan perks up.

Beginning Tuesday, theTeam Soy Capital DecaturTurkeyTourna-mentwill cele-brate its40thanniver-sarywithfournights ofboyshighschoolbasket-ball atStephenDecaturMiddleSchool.

If it’slikemost ofthe preceding 39 tourna-ments, stars will be bornand memories will be made.

Since its inception, theDecatur Turkey Tournamenthas showcased 51 playerswho went on to play Divi-sion I college basketball andcountless others who playedcollege ball at another level.

This is where local bas-ketball fans got an up-closelook at NBA-bound starslike Andre Iguodala ofSpringfield Lanphier andShaun Livingston and A.J.Guyton of Peoria Central.

It’s where many got theirfirst peek at University of Illi-nois-bound players like RichMcBride of Springfield andJerrance Howard of Peoria.

It’s where some of MaconCounty’s best high schoolteams strutted their stuff.We’re talking about thegreat Eisenhower HighSchool teams, like the JeffRoth-Hubert Carter squadof 1976 on up to the thrillingStephen Decatur group ledby Tarise Bryson and theelectric Eisenhower squadof two years ago that fea-tured Purdue-bound LewisJackson and Illinois State-bound Jeremy Robinson.

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Tyler Marsh and the Maroa-Forsyth defense held Marshall star quarterback Taylor Duncan to just 44 rushing yards in the Trojans’31-14 Class 2A semifinal win on Saturday. Maroa advances to Friday’s title game against undefeated Morrison.

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Phillip Meyer threw for 177 yards and ranfor 95 more in Tuscola’s 21-7 victory.

Meyer makes statementBehind QB, Tuscolaearns chance at title


TUSCOLA — Phillip Meyeremphatically answered any questionsabout his toughness on Saturday.

After a week of fighting the fluthat took 10 pounds off his 160-poundframe, the sophomore Tuscola quar-terback threw the Warriors’ offenseon his back and ran. And Meyerwasn’t trying to run away from thedefense, either.

To cap his 25-carry night, Meyerignored an empty edge to the endzone, lowered his shoulder and ranover Jacksonville Routt’s TylerSchmidt. Meyer proved it didn’t mat-

ter that Schmidt had three inchesand 25 pounds on him as he scoredfrom 6 yards out and helped Tuscolaadvance to state for the third time infour years with a 21-7 win.

“I wanted to hit him,” Meyer saidwhile laughing. “I don’t try to dodgepeople. I like to run them over.”

Following a season-long scriptfilled with adversity, Tuscola wentinto Thursday thinking backup QBJud Wienke would start. But Meyermade it to his only practice of theweek on Friday and started for theWarriors.

“Phil came back, and we weren’tsure how well he was going to be, buthe came in there and fired out andkept running like regular old Phil,”senior running back Josh Scribnersaid. “We’re really glad he was able

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MARSHALL — First therewas Wyatt Washburn jugglingthe ball while spinningaround a Marshall defender,securing it and dashing downMaroa-Forsyth’s sideline for a76-yard touchdown.

Then there was Washburnripping the ball out ofMarshall receiver AustinWetnight’s hands and racing52 yards — once again downthe Maroa sideline — for atouchdown.

And finally it was DaltonCoventry — his jersey ripped,

soaked and brown, his facesmeared with black face paint— carrying Marshall’s TaylorDuncan on his back whilerumbling down the field onthe Trojans’ game-clinchingdrive.

Those moments are Maroaat its best, and that’s whatthe Trojans gave Marshall intheir 31-14 Class 2A semifinalwin on Saturday.

The Trojans — heading tothe championship game forthe second time in four yearsafter winning the title in 2006— will face Morrison at1 p.m. Saturday at Memorial

Stadium in Champaign.Maroa entered the game

needing to slow Duncan —Marshall’s dual-threat quar-terback — and use its speedadvantage on the outside forbig plays. The Trojans didboth and more.

“It just seems like we getbetter every week in everyaspect of the game,” Maroasenior Alex Colvin said.

Marshall coach Todd Everswouldn’t argue.

“They’re the most talentedoverall team we’ve seen,”Evers said. “They have line,

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Tolono Unitymade it a trifectaof Okaw ValleyConference teamsin the state finalsby taking outGreenville, 58-53;other scores fromaround the state,plus next week’sschedule.

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Decatur Turkey

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At Stephen Decatur Tuesday

Peoria Centralvs. SpringfieldLanphier, 6 p.m.

Harvey Thorntonvs. Eisenhower,7:30 p.m.

WednesdayBolingbrook vs.

Mount Zion, 6 p.m.MacArthur vs.

Springfield SE,7:30 p.m.

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Freshman Brandon Paul had an off shooting night for Illinois,scoring just eight points, but the Illini won, 94-48, on Saturday.

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Passing, shootingon target all night


CHAMPAIGN — If you’rea top 25 team, it’s alwaysfun to work in a few blowoutbasketball games early inthe season. And No. 23 Illi-nois had a whole lot of funracing past tiny Presbyter-ian College 94-48 Saturdaynight at the Assembly Hall.

But coach Bruce Weber’smessage after the gamewas sobering and true.

Enjoy it for a minute. Thefun’s about to end.

Illinois’ schedule takes adecided turn toward morechallenging opponents start-ing Tuesday night with Wof-ford, which may not soundlike a threat but whichalready has a victory at

Georgia and a hard-fought,3-point loss to Pittsburgh.

Then comes Utah, Okla-homa State or Bradley,Clemson, Vanderbilt, Geor-gia, Missouri, Gonzaga and

the start ofBig Ten Con-ference play.

Forty-sixpoint victo-ries willquickly be athing of thepast.

“This wasa good win for us,” Webersaid. “Now the competitionobviously gets a lot tougher.Tuesday night’s game willbe difficult, and then it getseven more difficult as we gothrough the next coupleweeks.”

Presbyterian, with anenrollment of 1,200 and injust its third season of Divi-sion I basketball, sunk into

its zone defense and workedhard, staying even with theIllini for the first 12 minutesof the game.

The score was tied at 21when Illinois finally gainedthe upper hand and pound-ed Presbyterian into sub-mission.

Illinois closed the firsthalf on a 22-7 run, shred-ding the zone with crispinside-outside passing andsharp shooting.

Then, after assistantcoach Jerrance Howardemphasized throwing aknockout punch in the firstfour minutes of the secondhalf, Illinois did just that.

In fact, Illinois (3-0)outscored Presbyterian 25-2to start the second half,smothering their guestsfrom Clinton, S.C. After theearly tie, Illinois outscored

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It’s where Mount Zion,MacArthur, Stephen Decaturand Lakeview have had somegreat moments in the spot-light, and where even St.Teresa stepped up to shineback when John Leurck wasmanning the middle on hisway to Marquette.

“If you had to name the topfive Thanksgiving tourna-ments in the state, you’d behard-pressed to name fivebetter than this one,” saidMel Roustio, the tournamentcoordinator.

Roustio knows his basket-ball, having coached for 39years including 37 as headcoach. He’s best known forhaving been former Illinistandout Andy Kaufmann’shead coach at Jacksonville.He moved to Decatur andcoached for two seasons atStephen Decatur before itconsolidated into two Decaturhigh schools, and he finishedwith a year at Eisenhowerbefore retiring.

Roustio was brought aboardat a time when the TurkeyTournament perched on theedge of extinction. Costs werehigh, and without communitybacking, the event lookeddoomed.

“It was an 11th-hour deal tosave it,” Roustio remembers.

With the help of Soy CapitalBank, J.L. Hubbard Insur-ance & Bonds, ADM, Caterpil-lar and others, the event waspropped up financially, andthis will be Roustio’s eighthseason as coordinator.

Originally, the event wasstaged in the gymnasiums ofthe local high schools. But,Roustio said, when the focusbecame too “city vs. city,” thedecision was made to move to

a more neutral site.So the tournament shifted

to Millikin University’s Gris-wold Center, where itremained until five years ago.

“Griswold was a largervenue, there was no homecourt advantage and my expe-rience with the people at Mil-likin was very positive,” Rous-tio said. “But to rent a facilitywhen you have facilities with-in the school district didn’tmake economic sense, so thedecision was made to go toStephen Decatur,” which hadbeen converted into a middleschool.

Roustio said portablebleachers have pushed capac-ity to 2,200, and with plenty ofparking and an open “galle-ria” area where students cangather between games and athalftime, the new home isworking well.

“Most of the coaches likethe tougher ticket and thehigh school atmosphere,”Roustio said. “And I think it’s

important that we showcaseour District 61 properties andhospitality. Each year, we’reable to show that this is avery positive communityevent.”

To celebrate the 40thanniversary, the tournamentis embracing the theme,“Decatur Cares,” and willwork to benefit three organi-zations — Special Olympics,Northeast Community Fundand Toys for Tots.

Fans are encouraged tobring toys to be placed inreceptacles placed in the gal-leria that will go to Toys forTots. Or they can bring non-perishable items that willhelp the Northeast Communi-ty Fund. Or they can make afinancial contribution to Spe-cial Olympics.

Anyone making a contribu-tion will get their name putinto a drawing, and Wal-Marthas donated 24 turkeys asprizes.

“We normally get 8,000 to8,400 fans over the four daysof the tournament, so we’rehoping to get the word out,”Roustio said.

Also, Nick “Game Day”Burton, a 20-year-old fromIndiana who battles celebralpalsy, will put on a basketballshooting exhibition Fridaynight, which is traditionallywhen the tournament sees itslargest crowd.

“He’ll blow your mind,”Roustio promised.

On Saturday afternoon,two-thirds of each admissionwill be donated to SpecialOlympics.

The field is the same aslast year with MacArthur,Eisenhower and Mount Zionjoined by Harvey Thornton,top-seed Bolingbrook, PeoriaCentral, Springfield Southeastand Springfield Lanphier.

But the tournament will

take on a different look in2010.

“Mount Zion has indicatedthey will not return nextyear,” Roustio said.

The Braves plan to play inthe Effingham St. Anthonytournament, he said.

So a search is on for areplacement team, one withdrawing power.

Does that team include afuture Illini recruit?

Or is there a smaller areaschool with a “Hoosiers” pedi-gree ready to step up and testitself at the beginning of whatcould be a special season? Itwould have been amazing tosee Meridian High Schoolplaying in 2008, or Maroa-Forsyth or some of the state-bound teams from Shelbyvilleor Findlay back in their glorydays.

And with the slumpingeconomy, Roustio said thetournament is having toscramble again for support.

“We’ve had some sponsorsback off the amount theywere comfortable giving thelast several years,” he said.“So we’re going to have to beinnovative in our marketingand packaging next year.We’re going to have to getless from more rather than alot from a few.”

Always the coach, Roustiosaid it has been fun to lookinto the stands and see Divi-sion I head coaches and assis-tants watching the action,recruiting some of the topplayers in the state.

He hopes that will continueand that the event will bearound to celebrate its 50thanniversary. I hope so, too,because it wouldn’t seemright to start a high schoolbasketball season without apush from the DecaturTurkey Tournament.


SCHEDULE

At Stephen Decatur Middle SchoolTuesday’s games

Game 1 — Peoria Central vs. Spring-

field Lanphier, 6 p.m.

Game 2 — Harvey Thornton vs.

Eisenhower, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s gamesGame 3 — Bolingbrook vs. Mount

Zion, 6 p.m.

Game 4 — MacArthur vs. Springfield

Southeast, 7:30 p.m.

Friday’s gamesGame 5 — Loser Game 1 vs. Loser

Game 2, 1 p.m.

Game 6 — Loser Game 3 vs. Loser

Game 4, 2:30 p.m.

Game 7 — Winner Game 1 vs. Winner

Game 2, 6 p.m.

Game 8 — Winner Game 3 vs. Winner

Game 4, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 28Consolation championship — Winner

Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 2:30 p.m.

Third place — Loser Game 7 vs.

Loser Game 8, 6 p.m.

Championship — Winner Game 7 vs.

Winner Game 8, 7:30 p.m.

Kyle Floyd Jr., WindsorFloyd averaged 12.3 points and 3.7

assists last season and should benefitfrom the development of the Blue Devils’big men.James Jansen,5-9, Jr., Effingham St. Anthony

A great ball-handler with some shootingrange, Jansen is known for sneaking pass-es through traffic on the money. He shouldput up huge assist numbers this seasonwith the players surrounding him for theBulldogs.Eric Leonard 6-0, Sr., G, Sangamon Valley

Leonard averaged 10.1 points and fiveassists per game as a freshman playingvarsity. With more weapons to work withthis year, Leonard’s standing as one of thearea’s top point guards will rise.Jarod Oldham 6-4, Sr., G, Eisenhower

Oldham is an unselfish player with solidcourt vision. He’ll need some teammatesto step up as finishers, but whoever is onthe floor with him, they’ll receive the ball inposition to have success.Trent Swigert 6-0, Sr., G, Meridian

Swigert could be included in several ofthese categories. He might be the area’sbest defensive player and there aren’tmany more difficult to guard. But Swigert’sstrength as the director of an offense isunmatched. He’s quick and dribblingthrough pressure.

Brandon Berry OlneyAn early candidate for area player of the

year, Berry has the total package —height, quickness, shooting ability, experi-ence and an all-around game. He aver-aged 17.8 points, six rebounds and 2.5assists last season, shooting 51 percentfrom the field, 44 percent from 3-pointrange and 88 percent from the free-throwline. Where’s the weakness?Ben Brackney 6-5, Sr., F, Lincoln

Headed to Bucknell next year, Brackneycan stroke his jumper off the catch or thedribble. And he’s tall enough (6-5) to raiseup and shoot over defenders. But Brack-ney, above, is far from one-dimensional.He can handle the ball, pass, score insideand rebound as well.Clint Brubaker 6-0, Sr., G, Monticello

Brubacker, right, is capable of gettinghot and burying shots from anywhere onthe floor. He had highs of seven 3-pointersmade in a game and had 33 points in agame against Central A&M. Foul him and

he hits 76 percent from the free-throw line.Brian Suckow 6-7, Sr., F, Altamont

A 6-6 wing, Suckow was the Indians’second-leading scorer (12.3 ppg) andrebounder (5.5 rprg) last season. Suckowcan play any position on the floor, andprobably will this season depending on thematchup advantage he gives the Indiansagainst each particular opponent.Jaden Widdersheim 6-1, Sr., F, Stew-Stras

Widdersheim is a scoring machine(18.6 ppg) who can also distribute the ball(4.4 apg) and play defense (2.2 spg). Hisbest attribute is his hard-nosed style —he’s not afraid to put his body on the line.Taylor Worman, 6-5, Sr., Effingham St. Anthony

Worman is 6-foot-5 but can handle theball and is a dangerous shooter whetherhe’s catching and shooting or pulling upoff the dribble. He averaged 16 points pergame last year, and his team has toomany other weapons for defenses to focustoo much on him. He’s also a money free-throw shooter.

Derek Ade 6-2, Sr., G, PanaThe Panthers’ 6-2 senior has big-time

range and should increase his scoring intodouble-digits this season.Cody Boarman 6-5, Sr., G, Shelbyville

A transfer from Neoga, Boarman willprovide instant offense for a Rams’ teamin need of just that.Derek Bourke 6-2, Jr., F, Nokomis

He hit 55 percent from the field lastyear and was deadly from the free-throwline but will need to take on a bigger rolein the offense this year.Drew Burrows Sr., G, St. Teresa

A streak shooter, if Burrows picks up hisconsistency this year, he’ll add the thirdweapon the Bulldogs will need to meettheir potential.Paul Knapp 6-0, So., G, Flora

The Wolves’ young gunner had a mon-ster freshman season, averaging 18.3points per game and knocking down 71 3-pointers. He should be even better thisseason with more help surrounding him.Cody McCollum 6-4, Sr., F, Effingham

An All-Apollo Conference pick andIBCA All-State honorable mention selec-tion, McCollum is a consistent scorer andamong the top three outside shooters inthe area.Jordan Nelson 6-0, Jr., G, Lincoln

Railers coach Neil Alexander called Jor-dan Nelson one of the best shooters he’shad at Lincoln. Considering Lincoln’s his-tory, that’s saying something.Preston Shelley Sr., G, St. Teresa

Shelley has as smooth a release as anyplayer in the area, and he doesn’t needmuch room to get his shot off.Tim Weaver 6-1, So., G, Cerro Gordo

Weaver scratched the surface of hispotential as a freshman, but will be count-ed on for much more this year with DrewMinton gone. Weaver’s biggest strength ishis shooting, but his athletic ability — if heuses it wisely — could give defenders inthe LOVC major headaches.

Cory Burns 5-9, Sr., G, MeridianBurns brings a football

mentality to the hardwood.His quickness is enoughto give teams trouble. Buthe’s so aggressive, heoften breaks his manmentally with his relent-less pressure.

Tyler Gillett South CentralA hard-worker who plays a physical and

effective brand of defense.Adam Metzger 5-10, Sr., G, Pana

Metzger’s impact can’t be found in abox score. He doesn’t score much, but hemanages to make his mark.Dalton Robinson 6-0, Sr., G, Neoga

Robinson is a quick, strong defender —the type of player no guard wants to face.He gets in your face and stays there. Hewas second-team all-National Trail lastyear.Nathaniel Smith 6-3, Jr., G/F, Lincoln

The Railers have plenty of offense.Smith is a physical player who provides agritty presence on defense.

PLAYERS YOU WANT TO TAKE THE LAST SHOT

PLAYERS MOST DIFFICULT TO GUARD

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BEST

FLOOR GENERALSColton Bailey Louisville North Clay

A first-team all-conference player whoaveraged 15 ppg last year, Bailey wantsthe ball in his hands late in games andhas earned the right to get it.Ben Jones 6-0, Sr., G, Robinson

Not only is Jones an experienced sen-ior leader, he doesn’t miss much. His fieldgoal percentage (52 percent), 3-point per-centage (49 percent) and free throw per-centage (78 percent) suggest he shouldhave the ball in his hands at the end of thegame.Wyatt Washburn 6-1, Sr., G, Maroa-Forsyth

An outstanding shooter with a quickrelease, Washburn is a cool customer athis best in pressure situations. He aver-aged 13.1 points a year ago and hit 35 3-pointers.


MACON — Meridiancoach Jack Blickens-derfer has told TrentSwigert for three yearsthat the Hawks werehis team.

This is the first yearSwigert has believedhim. Following theirClass 1A state title lastyear, the Hawks havelost H&R Macon Coun-ty Player of the YearDakota Getz and all-county second-teamerJacob Shasteen. Theywere Meridian’s twoleading scorers lastyear.

But led by Swigert —a potential county play-er of the year — theHawks will have a dif-ferent style, but stillwill be a formidableforce in both the OkawValley Conference andClass 1A postseason.

Swigert, even coolerand more confident as

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Cards raise season-ticket pricesSt. Louis Cardinals season ticket

prices are increasing an average of

3 percent next year.

The club said

Friday that nearly

one-third of sea-

son-ticket holders

will have no price

increase; about half will see an

increase of $1 or less per ticket.

The Cardinals say most of the

areas with price increases have

been flat since 2006. About a quar-

ter of Cardinals tickets are less than

$20.

Season-tickets are less expensive

than those for individual games.

Season ticket holders may buy

postseason tickets, and resell tick-

ets through secondary market

sources.

The Cardinals drew 3.3 million

fans last season.

Just in time for ChristmasMajor League Baseball has the

perfect gift to bust a budget in a

recession.

A 20-DVD set of World Series

films can be bought for $2,229, and

it contains authenticated auto-

graphs of 12 Hall of Famers, includ-

ing Yogi Berra, Bob Gibson, Reggie

Jackson and Mike Schmidt.

A limited edition run of 100 sets

was put together by Major League

Baseball Productions, A&E Home

Entertainment and Mounted Memo-

ries, the companies said Friday.

There are 65 films from 1943-08

that run for more than 50 hours.

The package also has autographs

from Johnny Bench, Gary Carter,

Bob Feller, Rollie Fingers, Carlton

Fisk, Whitey Ford, Brooks Robinson

and Bruce Sutter.

MLB spokesman Jeff Heckelman

said the set is also available without

the autographs for $179.99 on

MLB.com and in stores with a sug-

gested retail price of $229.

Rams avoid blackout on their dimeThe St. Louis Rams have pur-

chased unsold tickets to sell out

Sunday’s game

against the Arizona

Cardinals and

avoid a local tele-

vision blackout.

More than 4,000 tickets were

unsold in the middle of the week.

The Rams received a one-day

extension on Thursday before elect-

ing to buy the tickets and distribute

them to local charities and youth

groups.

Limited seats remained for the

game against the NFC West lead-

ers led by former Rams star Kurt

Warner.

Kevin Demoff, the team’s chief

operating officer, said the franchise

felt it necessary to sell out the game

in hopes of building momentum.

The Rams don’t anticipate sell-

outs for games against the Sea-

hawks and Texans later this year,

but remains hopeful of selling out

the season finale on Jan. 3 against

the 49ers.

Accused stalker’s bond increasedA judge has increased bond to

$100,000 for an Illinois insurance

executive accused of

secretly making nude

videos of ESPN

reporter Erin

Andrews.

Michael Barrett was

in U.S. District Court

in Los Angeles on Fri-

day to face one count of interstate

stalking. Barrett’s attorney David

Willingham says his client has post-

ed bond. Barrett was initially free on

a $4,500 bond.

The 48-year-old Barrett is charged

with making videos of Andrews

through the peephole in her hotel

room door, and federal prosecutors

say he uploaded to the Internet

nude videos of other women also

made through peepholes.

Who deserves

the most blame

for the Bears’ 4-5

start this season?

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Maroa-Forsyth defensive back Quavell Hampton tries to wrestle down a Central A&M player during last week’s Class 2A quarterfinal win. Hampton and the Trojanshave allowed just five points per game since their 42-35 win against the Raiders on Oct. 16, attributing the success to a switch to their old 5-3 defense.

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Trace Quinn celebrates after a defensive stop againstSouth Fulton in last week’s Class 1A quarterfinal.

Getting defensiveLate-season shutout sparksWarriors to winning streak


TUSCOLA — Sitting at 3-3with Maroa-Forsyth comingto town, Tuscola coach RickReinhart learned a lot abouthis team.

The Warriors were stillstinging from Week 6’s last-second loss to Central A&M.Not only did the loss comeafter a fortuitous bounce ona blocked field goal to endthe game, but it hung somedoubt on Tuscola about adeep playoff run. Sevenweeks ago, not many peoplethought Tuscola would stillbe playing football today.

“We were a desperateteam,” Reinhart said aboutgoing into the game against

Maroa. “We would have doneanything to win that game.”

Now, that 28-0 win againstthe state semifinalist Trojanslooks just like another one ofTuscola’s eight defensiveshutouts during the year. Butat the time, the ‘W’ saved theWarriors’ season.

“I am not sure what wouldhave happened if we lost thatgame,” Reinhart said. “Up tothat point, we weren’t gettingthe bounces or breaks and itwas frustrating.

“That game against Maroaturned everything around.”

Granted, Tuscola’s finaltwo opponents were a com-bined 7-11, but that win

Jacksonville Routt (9-3) at

Tuscola (9-3)

WHEN: Today, 3 p.m.PLAYOFF RECORD: Routt is

17-19; Tuscola is 31-19.RECORD VS. PLAYOFF TEAMS:

Routt is 4-3; Tuscola is 4-3PLAYERS TO WATCH: For Routt,

Michael Tonry (Jr., RB/DB, 258carries, 1,501 yards, 22 TD; 38tackles); Ben Heinemann (Sr.,QB/LB, 25-of-47, 468 yards, 3 TD,4 INT; 103 carries, 493 yards, 9TD; 5 catches, 108 yards, 3 TD;42 tackles); Tyler Schmidt (Jr.,QB, 31-of-62, 444 yards, 5 TD, 2INT; 36 carries, 68 yards, 3 TD; 6catches, 111 yards, TD)

For Tuscola, Phillip Meyer (So.,QB, 85-of-158 passing, 1,054yards, 13 TD; 154 carries, 684yards, 3 TD); Gunnar Edwards (Sr.,WR, 42 catches, 630 yards, 7 TD);Jordan Scribner (So., WR, 115 car-ries, 572 yards, 4 TD)

Maroa-Forsyth (10-2) at Marshall (11-1)

WHEN: Today, 1:30 p.m.RADIO: WDKR (107.3 FM), WDZ

(1050 AM)PLAYOFF RECORD: Maroa-Forsyth

is 29-13; Marshall is 15-22.RECORD VS. PLAYOFF TEAMS:

Maroa-Forsyth is 5-2; Marshall is6-1.

PLAYERS TO WATCH: For Marshall,Taylor Duncan (Sr., QB/DB, 82-of-163 passing, 1,336 yards, 15 TDs;192 carries, 903 yards rushing, 17

TDs); Andrew Strohm (So., RB,1,090 yards, 10 TDs); Jared Boyll(So., LB, 105 tackles); DaltonSanders (Sr., DL, 16 sacks).

For Maroa-Forsyth, DaltonCoventry (Sr., RB/LB, 112 carries,793 yards, 14 TDs; 126 tackles, 15tackles for loss); Wyatt Washburn(Sr., WR/DB, 60 catches, 940yards, 10 TDs; 3 INTs, 11 passesbroken up); Logan Stelzriede (So.,QB, 94-for-161 passing, 1,343yards, 13 TDs, 4 INTs); JustinBarnes (Sr., RB/WR/DB, 363yards rushing, 5 TDs; 80 yardsreceiving, TD; 281 yards passing,3 TDs; 34 tackles, INT, 4 passesbroken up).

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MAROA — Head coachJosh Jostes and theMaroa-Forsyth playersadmitted that heart andcommitment were lackingthrough the Trojans’ firstseven games this season.

That has changedsince, and Maroa (10-2)has won five straightgames following its worststart to a regular season

since 2004. The Trojansplay Marshall today inthe Class 2A semifinals —their third semifinal inthe past six seasons.

But intangibles weren’tall that was missing forMaroa. In what Jostesnow says was a mistake,the Trojans decidedbefore the season tochange their defense to a3-5 (three linemen andfive linebackers) after

using mostly a 5-3 duringJostes’ first nine seasonsas coach.

“We thought we hadmore good linebackersthan defensive linemen,”Jostes said. “We knowwhat’s worked for us overthe years, but we over-thought the situation.”

After shutting out sixopponents last year,

Trojans go back to reliable tactic

MAROA/B5

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Trent Swigert will have a bigger rolein his senior season at Meridian.

The key to a lengthy run in the IHSAplayoffs? For Tuscola and Maroa-Forsyth, it’s about ...

Presbyterian at Illinois

WHEN: Today, 7 p.m.WHERE: Assembly Hall,

ChampaignTV: Big Ten Network

(Brent Stover,Kendall Gill)

RADIO:Illini SportsNetwork

RECORDS:Illinois 2-0, Presbyterian 0-2

OF NOTE: This is part ofthe first two rounds of theHoopTV Las Vegas Invita-tional. Those games arebeing played on campussites. Then the action shiftsto the Orleans Arena inLas Vegas on Nov. 27 and28. Also entered areSouthern, Utah, Seattle,Oklahoma State, Bradleyand Wofford.


CHAMPAIGN — A certainamount of freshman frustration isexpected, even welcome, Illinicoach Bruce Weber said Friday.

But, as Illinois gets ready toplay Presbyterian tonight, some ofit is just plain regretful.

The regret comes when Webertalks about freshman JosephBertrand, whose surgicallyrepaired knee continues to be anissue that will keep him out of thelineup into December.

“It looks like it’s going to be atleast another two or three weeks

Bertrand has setback with knee

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boys basketball previewprepshrArthur — A Lancers team

with experience, depth andbalance should vie for the Lit-tle Okaw Valley Conferencetitle this season. Arthur hasboth size and quickness. TheLancers will be strong defen-sively and have severalweapons on offense.

Effingham St. Anthony — TheBulldogs have the best teamin what is a stacked NationalTrail Conference this season.St. Anthony boasts size, shoot-ing, depth and experience.The Bulldogs lost in their firstgame of regionals last seasondespite going 23-5. Look forthem to advance quite a bitfurther this year.

Lincoln — The Railersbounced back from a downyear in 2007-08 to record 29wins last season, and thisyear’s team should be anoth-er strong edition. As usual,shooting and a 1-2-2 zonedefense will be Lincoln’sstrengths.

Meridian — The Hawks willshift from a halfcourt teamwith a dominant post game toa full court team with domi-nant guards this season.There may be times whenMeridian’s offense struggles,

but its defense — particularlyfrom guards Trent Swigertand Cory Burns — will be thearea’s best.

Monticello — The Sages qui-etly went 18-8 last year, andshould improve on that thisseason with the return ofthree of their top players —Cale Huisinga, Ben Palla andClinton Brubaker. The threecomplement each other well— Huisinga is dominant postplayer, Palla is a quick, expe-rienced point guard andBrubaker knocked down 44 3-pointers last year.

Olney — If the Tigers canfind scoring from anothersource besides BrandonBerry, they’ll have a big yearand compete for the ApolloConference crown. They’resolid at every position, withMitchell Schonert expected tomake major strides in thepost, a knock-down shooter inChristian Kabes and a capa-ble point guard in BlakePampe. Olney should also gethelp off the bench from a tal-ented sophomore class.

Robinson — This is the yearthe Maroons have been wait-ing for. And if everything goesas planned, Robinson will end

the season in Peoria. TheMaroons return their topthree scorers, including oneof the area’s best guards inBen Jones and 7-0 Universityof Illinois signee MeyersLeonard. The rotation is top-heavy, which will make it par-ticularly important forLeonard to avoid foul trouble.

Stewardson-Strasburg — Withone of the area’s best return-ing players in Jaden Widder-sheim and a roster full of sizeand shooting, Stew-Stras is asure bet to surpass last year’s16-win mark and could be adarkhorse to win the NationalTrail.

St. Teresa — There’s no ques-tion the Bulldogs are loadedwith Preston Shelley and NickSanford providing the bestone-two punch in the OkawValley. If Brennan McElroy orDrew Burrows can providethird and fourth options, theBulldogs could still be playingwell into March.

Teutopolis — Even withmajor graduation losses, T-Town will have a team fullof long, athletic players. Likelast season, the Wooden Shoeswill be balanced offensivelyand play stifling defense.

SWIGERTContinued from B1a senior, is ready to assumethe role as Meridian’s go-toplayer.

“Blick’s been telling me thisis my team since I was asophomore, but really it wasDakota’s team and we allknew that,” Swigert said.“And it was really weird onthe first day of practicebecause Iwas theone whohad to telleveryoneto get intogear, andthat wasalwaysDakota’sjob.

“But Iknow I’mthe onewho hasto set theexamplethis year,”Swigertsaid. “It’smy timeto step upand showwhat kind of leader I can be.”

Swigert, along with fellowsenior guard Cory Burns,have kept optimism high atMeridian. They’re a quick,defensively intimidating duothat showed flashes of whatthey’re capable of whenMeridian put a full-courtpress on Salt Fork in lastyear’s sectional finals.

“We’re going to press a lit-tle more this year. We want tospeed the game up,” Swigertsaid. “We want to take advan-tage of our quickness andBurnsy’s ability to createturnovers, and score somepoints off that.”

Blickensderfer said he does-n’t know if there’s a betterguard combination in Class1A, and Burns doesn’t dis-agree.

“We’ve played togethersince we were young, and allwe’ve done is run on teams,”Burns said. “I do think wehave the best guard comboout there.”

The questions for Meridianlie in the frontcourt. Return-ing starters Kyle Fore andCasey Dodson’s roles willincrease, particularly Fore’s.He was great last year as acomplement to Getz, but willhave to be the one controllingthe inside this season.

“Kyle just has to put hismind to it,” Blickensderfersaid. “He has to use hisstrength and bully peoplearound with his size. He canshoot that 12- to 15-footer —we know that. But he’s alsogoing to have to double hisrebound total.”

The final starting spot forMeridian, as well as thebench rotation, is still up inthe air. Several players ofeven ability are fighting forthe highest spots in the peck-ing order, but Kyle Gates,Bryson Barnes and 6-foot-5transfer Zach Rodgers all willsee playing time, as willMichael Tague and DerekCookson.

“There’s a competitionthere and they know it,” Blick-ensderfer said. “For some ofthe guys in that group, theycould be playing for the JVteam one night and startingfor us the next. We could havea different guy starting everynight for a while.”

Both Blickensderfer andBurns pointed to Gates as thefavorite to claim the fifthstarting spot.

“I think with Kyle’s abilityto shoot the ball and drive,he’s the guy right now,” Burnssaid. “But Bryson can shootand drive, too.”

Blickensderfer is the first toadmit this season will havemore trials than last year.The Hawks will no longerhave Getz and Shasteen totake over games, and frequentblowouts last year maybecome tighter games thisyear. The Hawks may not wintheir third straight conferencetitle — St. Teresa and Monti-cello are the favorites — butno Class 1A team will want tosee them when the postseasoncomes around.

“Our record likely won’t beas good as last year’s, butwe’re still going to be in aClass 1A regional,” Blickens-derfer said. “And we still havea good mix of guys. Are theguys we have coming in toreplace the guys we lost asgood as Dakota and Jacob.No. But you don’t replaceDakota or Jacob. No one isgoing to be like them. But wedo have good players whohave their own strengths asplayers. The thing we have todo is play to those strengths.”


‘Our recordlikely won’tbe as good

as last year’s,but we’re

still going tobe in a Class1Aregional.’Meridian coach JackBlickensderfer on

replacing Dakota Getzand Jacob Shasteen

TEAMS MOST LIKELY TO REACH 20 WINS

BIGGEST

SLEEPER

TEAMS

Ben Palla is part of a trio of returning impact players for Monticello.The Sages went 18-8 last season.

Bement — Though just a six-game winner a year ago,Bement should be much-improved this year. The teamis led by senior Colin Auth,but scoring should be bal-anced with a talented juniorclass stepping up to varsitythis year.

Flora — The Wolves won just12 games last year and haveonly one senior starter. Butthey’re loaded with talent,particularly sophomores PaulKnapp and Nick Painter. It’sjust a matter of time beforethe Wolves take off, led bythat duo.

Maroa-Forsyth — The Tro-jans have been scrappy intheir two seasons since win-ning the statetitle, but havestruggled tocompete at thetop of the OkawValley Confer-ence. Like lastyear, thisyear’s teamwill have plenty of shooting— led by Wyatt Washburn —as well as athleticism. Butthey’ll also have some much-needed size with the returnof Jordan Moore from injurylast season. Maroa couldend up in the middle of theOkaw pack again this year,but the potential is there forbetter.

Nokomis — Though JordanPesko and Derek Bourke arethe only contributors backfrom last year’s team, thereis a large group of newcom-ers ready to step in and com-pete for what should beanother solid Redskins team.Building chemistry will bekey.

Louisville North Clay — TheCardinals took a hit whenJonah Zink was lost for theseason with a knee injury,but they still feature size, a star guard in Colton Bai-ley and plenty of depth.North Clay (13-13 last sea-son) plays in the tough Mid-land Trail East, but couldbe a tough out in the post-season.

Pana — The Panthers losttheir best player from lastyear in Frank Schmitz, butcould be better this year witha deeper, quicker team. DerekAde is an able point guard,and Adam Metzger is the glueplayer every good teamneeds.

Sangamon Valley — The Stormwill have a good mix of youthand experience, and mostimportantly the talent to liftthem to their best seasonunder third-year coach JoshMyers. Its Sangamo Confer-ence schedule will be chal-lenging, but the Storm shouldfinish with a winning recordthis year.

Windsor — Just one seasonremoved from an 0-23 sea-son, Windsor could breakthe .500 mark this year if itstrio of 6-4 players can con-trol the inside. The BlueDevils will still be relativelyyoung, but their six juniorsare all returning letterwin-ners, so they’re not inexperi-enced.

Altamont — The Indians hadone of their best teams inschool history last season,but graduated 57 points pergame from that team.What’s left is 6-foot-6 seniorwing Brian Suckow and noone else who contributedmore than 0.9 points pergame last year. The goodnews for Altamont is thatSuckow is a matchup prob-lem for other teams and theplayers coming in have tonsof quickness.

Arcola — The Purple Riderslost their two leading scorersfrom last year’s 19-win team,but return a group thatshould compete in the upperportion of the LOVC. NicholasLindenmeyer and GarrisonStenger can both score andrebound in the post.

Atwood-Hammond — TheRajahs have a solid trio ofreturners in Randy Crist,Austin Bialeschki and MattLee. But numbers and experi-

ence are thin beyond thatgroup.

Brownstown — Michael Kre-mer and Jared Winters giveBrownstown a good guard-big man combination, butthe Bombers will needanother scorer to emerge.

Casey-Westfield — The War-riors have experience, lead-ership and balance offen-sively. The key for Casey willbe defense.

Cerro Gordo — The Broncosare out to prove they canstill be a winner, even withthe school’s all-time leadingscorer, Drew Minton, havinggraduated. With NathanLawler in the post and Jor-dan Ramay running thepoint, Cerro Gordo’s cup-board is far from bare.

Effingham — The Hearts wonjust nine games last year, butshould be much-improved.They return leading scorerCody McCollum and threeother returning starters. But

to be an Apollo contender,Effingham will have to findother scorers besides McCol-lum and also get some pro-duction from its bench.

Eisenhower — The Panthershave the potential for a fineseason behind the senior duoof guard Jarod Oldham andforward Caleb Davis. Butthey’ll need to find help froma roster that doesn’t offermuch experience, otherwise.

MacArthur — The Generalsgraduated a large and talent-ed senior class, but couldactually be better this year.Kendall Kinnison and BryceTaylor will be the focus ofthe offense, but junior KistonLee is a potential breakoutplayer. Defensively,MacArthur plans to use thefull-court press even morethan it did last season.

Mount Zion — After somesuccessful years featuringbig-name players like MarkYelovich, Jordan Grinestaff

and the Long twins, theBraves are searching for anew identity this year. Notmuch is back, but 6-foot-4Jordan Fortner and 6-foot-3Ryan Hartman give theBraves some size. JoeBabich provides shooting.

Neoga — The Indians will besmall, but extremely athleticled by Dalton Robinson’s all-around game. The loss of CodyBoarman hurts, but Neoga hasplayers ready to step in.

Vandalia — The Vandalsdon’t have a ton of height,but they do have strength. Ifthey can body out and com-pete on the boards, another15-win season is withinreach.

Warrensburg-Latham — TheCardinals will continue tothrive defensively runningVic Binkley’s 1-2-2 zonepress. But Warrensburg willhave someone step up offen-sively to record its ninthstraight winning season.

Argenta-Oreana — TheBombers have some solidexperience and two talentedsophomores in Dylan Sun-derland and Heat Harrison.They made major strideslast year, but may need moreseasoning before they com-pete in the Okaw.

Central A&M — Under newcoach Rob Smith, theRaiders have size and ath-leticism, but limited experi-ence. Six-foot-6 Ryan Work-man will have to dominatedown low for A&M to com-pete with the top teams inthe conference.

Clinton — New coach ShawnLeischner will have hishands full trying to competein the Okaw Valley, but has agood place to start in seniorC.J. Bundy.

Charleston — Last year’sTrojans won just 10 games,but were a surprise regionalchampion. With the depar-ture of leading scorer andrebounder Jamel Johnson,Charleston will be at a sizeand quickness disadvantagemost nights.

Lovington — After two highlysuccessful years, this will bea rebuilding season for thePanthers under new coachChase Reedy. Senior JordanLeynes is the only returningplayer with experience.

LSA — The Lions have a newcoach in Kyle Karstens andjust three seniors. Nick Calle-ja will lead a team that lackssize. LSA will have to playhard-nose defense and handlethe ball well to stay in games.

Mattoon — It could beanother tough year in theBig 12 for the Green Wave,which returns just one player(Derrick Zavarella) with sig-nificant experience. On theplus side, Mattoon’s newcom-ers have decent athleticismand some good shooters.

Mount Pulaski — The Hilltop-pers won’t have a ton ofexperience outside of juniorCory Titus. Defense and con-trolling tempo will be thekey to competing.

Newton — Playing in a con-ference with quite a bit of size,the Eagles will have to use aphysical style to make up forlack of height. Not muchreturns in the way of scoring,so Newton will likely employ a

defensive style to win games.Shelbyville — The Rams

instantly upgraded whenCody Boarman moved intothe district. But the Ramsmay still be a couple playersaway from contending.

South Central — New coachMatthew Sturgeon has bigshoes to fill with the retire-ment of longtime coach GaryShirley, and so do the Cougarplayers. With Isaac Grapper-haus and Tanner Bushuegone, points will be hard tocome by for a young team.

St. Elmo — St. Elmo shouldsurpass last year’s two-winseason, but breaking out inthe National Trail Confer-ence this season will be anuphill battle.

Sullivan — The Redskinsreturn just one experiencedplayer from last season’s 15-win team that knockedoff eventual state championMeridian during the regularseason. Jordan Marks willlead a team that, unlike lastseason, is short but quick.

Taylorville — Jim Novar

takes over a Tornadoes teamthat bottomed out to twowins last season. It won’t beeasy to compete in the Cen-tral State Eight, but Tay-lorville can add to that wintotal if it controls the tempo,limits turnovers and knocksdown outside shots.

Tuscola — Athleticism issomething the Warriors willhave under new coach PaulLehmann. But experience isnot. Still, there’s no reasonthey shouldn’t improve onlast year’s four-win season.

TEAMS ONE PIECE AWAY

TEAMS THAT ARE STILL A YEAR AWAY

Washburn

Central A&M’s Kyle Workman will be needed to dominate in the post if the Raiders are to contendfor the Okaw Valley title.

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MAROAContinued from B1Maroa allowed an average of18 points per game throughits first seven games —including 28 points in lossesto St. Teresa and Tuscola.

“Our defense was confusedand frustrated,” said Maroa’sleading tackler, senior line-backer Dalton Coventry. “Wewere wanting that type of suc-cess. We were expecting thattype of success. But weweren’t executing and weweren’t playing up to ourpotential. Part of it was thatwe weren’t playing withheart. But a lot of it had to dowith that set.”

Following the loss to Tusco-la, Maroa scrapped the 3-5and went back to the 5-3.

“We’d always been a 50defense,” Jostes said. “It was-n’t going well, and after theTuscola game was about thetime where we said, we’regoing back to what we are.”

In the first game after thechange, Central A&M scored35 points against the Trojans,who hung on to win 42-35. Butsince then, they’ve allowed anaverage of just five points pergame — including holdingA&M to six points in theteams’ rematch in last Satur-day’s quarterfinal game.

“Now we’re daring teams tothrow the ball against us. It’slike (Central A&M coachMark Ramsey) said, maybethey had to go to the pass alittle earlier than they wantedto,” Jostes said. “Then whenyou have Wyatt (Washburn)and (Justin) Barnes backthere (in the defensive back-field), and Quavell Hamptonwho has came in and done asolid job, we’re pretty athleticback there.”

Sophomore defensive endAaron Ford was one of theplayers inserted into the line-up when Maroa made theswitch. He said the changehas allowed the defense to putmore pressure on opposingoffenses.

“I was really happy theymade the change because itgave me the chance to play,and I was going to make sureit worked well so I could keepmy spot,” Ford said, laugh-ing. “And it’s worked prettydarn well. We’re getting moreheat on the quarterback andit’s harder for offenses to runblock us.”

The 3-5 is a popular defenseat the high school level.Elmhurst Immaculate Con-ception used it last year towin the Class 2A state title.Tuscola uses it and will beshooting for its eighth shutoutof the season in the Class 1Asemifinals on Saturday.

But, according to Coventry,Maroa’s personnel didn’t fitthe scheme.

“Our linebackers were at asize disadvantage,” Coventrysaid. “If you look at our size,we had 170-pound linebackerstrying to take on 250-poundguys. The linemen we put inwhen we switched are around200 pounds. They have a lotbetter chance of taking onthose big guys.

“I still think the 3-5 is thebest defense you can run,”Coventry said. “We thought itwould allow us to get a lot ofpressure and confuse theoffense. But it just didn’twork out for us.”

In addition to Ford, whohas also earned a startingspot on the offensive line,Jostes inserted junior WesleyBeach at defensive end andjunior Justin Harrelson atnose guard.

“Wesley Beach had nevertouched a varsity field and,really, we didn’t expect awhole lot out of any of thosethree kids coming into theseason,” Jostes said. “Wethought maybe they’d be goodin the future, but the futureturned out to be now. They’vesolidified everything,”

A more effective line inturn freed linebackers Coven-try, Tyler Marsh and AlexChiligiris from blockers.Coventry and Marsh are theteam’s leading tacklers, andChiligiris has flourished sincethe switch.

“We have five linemen tofill every single gap, so notmuch gets by our line,” Fordsaid. “But if someone does getby us, we have our lineback-ers there waiting. Dalton isjust a monster.”

Marshall, which is the firstteam Maroa has faced in theplayoffs that runs a spreadoffense, will force Maroa outof its five-man front. The Tro-jans will likely run mostly 4-3and 4-4, but their philosophywon’t change: Use the defen-sive line to keep offensivelinemen off the linebackersand make their opponentthrow the ball to beat them.

“We’re back to the stylewe’re accustomed to playing,”Jostes said. “Our kids areplaying what they’re used toplaying and our defensivecoach (Tony Klein) is back towhat he’s used to calling.Really, it was like it would beif I scrapped our offense andtried to run the wing-T. Iwouldn’t be very good at that,either.”


Key matchupsl Maroa-Forsyth linebackers

vs. Marshall quarterback TaylorDuncan

According to sources familiarwith Marshall, the Lions are sim-ilar to Meridian’s team last year.Their quarterback is Eastern Illi-nois University signee TaylorDuncan, who — like DakotaGetz for Meridian last year — isa big guy, run/pass threat whowill force defenders to the line ofscrimmage to stop him from run-ning, then find the man left openwith the pass. After a somewhatslow start, Duncan caught fire inWeek 6 and has been hot eversince. Casey slowed him in lastweek’s quarterfinal, but Duncanstill managed both of Marshall’stouchdowns.

And, like Meridian last year,there aren’t many standoutsafter Duncan. Andrew Strohm, asophomore running back, has1,009 yards and 10 TDs, but waslimited against Casey by backspasms.

Basically, the more DaltonCoventry gets up close and per-sonal with Duncan, the better forMaroa.

l Maroa quarterback LoganStelzriede and receiver WyattWashburn vs. Marshall defen-sive backs

For the season, Marshall hasallowed just 9.7 points pergame. And the Lions’ defenselimited a Casey team that aver-aged 43.9 points per game thisseason to seven points in regu-lation and under 200 yards forthe game.

But Casey chose to be mostlya run team. Warriors quarter-back Brett Livvix was just 4-of-7for 17 yards and two intercep-tions against Marshall. As goodas their defense has been, theyhaven’t faced a team with theweapons in the passing gameMaroa has.

Stelzriede to Washburn hasbeen a sure thing recently. Thetwo have hooked up for longtouchdowns in each of the pasttwo games.

TUSCOLAContinued from B1sparked a six-game winningstreak that is on the lineagainst Jacksonville Routt(9-3) today. In those sixgames, the Warriors haveoutscored opponents 173-24and six of those pointscame on a defensive touch-down scored by Argenta-Oreana. On top of that, oneof the wins came againstpreviously unbeaten MountSterling Brown County.

“They are playing greatfootball, that’s for sure,”Routt coach Nate Grahamsaid. “We have to be flaw-less if we expect to go thereand win a game. It’s goingto be a tough task.”

At the top of the prioritylist for Graham is winningthe battle at the offensiveline of scrimmage. All weeklong he’s been preachingquality blocking, especiallyfor the duration of a play.He’s noticed on film thatTuscola makes a lot of playsfrom behind the action.

“We’re confident in ourrushing attack, but thatrelies on blocking,” Grahamsaid. “If we execute ourblocking scheme, we canbattle against a very goodTuscola (9-3) team.”

The reason Routt’s confi-dent in its running game isMichael Tonry. He’s rushedfor more than 1,500 yardsand 22 touchdowns on 258carries. The Rockets havealso gotten productive car-ries from one of its twoquarterbacks, Ben Heine-mann, who’s rushed fornearly 500 yards.

“This is going to be thetoughest test yet for ourdefense,” Reinhart said.“They’ve got great speed inTonry and have been able torun against some good com-petition all year.”

Tonry helped Routtavenge a regular seasonloss to Concord Triopia (10-2) last week. One of theother losses Routt sufferedthis year was againstBrown County, a team Tus-cola beat 21-18 two weeksago in the quarterfinals.Despite lack of proximitybetween Tuscola andRoutt’s conference, WesternIllinois Valley, the Warriorshave plenty of familiaritywith it.

Last year, Tuscola beatRoutt in the first round ofthe playoffs before collaps-ing against Triopia in thequarterfinals. But that’s theonly loss the Warriors havesuffered against WIVCteams in the last four years.

“Our kids have moved onfrom that, so we don’t talkabout it,” Graham saidabout last year’s loss toTuscola. “This is a newteam and we’re motivatedby playing in Champaignnext weekend not last year’sgame.”

Today’s game kicks off at3 p.m. in Tuscola. It’s thethird home game of theplayoffs for the Warriorswho haven’t given up adefensive touchdown inseven home games.

The winner moves on tothe state finals next Satur-day in Champaign againstthe winner of Lexington (12-0)and Lena-Winslow (11-1).


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Maroa’s defense, led by Dalton Coventry (126 tackles), has made a complete turnaround after switchingout of a 3-5 set and back into the Trojans’ traditional 5-3 lineup.

Today’s semifinals

CLASS 1AUpper Bracket

No. 10 Jacksonville Routt (9-3) at No. 8 Tus-

cola (9-3), 3 p.m.

Lower BracketNo. 1 Lexington (12-0) at No. 4 Lena-Winslow

(11-1), 2 p.m.


No. 6 Maroa-Forsyth (10-2) at No. 4 Marshall

(11-1), 1:30 p.m., WDKR (107.3 FM)

Lower BracketNo. 2 Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley (11-1) at

No. 1 Morrison (12-0), 2 p.m.


No. 3 Tolono Unity (12-0) at No. 1 Greenville

(12-0), 2 p.m.

Lower BracketNo. 1 Carthage Illini West (12-0) at No. 1

Stillman Valley (12-0), 2 p.m.


No. 1 Rochester (12-0) at No. 7 Metamora

(11-1), 1 p.m.

Lower BracketNo. 2 Richmond-Burton (11-1) at No. 8 Gene-

seo (10-2), 1 p.m.


No. 6 Joliet Catholic Academy (10-2) at No. 5

Peoria Richwoods (11-1), 1 p.m.

Lower BracketNo. 7 Woodstock (9-3) at No. 12 Lombard

Montini (8-4), 1 p.m.


No. 2 New Lenox Providence Catholic (11-1)

at No. 1 Danville (12-0), 3 p.m.

Lower BracketNo. 10 Crystal Lake Prairie Ridge (9-3) at

No. 1 Cary-Grove (12-0), 1 p.m.


No. 2 East St. Louis (10-2) at No. 2 Wheaton

Warrenville South (11-1), 1 p.m.

Lower BracketNo. 1 Glen Ellyn Glenbard West (12-0) at

No. 11 Lake Zurich (9-3), 1 p.m.


No. 4 Chicago Marist (10-2) at No. 3 Carol

Stream Glenbard North (11-1), 7 p.m.

Lower BracketNo. 3 Wilmette Loyola Academy (11-1) at

No. 1 Park Ridge Maine South (12-0), 1 p.m.

“ ”Our defense was confused and frustrated. We

were wanting that type of success. We were

expecting that type of success. But we weren’t

executing and we weren’t playing up to our

potential. — Maroa’s Dalton Coventry

BOYS BASKETBALL

Northwest Christian 59,Mississippi Valley Christian 40

Northwest Christian (59)Booker 3 0-0 7, Cherry 2 1-2 5, Johnson 1 0-0 3,

Armour 11 2-2 24, Dorsey 10 0-0 20, Wilkerson-

Hood 0 0-0 0, Hayes 0 0-0 0, Green 0 0-0 0, Totals

27 3-4 59.

Mississippi Valley Christian (40)Fitzsimmons 4 0-1 8, Edwards 3 1-4 7, Ander-

son 1 0-0 2, Pagan 6 0-1 12, Roberts 5 1-2 11,

O’Donnell 0 0-0 0, Ogden 0 0-0 0, Totals 19 2-8 40.

Northwest Christian 14 15 14 16 — 59Mississippi Valley 13 6 11 10 — 40

3-Pointers-Northwest Christian 2 (Booker,

Johnson).

For Northwest Christian, Armour had 13

rebounds. Dorsey had 4 assists.

(Northwest Christian — 1-0; next: Tuesday vs.

Pana First Baptist.)

GIRLS BASKETBALL

BLUE STAR COUNTRY CLASSICAt Champaign

Monticello 42, Danville 35Monticello (42)

Thompson 2 2-2 7, Gadbury 1 3-4 5, Whitney 1

1-4 3, Gallivan 1 1-2 3, Harshbarger 1 1-4 3,

Doane 3 5-10 11, Donohue 2 6-7 10, Seevers 0 0-0 0,

Dawson 0 0-0 0, K. Hardimon 0 0-0 0, S. Hardi-

mon 0 0-0 0, Totals 11 19-33 42.

Danville (35)Keys 1 2-2 4, Harris 2 0-0 4, Davis 7 4-6 21, Cole-

man 1 0-2 2, Liggins 0 2-4 2, Carter 1 0-0 2,

Youhas 0 0-2 0, Miller 0 0-0 0, Totals 12 8-16 35.

Monticello 6 11 8 17 — 42Danville 11 5 9 10 — 35

3-Pointers-Monticello 1 (Thompson), Danville 3

(Davis 3).

For Monticello, Thompson had 8 rebounds.

(Monticello — 1-1; next: today vs. Rantoul.

Danville — 0-2; next: today vs. Paris.)

Other tournament scoresAt Urbana

Urbana 36, Salt Fork 32

Champaign Centennial 63, Rantoul 45

TAYLORVILLE LADY TORNADOESTHANKSGIVING ROUND ROBIN

Rock Island 47, Lincoln 31Lincoln (31)

Tookes 3 1-3 7, Schreiner 2 2-4 6, Stephenson 2

0-1 5, Ruff 1 0-0 2, Krusz 2 6-9 10, Wood 0 1-3 1,

Totals 10 10-20 31.

Rock Island (47)Goldsmith 3 2-3 8, Garcia 1 4-4 7, Roberts 3 0-1

6, Brewer 3 0-0 6, Hoover 2 0-0 4, Rade 1 0-0 2,

Morrow 1 0-0 2, Sheley 4 1-2 12, Totals 18 7-10 47.

Lincoln 5 2 12 12 — 31Rock Island 11 8 17 11 — 47

3-Pointers-Lincoln 1 (Stephenson), Rock Island

4 (Sheley 3, Garcia).

Taylorville 62,Springfield Lutheran 33

Taylorville (62)Buckles 3 1-2 9, Nolan 4 1-2 9, Menichetti 3 0-1

7, Moorehead 2 1-2 7, Goeckner 1 3-3 5, Childers 1

1-2 4, Wright 1 0-0 3, Dorchinecz 1 0-0 3, Burtle 1

1-2 3, Dunkirk 1 0-0 2, Weber 1 7-8 10, Fines 0 0-0

0, Mathis 0 0-0 0, Jachino 0 0-0 0, Totals 19 15-22

62.

Springfield Lutheran (33)Knepler 4 1-1 9, Schramm 2 0-0 6, Jones 1 3-5 5,

Albert 6 0-0 12, Long 0 1-2 1, Totals 13 5-8 33.

Taylorville 17 19 13 13 — 62Springfield Lutheran 7 6 8 12 — 33

3-Pointers-Taylorville 9 (Buckles 2, Menichetti,

Moorehead 2, Childers, Wright, Dorchinecz,

Weber), Springfield Lutheran 2 (Schramm 2).

STATE SCORESBolingbrook 61, Marian Catholic 42

Chicago Washington 57, Chicago Jones 35

Francis Parker 37, Waldorf 19

Lake View 32, Chicago Roosevelt 13

Marshall 53, Tri-County 23

Mount Olive 38, Pawnee 33

Plainfield North 49, Minooka 28

Raby 29, Wells 26

Red Hill 43, Sandoval 36

Westchester St. Joseph 53, East Aurora 50

Burlington Central TournamentAuburn 57, Sycamore 35

Galesburg TournamentEast Moline United 85, Carthage Illini West 53

Galesburg 88, Metamora 66

Rock Island Alleman 53, East Peoria 32

Sparta TournamentRed Bud 51, Trico 46

Sparta 53, Sesser-Valier 20

Stillman Valley TournamentDi on 53, Morrison 36

Rock Falls 40, Sterling 39

Sterling Newman 65, Stillman Valley 60

TODAY’S SCHEDULE

BOYS BASKETBALLBerean Tipoff Tournament

At RockfordGame 6 — Game 1 loser vs. Gamer 2 loser,

9 a.m.

Game 7 — Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 loser,

10:30 a.m.

Third place — Game 5 loser vs. Game 6 loser,

noon

Consolation championship — Game 6 winner

vs. Game 7 winner, 3 p.m.

Championship — Game 5 winner vs. Game 6

winner, 4:30 p.m.

GIRLS BASKETBALLArgenta-Oreana at South Piatt, 9 a.m.

Bloomington at Normal West, 7:30 p.m.

Blue Star Country ClassicAt Parkland College, Champaign

Monticello vs. Rantoul, 12:30 p.m.

Danville vs. Paris, 2:15 p.m.

Salt Fork vs. Champaign Centennial, 4 p.m.

Mahomet-Seymour vs. Champaign Central,

5:45 p.m.

Urbana vs. Champaign St. Thomas More,

7:30 p.m.

Chatham TournamentSpringfield Sacred Heart-Griffin vs. Pekin,

10 a.m.

Chatham Glenwood vs. Mattoon, 11:30 a.m.

Rochester vs. Dunlap, 1 p.m.

Pekin vs. Mattoon, 5 p.m.

Chatham Glenwood vs. Dunlap, 6:30 p.m.

Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin vs. Rochester,

8 p.m.

Early Bird ReviewAt Riverton

Clinton vs. Virginia, 3 p.m.

St. Teresa vs. LSA, 4:30 p.m.

Riverton vs. Mount Zion, 6 p.m.

St. Joseph-Ogden vs. Williamsville, 7:30 p.m.

Lady Maroons Thanksgiving InvitationalAt Robinson

Marshall vs. Charleston, 9 a.m.

Casey-Westfield vs. Mount Carmel, 10:30 a.m.

Robinson vs. Lawrenceville, noon

Charleston vs. Casey-Westfield, 5 p.m.

Lawrenceville vs. Marshall, 6:30 p.m.

Robinson vs. Mount Carmel, 8 p.m.

Salem Thanksgiving TournamentEdwardsville vs. Carlyle, 9 a.m.

Olney vs. Highland, 10:30 a.m.

Belleville East vs. Salem, noon

Pana vs. Centralia, 1:30 p.m.

Carlyle vs. Olney, 4 p.m.

Highland vs. Edwardsville, 5:30 p.m.

Centralia vs. Belleville East, 7 p.m.

Salem vs. Pana, 8:30 p.m.

Taylorville Lady TornadoesThanksgiving Round Robin

O’Fallon vs. Lincoln, 6 p.m.

Taylorville vs. Rock Island, 7:30 p.m.

Scoreboard

H&R staff report

RIVERTON — The EarlyBird Classic provided somemore close games on Friday.

Riverton hit a shot with 3seconds left that turned outto be the difference in itswin against St. Teresa. Thebasket capped a 16-10 fourthquarter for Riverton andhelped it to its 52-50 win.

“They call it the EarlyBird tourney for a reason,”St. Teresa coach BruceMoore said. “You see someof the things you need towork on.”

St. Teresa (1-2) got theopportunity to set up a finalplay, but a full-court pass gotdeflected as time expired.Haley Fitzgerald led theBulldogs with 15 points asthey struggled down thestretch. St. Teresa took afour-point lead into thefourth.

“Learning to win in thelast few minutes,” Mooresaid about something histeam needs to improve upon.“We’ll get smarter, and we’llget better.”

Despite a slow start byLSA that put the Lions downfour at halftime, theyrebounded to outscore Vir-ginia 12-6 in the fourth quar-ter to win 41-39. The Lions(1-2) got the win behind 16points by Jerica Hawkins.

“After playing the previousnights, we were a littlefatigued,” LSA coach MarkBurgener said. “We wereable to pull it out in the end.You take the win even if it’sa little ugly.”

Jamie Schollenbruch andWhitney Thompson scored 12and nine points, respectively.

“This tournament hasbeen a good indicator ofwhere the team is at,” Bur-gener said.

In Mount Zion’s game, theBraves ran intoWilliamsville’s tough man-to-man defense that limitedtheir scoring early. The slowoffensive start led to a 36-26Mount Zion loss despite 13points from Jade Becker.

“We didn’t respond well totheir pressure,” Mount Zioncoach Jeff Shumate said. “Inthe second half, we got tothe free-throw line more andmade some good shots.”

The tournament wraps uptoday, with Clinton playingVirginia at 3 p.m., St. Teresataking on LSA at 4:30 p.m.and Riverton facing MountZion at 6 p.m. The champi-onship game between St.Joseph-Ogden andWilliamsville is set for7:30 p.m.

Riverton 52, St. Teresa 50Riverton (52)

Blissett 4 0-2 9, Maulding 8 5-8 21, Cuffle 1 0-2 2,

Fitzgerald 1 0-0 2, Smith 7 4-8 18, Bruce 0 0-0 0,

Cantrall 0 0-0 0, Hopper 0 0-0 0, Lankey 0 0-0 0,

Kulik 0 0-0 0, Watson 0 0-0 0, Totals 21 9-20 52.

St. Teresa (50)York 4 0-0 8, Haskins 4 0-0 8, Hettinger 2 0-2 4,

Raycaft 1 0-0 2, Richards 1 0-0 2, Fitzgerald 7 1-1

15, Landry 5 1-1 11, Walker 0 0-0 0, Rogers 0 0-0 0,

Braden 0 0-0 0, Brown 0 0-0 0, Duncan 0 0-0 0,

Hogan 0 0-0 0, Totals 24 2-4 50.

Riverton 14 11 11 16 — 52St. Teresa 16 6 18 10 — 50

3-Pointers-Riverton 1 (Blissett).

(St. Teresa — 1-2; next: today vs. LSA.)

LSA 41, Virginia 39Virginia (39)

Vaughn 2 0-0 4, Williams 1 0-0 3, Bergerud 6 2-4

16, Horney 6 2-2 15, Wessell 0 1-2 1, Capps 0 0-0 0,

Allen 0 0-0 0, Herzberger 0 0-0 0, Butler 0 0-0 0,

Petefish 0 0-0 0, Lee 0 0-0 0, Reichert 0 0-0 0, Lan-

don 0 0-0 0, Totals 15 5-8 39.

LSA (41)Thompson 3 2-2 9, McCormick 1 0-0 2,

Laskowski 1 0-0 2, Hawkins 7 2-2 16, Schollen-

bruch 6 0-1 12, Buhr 0 0-0 0, Sack 0 0-0 0, Shelton

0 0-0 0, Totals 18 4-5 41.

Virginia 11 14 8 6 — 39LSA 8 13 8 12 — 41

3-Pointers-Virginia 4 (Bergerud 2, Williams,

Horney), LSA 1 (Thompson).

(LSA — 1-2; next: today vs. St. Teresa.)

Williamsville 36, Mount Zion 26Mount Zion (26)

Steck 3 0-0 6, Weaver 1 2-2 4, Schaub 1 0-0 3,

Becker 4 5-8 13, Barter 0 0-0 0, Frey 0 0-0 0, Hug-

gins 0 0-0 0, MacIntosh 0 0-0 0, Huskey 0 0-0 0,

Perry 0 0-0 0, Totals 9 7-10 26.

Williamsville (36)Hollinshead 2 3-4 8, McEvoy 1 3-4 5, Spenn 2 1-2

5, Edwards 2 0-2 4, Abutayeh 1 0-0 2, Dees 4 3-6

11, Meyers 0 1-2 1, Miller 0 0-0 0, Clark 0 0-0 0,

Pesch 0 0-1 0, Peterman 0 0-0 0, Lawley 0 0-0 0,

Easton 0 0-0 0, Totals 12 11-21 36.

Mount Zion 4 3 7 12 — 26Williamsville 13 3 10 10 — 36

3-Pointers-Mount Zion 1 (Schaub 1),

Williamsville 1 (Hollinshead).

(Mount Zion — 2-1; next: today vs. Riverton.)

SALEM TOURNAMENT

Belleville East 53, Pana 49

BELLVILLE — An 8-0 runby Belleville East to end thefirst half turned the momen-tum against Pana.

The Panthers outscoredthe Lancers by two in thethird quarter, but the five-point halftime deficit was toomuch to overcome down thestretch.

“It was a game of runs,”Pana coach J.R. Boudourissaid. “They had the leadlate and made their freethrows.”

Despite the loss,Boudouris was impressedwith his team’s defense andtransition game consideringit was his team’s seasonopener. Allison Allen led thePanthers (0-1) with 16 points,and Megan DeWerff hadnine.

“I thought we looked pret-ty sharp for the first game ofthe year,” Boudouris said.

Pana gets a chance tobounce back against Cen-tralia today.

Pana (49)DeWerff 4 0-0 9, Je. Harbert 2 0-0 4, Bumgard-

ner 2 0-0 4, Vaughn 1 1-4 3, Lees 1 1-3 3, Holthaus

1 0-0 3, A. Funneman 1 0-0 3, Etter 0 2-2 2, Bey-

ers 0 2-4 2, Allen 5 6-9 16, Totals 17 12-22 49.

Belleville East (53)Guthrie 3 0-2 6, Hoge 1 2-2 5, Woodhouse 1 3-8 5,

Finley 0 4-5 4, Brown 0 2-2 2, Moton 7 4-7 18,

Westbrook 4 5-6 13, Totals 16 20-32 53.

Pana 9 13 13 14 — 49Belleville East 12 15 11 15 — 53

3-Pointers-Pana 3 (DeWerff, Holthaus, A. Fun-

neman), Belleville East 1 (Hoge).

(Pana — 0-1; next: today vs. Centralia.

Bellevile East — 1-0.)

Bulldogs fall in nail-biter

B4 ROSTERS/SCHEDULES FRIDAY, NOVEMER 20, 2009 DECATUR, ILLINOIS www.herald-review.com

Charleston

RosterAddison, James G 6-2 Sr.Doughty, Dylan F 6-4 Sr.Lord, Jason G 6-0 Sr.Nead, Taylor F 6-5 Sr.Wheeler, Brad G 6-1 Sr.Clark, Evan G 6-3 Jr.Cooper, Clayton F/G 6-1 Jr.Miller, Joey G 6-3 Jr.Shick, Alex F 6-5 Jr.Vanpopering, Michael F 6-5 Jr.Wesley, Kris G 5-9 Jr.Bartlett, Tanner G 6-1 So.Bence, Aaron G 5-9 So.Hays, Jordan G 5-9 So.Hite, Dalton G 5-8 So.Jones, Dakota F 6-3 So.Long, Tommy G 5-8 So.McNeil, Skylar G/F 6-2 So.

Schedule Nov. 23 at Flora, 6:30 p.m. at Effin-

gham St. Anthony Tournament; Nov.25 Mattoon, 6:30 p.m. at EffinghamSt. Anthony Tournament; Nov. 27Breese Central, 3 p.m. at EffinghamSt. Anthony Tournament;

Dec. 4 at Paris, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 8Newton, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 11 at OlneyEast Richland, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 18Salem, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 28-30Charleston Holiday Tournament;

Jan. 8 at Mount Zion, 7:30 p.m.;Jan. 12 at Robinson, 7:30 p.m.; Jan.15 Paris, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 20-23 atSalem Invitational Tournament; Jan.26 at Urbana, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 29 Eff-ingham, 7:30 p.m.;

Feb. 2 at Salem, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 5at Newton, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 9 MountZion, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 12 Olney EastRichland, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 16 Robin-son, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 19 at Effingham,7:30 p.m.; Feb. 23 Mattoon, 7:30p.m.

Effingham

RosterForeman, Nate 6-6 Sr.Green, Chase 5-10 Sr.McCollum, Cody 6-4 Sr.Morrow, Cole 6-4 Sr.Semple, Tyler 6-1 Sr.Tate, Jordan 6-1 Sr.Wohltman, Mitch 6-0 Sr.Green, Chad 6-3 Jr.Steppe, Alex 6-0 Jr.Wohltman, Jeremy 6-3 Jr.

ScheduleNov. 23 Vandalia, 8 p.m. at Effing-

ham St. Anthony Tournament; Nov.24 at Taylorville, 6:30 p.m. at Effing-ham St. Anthony Tournament; Nov.27 Effingham St. Anthony, 7:30 p.m.at Effingham St. Anthony Tourna-ment;

Dec. 4 at Robinson, 7:30 p.m.;Dec. 8 at Olney East Richland, 7:30p.m.; Dec. 11 Paris, 7:30 p.m.; Dec.15 Teutopolis, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 18Mount Zion, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 28-30 atCharleston Holiday Tournament;

Jan. 8 Newton, 7:15 p.m.; Jan. 12Salem, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 15 Robinson,

7:30 p.m.; Jan. 20-23 at Salem Invita-tional; Jan. 29 at Charleston, 7:30p.m.;

Feb. 2 at Mount Zion, 7:30 p.m.;Feb. 5 Olney East Richland, 7:30p.m.; Feb. 9 Newton, 7:30 p.m.; Feb.12 at Paris, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 16 atSalem, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 19Charleston, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 23 atMount Vernon, 7:15 p.m.

Mount Zion

Roster Beck, Braden G 6-2 Sr.Burdick, Brandon G 6-0 Sr.Fortner, Jordan F/C 6-4 Sr.Hartman, Ryan G/F 6-3 Sr.Huggins, Kyle G 5-11 Sr.Oliver, Kendall F 6-3 Sr.Babich, Joey G 6-1 Jr.Bray, Lucas G 5-10 Jr.Huber, Brandon G 6-0 Jr.Myers, Seth G 6-0 Jr.Richards, Patrick G 5-9 Jr.Abfall, Caleb G 5-11 So.Sharp, Dalton G 5-11 So.Stewart, Jacob G 6-2 So.

Schedule Nov. 25 Bolingbrook, 6 p.m. at

Decatur Turkey Tournament; Dec. 4 Olney East Richland, 7:30

p.m.; Dec. 8 at Salem, 7:30 p.m.;Dec. 11 at Newton, 7:30 p.m.; Dec.18 at Effingham, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 19at Eisenhower, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 26-28at Breese Mater Dei Tournament;

Jan. 5 at St. Teresa, 7:30 p.m.;Jan. 8 Charleston, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 12at Paris, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 15 at OlneyEast Richland, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 26 atMattoon, 8 p.m.; Jan. 29 Robinson,7:30 p.m.;

Feb. 2 Effingham, 7:30 p.m.; Feb.5 Salem, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 9 atCharleston, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 12 New-ton, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 16 Paris, 7:30p.m.; Feb. 19 at Robinson, 7:30 p.m.;Feb. 23 MacArthur, 7:30 p.m.

Newton

Roster Bear, Japheth 6-4 Sr.Brandenburg, Marc 5-10 Sr.Frohning, Alex 6-0 Sr.Howze, Jerry 5-10 Sr.Pilman, Jake 6-0 Sr.Casey, Derek 6-1 Jr.Casey, Dylan 6-1 Jr.Emmerich, Brian 6-3 Jr.Jansen, Scott 5-6 Jr.Kerner, Taylor 6-0 Jr.Rauch, Landon 6-1 Jr.

Schedule Nov. 23 St. Elmo, 7:30 p.m. at

Cumberland Tournament; Nov. 24 atMartinsville, 6 p.m. at CumberlandTournament; Nov. 25 at Beecher City,6 p.m. at Cumberland Tournament;Nov. 28 Cumberland, 1:30 p.m. atCumberland Tournament;

Dec. 4 at Salem, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 8at Charleston, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 11Mount Zion, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 18 atRobinson, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 28-30 at

Dieterich Tournament;Jan. 5 at Stewardson-Strasburg;

Jan. 8 at Effingham, 7:15 p.m.; Jan.12 Olney East Richland, 7:30 p.m.;Jan. 15 Salem, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 19 atEffingham St. Anthony, 7:30 p.m.;Jan. 22 at Casey-Westfield, 7:30p.m.; Jan. 29 at Paris, 7:30 p.m.;

Feb. 2 Robinson, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 5Charleston, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 6 atDieterich, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 9 at Effing-ham, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 12 at MountZion, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 16 at OlneyEast Richland, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 19Paris, 7:30 p.m.

Olney

RosterNo roster provided.

Schedule Nov. 27-28 at Capital Classic; Dec. 4 at Mount Zion, 7:30 p.m.;

Dec. 8 Effingham, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 11Charleston, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 18 atParis, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 28-29 at Pinck-neyville Tournament;

Jan. 5 Flora, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 8Robinson, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 9 atBridgeport Red Hill, 7:30 p.m.; Jan.12 at Newton, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 15Mount Zion, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 18-23 atCarmi Tournament; Jan. 29 at Salem,7:30 p.m.;

Feb. 2 at Paris, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 5 atEffingham, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 9 atRobinson, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 12 atCharleston, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 16 New-ton, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 19 Salem, 7:30p.m.

Robinson

Roster Chamblin, Cody G/F 6-1 Sr.Dirks, Devan F 6-4 Sr.Hannahs, Derek G 6-1 Sr.Jones, Ben G 6-0 Sr.Kirkwood, Scott G 5-11 Sr.Leonard, Meyers C 7-0 Sr.Siler, Austin G 5-10 Sr.Stevens, Jimmy F 6-1 Sr.Danks, Zach G/F 6-1 So.Whithaus, Warren G 5-11 So.Wright, Eli F 6-1 So.Siler, Aaron G 5-9 Fr.

Schedule Nov. 27-28 at Capital Classic; Dec. 4 Effingham, 7:30 p.m.; Dec.

8 at Paris, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 11 Salem,7:30 p.m.; Dec. 12 Assembly HallShootout; Dec. 18 Newton, 7:30 p.m.;Dec. 19 Robinson Shootout; Dec. 28-30 Effingham St. Anthony Tourna-ment;

Jan. 8 at Olney East Richland,7:30 p.m.; Jan. 9 at Highland, 7:30p.m.; Jan. 12 Charleston, 7:30 p.m.;Jan. 15 at Effingham, 7:30 p.m.; Jan.29 at Mount Zion, 7:30 p.m.;

Feb. 2 at Newton, 7:30 p.m.; Feb.5 Paris, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 9 Olney EastRichland, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 12 atSalem, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 16 atCharleston, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 19 MountZion, 7:30 p.m.

Eisenhower

Roster Adams, Nigel F/C 6-2 Sr.Davis, Caleb F/C 6-5 Sr.Griffin Jr., Tory G 5-9 Sr.Halliburton, Anthony G 6-1 Sr.Hiser, Carson G 6-2 Sr.Oldham, Jarod G 6-4 Sr.Washington, Ashton G 5-8 Sr.Apholone, Marcqui G 5-10 Jr.Calmese, Robert G 5-10 Jr.Johnson, Jalen F 6-2 Jr.Joyner, Jalen F 6-2 Jr.Kremer, Kristian F 6-2 Jr.Martin, Chris F 6-3 Jr.Taylor, Yamane F 6-2 Jr.

Schedule Nov. 24-28 at Decatur Turkey

Tournament, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 4 at Normal, 7:30 p.m.;

Dec. 8 Urbana, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 11 atMacArthur, 7 p.m.; Dec. 12 at ChicagoForeman; Dec. 18 Bloomington, 7:45p.m.; Dec. 19 Mount Zion, 7:30 p.m.;Dec. 28-30 at Collinsville Tournament;

Jan. 8 Mattoon, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 15Normal West, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 22 Nor-mal, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 29 at Bloomington,7:45 p.m.; Jan. 29 at Bloomington,7:30 p.m.; Feb. 2 MacArthur, 7:30 p.m.;

Feb. 5 at Danville, 7:30 p.m.; Feb.9 Normal, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 12 atChampaign Central, 7:30 p.m.; Feb.19 Normal West, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 20at Mount Vernon, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 26at Champaign Centennial, 7:30 p.m.

MacArthur

Roster Gadison, A’Jawon 5-9 Sr.Kinnison, Kendall 6-5 Sr.Stevens, Josh 5-10 Sr.Stirts, Tyler 6-3 Sr.Taylor, Bryce 6-1 Sr.Anderson, Trae 6-3 Jr.Jones, Chad 6-2 Jr.Kendrex, Troy 6-3 Jr.Lee, Fred 6-3 Jr.Lee, Kiston 6-3 Jr.Joyner, Shevonte 5-10 So.Lee, Jatavious 5-7 So.Smith, Brad 6-2 So.Anderson, Reggie 5-10 Fr.

Schedule Nov. 25-28 at Turkey Tournament; Dec. 4 Champaign Central, 7:30

p.m.; Dec. 5 Springfield, 7:30 p.m.;Dec. 8 at Normal West, 7:30 p.m.;Dec. 11 Eisenhower, 7 p.m.; Dec. 12at Normal West Shootout; Dec. 18 atMattoon, 8 p.m.; Dec. 28-30 atCollinsville Tournament;

Jan. 8 at Urbana, 7:30 p.m.; Jan.15 at Bloomington, 7:45 p.m.; Jan.18 at Peoria Shootout; Jan. 22Champaign Centennial, 7:30 p.m.;Jan. 29 at Normal, 7:30 p.m.;

Feb. 2 at Eisenhower, 7:30 p.m.; Feb.5 Normal West, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 6 Spring-field Southeast, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 12Danville, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 19 at Normal,7:30 p.m.; Feb. 23 at Mount Zion, 7:30p.m.; Feb. 26 Bloomington, 7:45 p.m.

Mattoon

Roster Arthur, Nathin F 6-3 Sr.McDonald, Desmond G/F 5-10 Sr.Miller, Dillan G 6-1 Sr.Zavarella, Derrick F 6-3 Sr.Ashworth, Austin G 5-10 Jr.Butch, Ryan F 6-1 Jr.Heller, Michael G 6-1 Jr.Milligan, Trey F 6-2 Jr.Wolfe, Micah G 5-10 Jr.Carlen, Shaunesy G 5-10 So.

Schedule Nov. 24 at Breese Central, 5 p.m.

at Effingham St. Anthony Tourna-ment; Nov. 25 at Charleston, 6:30p.m. at Effingham St. Anthony Tour-nament; Nov. 27 Flora, 4:30 p.m. atEffingham St. Anthony Tournament;

Dec. 4 at Urbana, 8 p.m.; Dec. 8Champaign Centennial, 8 p.m.; Dec. 11at Normal, 8 p.m.; Dec. 15 Taylorville,7:30 p.m.; Dec. 18 MacArthur, 8 p.m.;Dec. 28-30 at Charleston Tournament;

Jan. 8 at Eisenhower, 7:30 p.m.;Jan. 15 Champaign Central, 7:30p.m.; Jan. 20-23 at Salem Invitation-al; Jan. 26 Mount Zion, 8 p.m.; Jan.29 at Normal West, 7:30 p.m.;

Feb. 2 Urbana, 8 p.m.; Feb. 5 atChampaign Central, 7:30 p.m.; Feb.9 at Danville, 8 p.m.; Feb. 12 atChampaign Centennial, 7:30 p.m.;Feb. 19 at Bloomington, 7:45 p.m.;Feb. 23 at Charleston, 7:30 p.m.;Feb. 26 Danville, 8 p.m.

Arcola

Roster No roster provided.

ScheduleNov. 24 at Central A&M, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 4 Argenta-Oreana, 7:30 p.m.;

Dec. 8 Stewardson-Strasburg, 7:15p.m.; Dec. 10 at Urbana Uni-High,7:30 p.m.; Dec. 12 Windsor, 7:30p.m.; Dec. 15 at Sullivan, 7:15 p.m.;Dec. 26-31 at Dieterich Tournament;

Jan. 5 at Cumberland, 7:15 p.m.;Jan. 8 at Lovington, 7:30 p.m.; Jan.12 Martinsville, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 15 atBement, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 19 Tri-Coun-ty, 7:15 p.m.; Jan. 22 at Villa Grove,7:30 p.m.; Jan. 23-30 at Little OkawConference Tournament;

Feb. 2 Hume Shiloh, 7:15 p.m.;Feb. 5 Arthur, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 9 atHeritage, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 12 OkawValley, 7:15 p.m.; Feb. 16 CerroGordo, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 19 Atwood-Hammond, 7:15 p.m.

Arthur

Roster Aikman, Bobby F 6-0 Sr.Goodman, Nathan F 6-0 Sr.Krempa, Matuesz C 6-2 Sr.Mercer, Jake F 5-11 Sr.Miller, Sheldon F 5-11 Sr.Schuring, Justin G 5-11 Sr.Tinnon, Elliot C 6-5 Sr.Yantis, Bryce G 5-10 Sr.Allen, Daniel C 6-3 Jr.Daily, Jesse G 5-10 Jr.Petersheim, Carson G 6-1 Jr.Rose, Christian F 6-0 Jr.Rosenbaum, Mike G 5-10 Jr.Gingerich, Seth G 5-8 So.Riley, Zach G 5-11 So.Schrock, Trevor G 5-5 So.

Schedule Nov. 24 Sullivan, 7:15 p.m.; Dec. 1 at Tuscola, 7:15 p.m.; Dec.

4 at Central A&M, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 5Windsor, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 11 LSA,7:30 p.m.; Dec. 12 at Stewardson-Strasburg, 7:15 p.m.; Dec. 22 Cum-berland, 7:15 p.m.; Dec. 28-30 at Tri-County Tournament;

Jan. 8 at Martinsville, 7:30 p.m.;Jan. 12 at Heritage, 7:30 p.m.; Jan.15 Okaw Valley, 7:15 p.m.; Jan. 19 atCerro Gordo, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 22 atAtwood-Hammond, 7:30 p.m.; Jan.23-30 at Little Okaw Valley Confer-ence Tournament;

Feb. 2 Lovington, 7:15 p.m.; Feb. 5at Arcola, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 9 Bement,7:30 p.m.; Feb. 12 Tri-County, 7:15p.m.; Feb. 16 at Villa Grove, 7:15p.m.; Feb. 19 Hume Shiloh, 7:15p.m.

Atwood-Hammond

Roster Davis, Eric C Sr.Davis, Nick G Sr.Lee, Matt F Sr.Smith, Nick F Sr.Bialeschki, Austin G Jr.Crist, Randy F Jr.Sebens, Tyler F Jr.Garrett, Corey G So.

Schedule Nov. 23 at LSA, 8 p.m. at Central

Illinois Turkey Tournament; Nov. 24 atDeLand-Weldon, 8 p.m. at Central Illi-nois Turkey Tournament; Nov. 27 Hut-sonville, 7:45 p.m. at Central IllinoisTurkey Tournament;

Dec. 1 Argenta-Oreana, 7:30 p.m.;Dec. 8 Decatur Christian, 7:15 p.m.;

Dec. 15 at DeLand-Weldon, 7:30p.m.; Dec. 19 at Shiloh Shoot-out, 3p.m.; Dec. 28-30 at Hayden’s Classic;

Jan. 5 at Sangamon Valley, 7:30p.m.; Jan. 8 Bement, 7:30 p.m.; Jan.12 at Tri-County, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 15Villa Grove, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 19 atHume Shiloh, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 22Arthur, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 23-30 at LittleOkaw Conference Tournament;

Feb. 2 at Heritage, 7:30 p.m.; Feb.5 Okaw Valley, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 9 atCerro Gordo, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 12 Mar-tinsville, 6:15 p.m.; Feb. 16 at Loving-ton, 7:15 p.m.; Feb. 19 at Arcola,7:15 p.m.

Bement

Roster Auth, Colin 6-3 Sr.Fagin, Andrew 6-1 Sr.Gallagher, Mac 5-10 Sr.Gillespie, Sam 5-9 Sr.Knowles, Casey 5-8 Sr.Rogahn, Atlee 5-8 Sr.Barnes, Chris 5-11 Jr.Cahill, Greg 6-0 Jr.Frey, Greg 6-2 Jr.Gallagher, Brodie 5-8 Jr.Lilly, Clayton 5-11 Jr.Rumple, Brock 6-2 Jr.Wright, Konnor 5-9 Jr.

ScheduleNov. 23 at Mahomet-Seymour JV,

6:30 p.m. at Central Illinois TurkeyTournament; Nov. 24 Hume Shiloh,6:30 p.m. at Central Illinois TurkeyTournament; Nov. 27 Urbana Uni-High, 7:45 p.m. at Central IllinoisTurkey Tournament;

Dec. 1 at DeLand-Weldon, 6 p.m.;Dec. 8 at Judah Christian, 6 p.m.;Dec. 11 at Decatur Christian, 6 p.m.;Dec. 15 Argenta-Oreana, 7:30 p.m.;Dec. 22, 23, 29, 30 at St. Teresa Tour-nament;

Jan. 5 Lovington, 7:30 p.m; Jan. 8at Atwood-Hammond, 7:30 p.m.; Jan.15 Arcola, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 19 Mar-tinsville, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 22 at Tri-County, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 23-30 at LittleOkaw Conference Tournament;

Feb. 2 Villa Grove, 7:30 p.m.; Feb.5 at Hume Shiloh, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 9at Arthur, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 12 Heritage,7:30 p.m.; Feb. 16 at Okaw Valley,7:30 p.m.; Feb. 19 Cerro Gordo, 7:30p.m.

Cerro Gordo

Roster Farison, Nick 5-9 Sr.Lawler, Nathan 6-0 Sr.Cekandar, Max 6-0 Jr.Dupont, Dalton 5-8 Jr.Forbes, Brad 6-1 Jr.Lawler, Ryan 5-11 Jr.Ramay, Jordan 6-0 Jr.Woollen, Collin 5-9 Jr.Crist, Austin 5-9 So.McWilliams, Devin 6-0 So.Weaver, Tim 6-1 So.Woollen, Cody 5-10 So.

Schedule Nov. 24 at Argenta-Oreana, 7:30

p.m.; Dec. 1 at LSA, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 7-

12 at Macon County Tournament;Dec. 15 Meridian, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 18Sangamon Valley, 7:30 p.m.; Dec.22, 23, 29, 30 at St. Teresa Tourna-ment;

Jan. 8 Tri-County, 7:30 p.m.; Jan.12 at Villa Grove, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 15Hume Shiloh, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 19Arthur, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 22 at Heritage,

7:30 p.m.; Jan. 23-30 at Little OkawConference Tournament;

Feb. 2 at Okaw Valley, 7:30 p.m.;Feb. 5 Martinsville, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 9Atwood-Hammond, 7:30 p.m.; Feb.12 at Lovington, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 13 atIllini Central Shootout; Feb. 16 atArcola, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 19 at Bement,7:30 p.m.

Lovington

Roster Castelli, Justin Sr.Clapp, Garrett Sr.Coff, Brandon Sr.Franklin, Tanner Sr.Leynes, Jordan Sr.Henderson, Lyle Jr.Martina, Jacob Jr.Mendall, Roby Jr.Castelli, David So.Frantz, Luke So.Martin, Oakley So.Foster, Blake Fr.Hettinger, Anthony Fr.Martina, Nick Fr.

Schedule Nov. 25 at Turkey Tournament; Dec. 4 Decatur Christian, 7 p.m.;

Dec. 7 at Clinton, 7 p.m.; Dec. 8 atDeLand-Weldon, 7 p.m.; Dec. 11 atClinton, 7 p.m.; Dec. 15 at Windsor,7:15 p.m.; Dec. 19 at Judah Christ-ian, 7:30 p.m.;

Jan. 5 at Bement, 7:30 p.m; Jan. 8Arcola, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 9 at Sanga-mon Valley, 7:15 p.m.; Jan. 15 Tri-County, 7:15 p.m.; Jan. 19 at VillaGrove, 7:15 p.m.; Jan. 22 HumeShiloh, 7:15 p.m.; Jan. 24-30 at LittleOkaw Conference Tournament;

Feb. 2 at Arthur, 7:15 p.m.; Feb. 5Heritage, 7:15 p.m.; Feb. 7 at LeRoy,7 p.m.; Feb. 9 at Okaw Valley, 7:15p.m.; Feb. 12 Cerro Gordo, 7:30p.m.; Feb. 16 Atwood-Hammond,7:15 p.m.; Feb. 19 at Martinsville,7:15 p.m.

Okaw Valley

Roster Bone, Alex 6-1 Sr.Brandenburg, Ryan 5-7 Sr.Coclasure, Taylor 5-10 Sr.Foster, Ethan 5-8 Sr.Newton, Jess 5-11 Sr.Pierce, Kyle 6-2 Sr.Younger, Cole 5-8 Sr.Bly, Cody 6-1 Jr.Keller, Slade 5-11 Jr.Root, Bryce 6-6 Jr.Cloyd, Colton 5-11 So.Corrington, Alex 6-1 So.Cummins, Ray 5-11 So.Herzog, Walker 6-1 So.

Schedule Nov. 24 Greenview, 7:30 p.m.;

Nov. 27 Waverly, 3 p.m.; Nov. 28 Kin-caid South Fork, 3 p.m.;

Dec. 4 Shelbyville, 6:15 p.m.; Dec.8 at Sullivan, 7 p.m.; Dec. 11 North-west Christian, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 15Decatur Christian, 7:15 p.m.; Dec. 22at St. Teresa Holiday Tournament;

Jan. 8 Villa Grove, 7:30 p.m.; Jan.12 at Hume Shiloh, 7:30 p.m.; Jan.15 at Arthur, 7:15 p.m.; Jan. 19 Her-itage, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 22 at Mar-tinsville, 6:15 p.m.; Jan. 23 at LittleOkaw Valley Tournament;

Feb. 2 Cerro Gordo, 7:30 p.m.;Feb. 5 at Atwood-Hammond, 7:30p.m.; Feb. 9 Lovington, 7:15 p.m.;Feb. 12 at Arcola, 7:15 p.m.; Feb. 13Windsor, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 16 Bement,7:15 p.m.; Feb. 19 Tri-County

Altamont

RosterBerg, Jaisun C 6-2 Sr.Schlief, Tre F 6-0 Sr.Spence, Chuck G 5-9 Sr.Suckow, Brian G 6-7 Sr.Winters, Hayden C 6-3 Sr.Buzzard, Michael G 5-5 Jr.Duckwitz, Brandon PG 5-8 Jr.Heiden, Ryan G 6-2 Jr.Jahraus, Jacob G 6-1 Jr.Ledbetter, Brock G 5-11 Jr.McGinnis, Jordan F 6-2 Jr. Miller, Colin C 6-3 Jr.Gordon, Dustin G 5-11 So.Hooks, Jason F 6-1 So.

ScheduleDec. 1 at Cumberland, 7:15 p.m.;

Dec. 4 at Brownstown, 7:30 p.m.;Dec. 8 at Windsor, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 11South Central, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 15-19at St. Elmo Tournament; Dec. 22 atCowden-Herrick, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 26-30 at Vandalia Tournament;

Jan. 5 at Louisville North Clay, 7:30p.m.; Jan. 8 at Dieterich, 7:30 p.m.;Jan. 12 Vandalia, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 16Patoka, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 19 at BeecherCity, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 22 Teutopolis,7:30 p.m.; Jan. 25-30 at National TrailConference Tournament;

Feb. 2 Ramsey, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 9Neoga, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 12 St. Elmo,7:30 p.m.; Feb. 16 at Effingham St.Anthony, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 19 Steward-son-Strasburg, 7:30 p.m.

Beecher City

Roster Bales, Jordan F 5-10 Sr.Julius, Jordan F 6-6 Sr.Kemme, Ben F 6-2 Sr.Kirchhofer, Brian F 5-10 Sr.Lagerhausen, Dan G 5-8 Sr.Marten, Josh G 5-8 Sr.Peterson, Finn F/G 6-0 Sr.Harder, Ben F 5-10 Jr.Hutchison, Beau F 6-0 Jr.Levitt, Lucas F 6-2 Jr.Ohnesorge, Cole G 5-6 Jr.Levitt, Dirk G 5-10 Fr.Levitt, Drew G 5-10 Fr.Stombaugh, Jacob F 6-0 Fr.Stombaugh, Josh F 6-0 Fr.

ScheduleNov. 23 at Martinsville, 6 p.m.;

Nov. 24 Cumberland, 7:30 p.m.; Nov.25 Newton, 6 p.m.; Nov. 27 St. Elmo,1 p.m.;

Dec. 1 at Ramsey, 6:15 p.m.; Dec.4 at Cowden-Herrick, 7:15 p.m.; Dec.8 at Effingham St. Anthony, 7:30 p.m.;Dec. 11 at Dieterich, 6:15 p.m.; Dec.15 at St. Elmo Holiday Tournament;

Jan. 5 Nokomis, 6:15 p.m.; Jan.12 at Brownstown, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 15Teutopolis, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 19 Alta-mont, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 25 at NationalTrail Tournament;

Feb. 2 at Mulberry Grove, 7:15p.m.; Feb. 5 Neoga, 7:15 p.m.; Feb. 6Christ Our Rock Lutheran, 2 p.m.;Feb. 9 Patoka, 7:15 p.m.; Feb. 12 atStewardson-Strasburg; Feb. 16 atWindsor, 7:30 pm; Feb. 19 St. Elmo,7:15 p.m.

Brownstown

Roster Betti, Zach G 5-10 Sr.Scott, Dalton C 6-1 Sr.Holloway, Dillon C 6-0 Sr.Kremer, Michael G 6-0 Sr.Riley, Conor C 6-5 Sr.Spencer, Drew G 5-11 Sr.Stinebring, Chris C 6-0 Sr.Winters, Jared F 6-2 Sr.Younker, Joe F 6-1 Sr.Garrison, Zach G 5-8 Jr.Mason, Bryce G 5-10 Jr.Rigdon, Zach G 6-1 Jr.Hunter, Colten C 6-2 So.

ScheduleNov. 23-28 at Mulberry Grove

Turkey Tournament; Dec. 1 at Sandoval, 7:30 p.m.;

Dec. 4 Altamont, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 8 atTeutopolis, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 11 Wind-sor, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 15-19 at St. ElmoTournament; Dec. 22 Odin, 7:30 p.m.;

Jan. 5 at Centralia Christ OurRock Lutheran, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 8 atCowden-Herrick, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 12Beecher City, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 15Neoga, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 19 at Stew-ardson-Strasburg, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 22at Ramsey, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 25-30 atNational Trail Conference Tourna-ment;

Feb. 2 Dieterich, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 5at St. Elmo, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 12 at Eff-ingham St. Anthony, 7:30 p.m.; Feb.16 Mulberry Grove, 7:30 p.m.; Feb.19 Patoka, 7:30 p.m.

Dieterich

RosterHinterscher, Cody 5-11 Sr.Kuhl, Blake 6-0 Sr.Niemerg, Cory 6-4 Sr.Ohnesorge, Jeremy 6-1 Sr.Probst, Tony 6-5 Sr.Bohnhoff, Taran 5-7 Jr.

Hall, Jon 6-0 Jr.Thoele, Sam 6-0 Jr.Cox, Derek 5-11 So.Dahnke, Addam 6-4 So.Garbe, Nathan 5-9 So.

ScheduleNov. 23-28 at Cumberland Tournament; Dec. 1 at Stewardson-Strasburg,

6:15 p.m.; Dec. 8 Neoga, 6:15 p.m.;Dec. 11 Beecher City, 6:15 p.m.; Dec.19 Effingham St. Anthony, 7:30 p.m.;Dec. 28-30 at Dieterich Tournament;

Jan. 8 Altamont, 7:30 p.m.; Jan.12 at Teutopolis, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 15South Central, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 16 St.Elmo, 6:15 p.m.; Jan. 25-30 atNational Trail Conference Tourna-ment; Jan. 30 at Vandalia Shootout;

Feb. 1 at Cisne, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 2at Brownstown, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 5 atLouisville North Clay, 7:30 p.m.; Feb.6 Newton, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 9 at Wind-sor, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 12 Flora, 7 p.m.;Feb. 13 Clay City, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 19at Cowden-Herrick, 7:30 p.m.

Effingham St. Anthony

RosterBaker, Myles F 6-6 Sr.Jansen, Marty G 6-0 Sr.Lustig, Alex F 6-6 Sr.Rohlfing, Derek F 6-3 Sr.Sudkamp, Paul F 6-4 Sr.Worman, Taylor G 6-5 Sr.Dial, Brandon G 6-0 Jr.Jansen, James G 5-9 Jr.Koerner, Kit G 6-2 Jr.Ragland, Ryan G 5-7 Jr.Schmitt, Ryan F 6-7 Jr.Willenborg, Reed G 6-1 So.

ScheduleNov. 24 vs. Vandalia, 8 p.m. at Eff-

ingham St. Anthony Tournament; Nov.25 vs. Taylorville, 8 p.m. at EffinghamSt. Anthony Tournament; Nov. 27 vs.Effingham, 7:30 p.m. at Effingham St.Anthony Tournament; Nov. 28 at Effin-gham St. Anthony Tournament;

Dec. 8 Beecher City, 7:30 p.m.;Dec. 11 at St. Elmo, 7:30 p.m.; Dec.12 at Graves County Shootout; Dec.19 at Dieterich, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 29-30at Bulldog Classic;

Jan. 9 Tolono Unity Shootout; Jan.12 at Neoga, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 15 BreeseMater Dei, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 19 Newton,7:30 p.m.; Jan. 22 at Stewardson-Strasburg, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 25-30 atNational Trail Conference Tournament;

Feb. 2 Windsor, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 5Cowden-Herrick, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 9Teutopolis, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 12 Brown-stown, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 13 at High-land, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 16 Altamont,7:30 p.m.; Feb. 19 at Casey-West-field, 7:30 p.m.

Neoga

RosterBlair, Zach F 5-11 Sr.Robinson, Dalton G 6-0 Sr.Snively, Brett G 5-10 Sr.Warner, Jordan C 6-3 Sr.Cole, Jacob G 5-8 Jr.Cornell, Travis G 6-0 Jr.McClellan, Travis F 6-0 Jr.McFarland, Dalton F 5-10 Jr.Price, Bryan G 6-2 Jr.Probst, Adam G 5-9 So.Roy, TJ G 5-8 So.

ScheduleNov. 27 at Capital Classic;Dec. 1 at Cowden-Herrick, 7:15 p.m.;

Dec. 4 at St. Elmo, 7:15 p.m.; Dec. 8 atDieterich, 6:15 p.m.; Dec. 11 at Sullivan,7 p.m.; Dec. 15 Casey-Westfield, 7:30p.m.; Dec. 18 Teutopolis, 7:30 p.m.;Dec. 26 at Monticello Tournament;

Jan. 5 Central A&M, 7:30 p.m.;Jan. 9 Shelbyville, 6:15 p.m.; Jan. 12Effingham St. Anthony, 7:30 p.m.;Jan. 15 at Brownstown, 7:30 p.m.;Jan. 19 Cumberland, 7:15 p.m.; Jan.22 at Windsor, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 25 atNational Trail Tournament;

Feb. 5 at Beecher City, 7:15 p.m.;Feb. 9 at Altamont, 7:30 p.m.; Feb.16 Stewardson-Strasburg; Feb. 19Marshall, 7:15 p.m.

St. Elmo

RosterAsher, Zeke G 6-0 Sr.Duckworth, Devin G 5-10 Sr.Jennings, Josh F/C 5-9 Sr.Logue, Chris F 5-7 Sr.Seibert, Adam F 5-10 Sr.Beasley, Connor F 6-2 Fr.Bullard, Dylan F 5-11 Jr.Buzzard, Garrett G 5-10 Jr.Maxey, Nathaniel G 5-7 Jr.Mansker, Jake G/F 5-8 So.Pruett, Blake G/F 6-1 So.Schaal, Patrick G/F 5-10 So.Scholes, Blaine G 5-8 So.Sperry, Ben C 6-1 So.

ScheduleNov. 23 at Newton, 7:30 p.m.; Nov.

25 Cumberland, 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 27at Beecher City, 1 p.m.; Nov. 28 atMartinsville, noon;

Dec. 4 Neoga, 7:15 p.m.; Dec. 8Cowden-Herrick, 7:15 p.m.; Dec. 11

Effingham St. Anthony, 7:30 p.m.; Dec.15 at St. Elmo Holiday Tournament;

Jan. 5 at South Central, 7:30 p.m.;Jan. 8 Stewardson-Strasburg; Jan.12 Ramsey, 6:15 p.m.; Jan. 16 atDieterich, 6:15 p.m.; Jan. 19 at Wind-sor, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 22 MulberryGrove, 7:15 p.m.; Jan. 25 at NationalTrail Tournament;

Feb. 2 Teutopolis, 7:30 p.m.; Feb.5 Brownstown, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 9 atChrist Our Rock Lutheran, 7:15 p.m.;Feb. 12 at Altamont, 7:30 p.m.; Feb.16 at Odin, 7:15 p.m.; Feb. 19 atBeecher City, 7:15 p.m.

Stewardson-Strasburg

RosterHoene, Jon 6-6 Sr.Knootz, Chris 6-4 Sr.Reel, Jeremy 5-8 Sr.Rincker, Will 6-1 Sr.Thomas, Steven 6-1 Sr.Widdersheim, Jaden 6-1 Sr.Helmuth, Kyle 5-11 Jr.Helton, Lucus 6-0 Jr.Rincker, Luke 6-0 Jr.Ferris, Nicholas 5-11 So.Rincker, Zach 5-10 So.Tabbert, Matt 6-4 So.

ScheduleNov. 25 Windsor, 7:15 p.m.; Dec. 1 Dieterich, 7:15 p.m.; Dec. 8

at Arcola, 7:15 p.m.; Dec. 11 Shel-byville, 7:15 p.m.; Dec. 12 Arthur,7:15 p.m.; Dec. 18 at Windsor, 7:15p.m.; Dec. 26-30 at Vandalia HolidayTournament;

Jan. 5 Newton, 7:15 p.m.; Jan. 8at St. Elmo, 7:15 p.m.; Jan. 15 atCowden-Herrick, 7:15 p.m.; Jan. 19Brownstown, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 22 Effin-gham St. Anthony, 7:30 p.m.; Jan.25-30 at National Trail ConferenceTournament;

Feb. 5 at Teutopolis, 7:30 p.m.;Feb. 6 at Nokomis, 6 p.m.; Feb. 9 atPana, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 12 BeecherCity, 7:15 p.m.; Feb. 13 at RivertonShootout; Feb. 16 at Neoga, 7:15p.m.; Feb. 19 at Altamont, 7:30 p.m.

Teutopolis

RosterBushur, Luke G 6-1 Sr.Michels, Jordan F 6-5 Sr.Niebrugge, Jeremy G 6-3 Sr.Sandschafer, Brock F/C 6-5 Sr.Schultz, Marshall C 6-6 Sr.Blievernicht, Bo F/C 6-4 Jr.Braun, Trey G/F 6-4 Jr.Deters, Brett F 6-4 Jr.Falbe, Dillian G/F 6-1 Jr.Schumacher, Nick F 6-5 Jr.Thoele, Blake G 6-3 Jr.Thompson, Derek G 6-2 Jr.Neibrugge, Mark G 6-2 So.

ScheduleNov. 27-28 at Capital Classic; Dec. 5 vs. Springfield Sacred

Heart-Griffin, 5:30 p.m. at LincolnLand College Shootout; Dec. 8Brownstown, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 11Tolono Unity, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 15 atEffingham, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 18 atNeoga, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 22 Casey-Westfield, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 28-30 atCharleston Tournament;

Jan. 5 Windsor, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 12Dieterich, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 15 atBeecher City, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 22 atAltamont, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 23 Danville,7 p.m.; Jan. 25-30 at National TrailConference Tournament;

Feb. 2 at St. Elmo, 7:30 p.m.; Feb.5 Stewardson-Strasburg, 7:30 p.m.;Feb. 9 at Effingham St. Anthony, 7:30p.m.; Feb. 12 Cowden-Herrick, 7:30p.m.; Feb. 19 at Madison, 7:30 p.m.

Windsor

RosterWamer, Cody G 5-10 Sr.Wolfe, Brandon G 5-10 Sr.Edwards, Sid F 6-1 Jr.Floyd, Kyle G 6-2 Jr.Floyd, Ryne G 6-4 Jr.Leasher, Torey F 6-4 Jr.Stremming, Braden G 5-8 Jr.Weber, Zach C 6-4 Jr.Beem, Brandon F 6-3 So.Cole, Anderson G 5-10 So.Gilbert, Jake F 6-0 So.

ScheduleNov. 25 at Stewardson-Strasburg,

7:30 p.m.; Dec. 1 at Shelbyville, 7:30 p.m.;

Dec. 4 at Sullivan, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 5at Arthur, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 8 Altamont,7:30 p.m.; Dec. 11 at Brownstown,7:30 p.m.; Dec. 12 at Arcola, 7:30p.m.; Dec. 15 Lovington, 7:15 p.m.;Dec. 18 Stewardson-Strasburg, 7:30p.m.; Dec. 26-29 at Kansas HolidayTournament;

Jan. 5 at Teutopolis, 7:30 p.m.; Jan.19 St. Elmo, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 22Neoga, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 25-30 atNational Trail Conference Tournament;

Feb. 2 at Effingham St. Anthony,7:30 p.m.; Feb. 9 Dieterich, 7:30p.m.; Feb. 12 at Cumberland, 7:15p.m.; Feb. 13 at Okaw Valley, 7:30p.m.; Feb. 16 Beecher City, 7:30 p.m.

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Argenta-Oreana

RosterBarnes, Jake G 5-9 Sr.Creamer, Clayton C 6-4 Sr.Estell, Jimmy G 5-9 Sr.Garner, Chris F 6-0 Sr.Lambert, Matt G 5-9 Sr.Schmitt, Ben F 5-10 Sr.Damery, Kaleb G 6-1 Jr.Meador, Kolby F 5-11 Jr.Rambo, Zach G 6-1 Jr.Smith, Taylor F 5-11 Jr.Harris, Austin G 5-11 So.Harrison, Heath C 6-1 So.Sunderland, Dylan G 6-0 So.

ScheduleNov. 24 Cerro Gordo, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 1 at Atwood-Hammond, 7:30 p.m.;

Dec. 4 at Arcola, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 7 at MaconCounty Tournament; Dec. 15 at Bement, 7:30p.m.; Dec. 17 LSA, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 18 atMeridian, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 22, 23, 29, 30 at St.Teresa Tournament;

Jan. 8 at St. Teresa, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 12 atTolono Unity, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 15 Central A&M,7:30 p.m.; Jan. 19 Warrensburg-Latham, 7:45p.m.; Jan. 22 Shelbyville, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 26 atMonticello, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 29 at Okaw ValleyConference Tournament;

Feb. 9 Maroa-Forsyth, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 12 Sul-livan, 7 p.m.; Feb. 16 at Clinton, 7 p.m.; Feb. 19at Tuscola, 7 p.m.

Central A&M

RosterBridgman, Conner 6-2 Sr.Bridgman, Tim 5-10 Sr.Keeling, Alex 6-4 Sr.Napier, Lance 6-0 Sr.Richardson, Corey 6-3 Sr.Sirbaugh, Dillan 5-8 Sr.Wiseman, Kyle 5-10 Sr.Workman, Ryan 6-6 Sr.Davis, Matt 5-11 Jr.Duncan, Trenton 6-1 Jr.Townsend, Collin 6-1 Jr.Crose, Josh 5-7 So.Stinson, Kyle 5-10 So.Tague, Todd 5-11 So.Workman, Ross 6-4 So.

ScheduleNov. 24 Arcola, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 1 at Pana, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 4 Arthur, 7:30

p.m.; Dec. 7-11 at Macon County Tournament;Dec. 18 at Tolono Unity, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 22 Edin-burg, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 26 Vandalia, 7:30 p.m.;

Jan. 5 at Neoga, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 8 Monti-cello, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 12 at Sullivan, 7:30p.m.; Jan. 15 at Argenta-Oreana, 7:30 p.m.;Jan. 19 St. Teresa, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 22 Tusco-

la, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 26 Meridian, 7:30 p.m.;Jan. 29-Feb. 6 at Okaw Valley ConferenceTournament;

Feb. 9 at Shelbyville, 7 p.m.; Feb. 12 atMaroa-Forsyth, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 16 Warrens-burg-Latham, 7:45 p.m.; Feb. 19 at Clinton,7 p.m.

Clinton

RosterAlwood, David G 5-11 Sr.Barber, Eric G/F 6-2 Sr.Bundy, C.J. C/F 6-0 Sr.Jette, Alex F 6-2 Sr.Szymkiewicz, Cole C 6-4 Sr.Webb, Chris G 5-11 Sr.Ennis, Aaron G/F 6-2 Jr.Good, Jordan G 5-7 Jr.Grimm, Patrick G/F 6-2 Jr.King, Matt C/F 6-3 Jr.Lyons, Griffen C 6-1 Jr.Mills, Cody G 5-10 Jr.Nixon, Colton F 6-1 Jr.Wilson, Josh G 5-11 Jr.

ScheduleNov. 23 Downs Tri-Valley, 6 p.m.; Nov. 24

Paxton-Buckley-Loda, 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 27 Arm-strong, 6 p.m.;

Dec. 1 at Blue Ridge, 7 p.m.; Dec. 4 atHartsburg-Emden, 7 p.m.; Dec. 7 Lovington, 7p.m.; Dec. 11 Lovington, 7 p.m.; Dec. 12LeRoy, 7 p.m.; Dec. 15 at Ridgeview, 7 p.m.;

Jan. 5 Warrensburg-Latham, 7:45 p.m.;Jan. 8 at Shelbyville, 6 p.m.; Jan. 12 at Monti-cello, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 15 Sullivan, 7 p.m.; Jan.19 Maroa-Forsyth, 7 p.m.; Jan. 22 at Meridi-an, 7 p.m.; Jan. 26 Tolono Unity, 7 p.m.;

Feb. 9 at St. Teresa, 7 p.m.; Feb. 12 at Tus-cola, 7 p.m.; Feb. 16 Argenta-Oreana, 7 p.m.;Feb. 19 Central A&M, 7 p.m.

Maroa-Forsyth

RosterAscherman, Cole C 6-1 Sr.Moore, Jordan C 6-5 Sr.Sheary, Jacob G 5-10 Sr.Stelzriede, Blake G 6-1 Sr.Washburn, Wyatt G 6-1 Sr.Banning, Bo G 5-10 Jr.Beulieu, Austin F 5-10 Jr.Horve, Jake C 5-10 Jr.Jackson, Austin G 5-11 Jr.Lambdin, Drake F 5-11 Jr.Murphy, Zach F 6-4 So.Stelzriede, Logan G 5-10 So.

ScheduleDec. 1 at Heyworth, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 4 at

Tuscola, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 5 at LeRoy, 7:30 p.m.Jan. 8 Tolono Unity, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 9 Blue

Ridge, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 12 Meridian, 7:30 p.m.;Jan. 15 Shelbyville, 6 p.m.; Jan. 19 at Clinton,

7 p.m.; Jan. 22 at St. Teresa, 6 p.m.; Jan. 23Mount Pulaski, 6 p.m.; Jan. 26 at Warrensburg-Latham, 7:45 p.m.;

Feb. 9 at Argenta-Oreana, 7:30 p.m.; Feb.12 Central A&M, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 16 Monticel-lo, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 19 at Sullivan, 7:30 p.m.

Meridian

RosterBurns, Cory 5-9 Sr.Dodson, Casey 6-3 Sr.Fore, Kyle 6-4 Sr.Rodgers, Zach 6-5 Sr.Swigert, Trent 6-0 Sr.Barnes, Bryson 6-3 Jr.Brown, Caleb 6-4 Jr.Collins, Evan 5-9 Jr.Gates, Kyle 6-1 Jr.Albers, Tyler 6-3 So.Askins, Keith 6-0 So.Cookson, Derek 6-1 So.Damery, Blake 5-10 So.Pearson, Jordan 6-3 So.Tague, Michael 6-1 So.

ScheduleNov. 24 Arthur-Okaw Christian, 7:30 p.m.;Dec. 4 Riverton, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 15 at

Cerro Gordo, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 18 Argenta-Ore-ana, 7:30 p.m.;

Jan. 5 at Mount Pulaski, 6 p.m.; Jan. 8 atTuscola, 7 p.m.; Jan. 12 at Maroa-Forsyth,7:30 p.m.; Jan. 15 at Monticello, 7:30 p.m.;Jan. 19 Shelbyville, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 22 Clin-ton, 7 p.m.; Jan. 26 at Central A&M, 7:30p.m.;

Feb. 9 Warrensburg-Latham, 7:45 p.m.; Feb.12 at Tolono Unity, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 16 Sullivan,7:30 p.m.; Feb. 19 at St. Teresa, 7:30 p.m.

Monticello

RosterBrubaker, Clint Sr.Garrett, Brady Sr.Huisinga, Cale Sr.Johnson, Reid Sr.Oles, Eric Sr.Palla, Ben Sr.Dalzell, Connor Jr.Koncel, Adam Jr.McHale, Mitch Jr.O’Brien, Daly So.

ScheduleDec. 1 at Rantoul, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 4 at

Rochester, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 8 Bismarck-Henning,7:30 p.m.; Dec. 15 Stanford Olympia, 7:30 p.m.;Dec. 18 at Shelbyville, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 22 Bloom-ington Central Catholic, 7:30 p.m.;

Jan. 5 at Champaign St. Thomas More,7:30 p.m.; Jan. 8 at Central A&M, 7:30 p.m.;Jan. 12 Clinton, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 15 Meridian,7:30 p.m.; Jan. 19 at Tuscola, 7:30 p.m.; Jan.

22 at Sullivan, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 26 Argenta-Oreana, 7:30 p.m.;

Feb. 9 at Tolono Unity, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 12St. Teresa, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 16 at Maroa-Forsyth, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 19 Warrensburg-Lath-am, 7:30 p.m.

St. Teresa

RosterBurrows, Drew Sr.Cole, Edison Sr.Hall, Cameron Sr.Hunt, Matt Sr.McElroy, Brennon Sr.Moran, Matt Sr.Sanford, Nick Sr.Shelley, Preston Sr.Bednar, Jarrett Jr.Boynton, Bobby So.Fitzgerald, Jeffrey So.Gleghorn, Adrian So.Hamilton, Eric So.Krueger, Patrick So.Lecrone, Kyle So.Lindsey, Anthony So.Michel, Aaron So.Tueth, Alex So.

ScheduleDec. 2 at St. Thomas More, 7:30 p.m.;

Dec. 7 at Macon County Tournament; Dec. 14at Auburn, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 18 at Sullivan, 7:30p.m.; Dec. 22 St. Teresa Tournament, 3 p.m.;

Jan. 5 Mount Zion, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 8 Argenta-Oreana, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 9 Rochester, 7:30 p.m.;Jan. 12 at Warrensburg-Latham, 7:45 p.m.; Jan.15 at Tolono Unity, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 16 at CentralCatholic Shootout, 5:45 p.m.; Jan. 19 at CentralA&M, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 22 Maroa-Forsyth, 7:30p.m.; Jan. 26 at Tuscola, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 29 atOkaw Valley Conference Tournament;

Feb. 9 Clinton, 7 p.m.; Feb. 12 at Monticel-lo, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 16 Shelbyville, 7:30 p.m.;Feb. 19 Meridian, 7:30 p.m.

Shelbyville

RosterBoarman, Cody G 6-5 Sr.Cloe, Caine G 6-1 Sr.Fatheree, Dustyn C 6-4 Sr.Pruemer, Levi F 6-3 Sr.Smith, Austin G 5-10 Sr.Baker, Clayton G 5-8 Jr.Langan, Cody F 6-2 Jr.Uphoff, Isaac G 6-0 Jr.Bence, Brody C 6-6 Fr.Breeden, Darin G 6-0 Fr.Keown, Jake G 5-6 Fr.Standerfer, Nate G 5-11 Fr.

ScheduleNov. 24 Hillsboro, 7:30 p.m.;Dec. 1 Windsor, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 4 at Okaw

Valley, 6:15 p.m.; Dec. 8 at Pana, 7:30 p.m.;Dec. 11 at Stewardson-Strasburg, 6:15 p.m.;Dec. 18 Monticello, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 26 at Van-dalia Holiday Tournament;

Jan. 8 Clinton, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 9 at Neoga,6:15 p.m.; Jan. 12 Tuscola, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 15at Maroa-Forsyth, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 19 at Meridi-an, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 22 at Argenta-Oreana, 7:30p.m.; Jan. 23 at Vandalia, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 26Sullivan, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 29 at Okaw ValleyConference Tournament;

Feb. 9 Central A&M, 7 p.m.; Feb. 16 at St.Teresa, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 19 Tolono Unity, 7:30p.m.

Sullivan

RosterBooker, Dustin Sr.Bowman, Seth Sr.Bridgeforth, Thorne Sr.Elder, Corey Sr.Marks, Jordan Sr.Pearcy, Joe Sr.Puyear, Michael Sr.Frerichs, Chad Jr.Houser, Ked Jr.Kidwell, Grant Jr.Massey, Nick Jr.Raboin, Austin Jr.Righter, Zach Jr.Sparrow, Andrew Jr.Whetsell, Dalton Jr.Wood, Alex Jr.

ScheduleNov. 24 at Arthur, 7:15 p.m.; Nov. 28 River-

ton, 7 p.m.; Dec. 1 at Casey-Westfield, 7:30 p.m.; Dec.

4 Windsor, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 8 Okaw Valley, 7p.m.; Dec. 11 Neoga, 7 p.m.; Dec. 15 Arcola,7:15 p.m.; Dec. 18 St. Teresa, 6 p.m.;

Jan. 8 at Warrensburg-Latham, 7 p.m.;Jan. 12 Central A&M, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 15 atClinton, 7 p.m.; Jan. 19 Tolono Unity, 7 p.m.;Jan. 22 Monticello, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 26 at Shel-byville, 6 p.m.;

Feb. 9 Tuscola, 7 p.m.; Feb. 12 at Argenta-Oreana, 7 p.m.; Feb. 16 at Meridian, 7:30p.m.; Feb. 19 Maroa-Forsyth, 7:30 p.m.

Tuscola

RosterClark, Tyler G Sr.Eveland, Heston F Sr.Lehmann, Christian F Sr.Leibovitz, Taylor G Sr.Scribner, Josh F Sr.Smith, Blake G Sr.Stark, Jake F/G Sr.Clifton, Brett F Jr.Little, Chase F/C Jr.Miller, Kyle G/F Jr.

Ransom, Chris G Jr.

Shelmadine, Cody G Jr.

Weinke, Jud F/C Jr.

Yoakum, Pat G Jr.

Meyer, Phillip G So.

ScheduleDec. 1 Arthur, 7:15 p.m.; Dec. 4 Maroa-

Forsyth, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 5 at Paxton-Buckley-

Loda, 7 p.m.; Dec. 11 at Villa Grove, 7:15

p.m.; Dec. 15 Heritage, 7 p.m.; Dec. 18 North-

west Christian, 7 p.m.;

Jan. 8 Meridian, 7 p.m.; Jan. 12 at Shel-

byville, 6 p.m.; Jan. 15 Warrensburg-Latham,

7:45 p.m.; Jan. 16 Casey-Westfield, 7:15

p.m.; Jan. 19 Monticello, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 22 at

Central A&M, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 26 St. Teresa, 6

p.m.;

Feb. 9 at Sullivan, 7 p.m.; Feb. 12 Clinton,

7 p.m.; Feb. 16 at Tolono Unity, 7 p.m.; Feb.

19 Argenta-Oreana, 7 p.m.

Warrensburg-Latham

RosterBird, Justin 5-9 Sr.

Cripe, Ashton 5-10 Sr.

Currin, Kendall 6-1 Sr.

Mathews, Bryce 6-0 Sr.

Munson, Brian 5-8 Sr.

Scharfenberg, Tucker 5-11 Sr.

Wilson, Lee 6-0 Sr.

Albert, Ryan 6-2 Jr.

Dunn, Drew 5-11 Jr.

Gibbs, Eric 6-0 Jr.

Munson, Craig 6-0 Jr.

Rogers, Dylan 5-8 Jr.

Sistler, Michael 6-2 Jr.

Taylor, Jacob 5-11 Jr.

VanFleet, Dalton 5-11 Jr.

Walker, Alex 5-8 Jr.

Huggins, Cody 5-10 So.

ScheduleNov. 24 Riverton, 7:45 p.m.;

Dec. 1 at Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley, 7:45

p.m.; Dec. 5 at Springfield Calvary, 7:45 p.m.;

Dec. 7 at Macon County Tournament; Dec. 26

at Williamsville Tournament;

Jan. 5 at Clinton, 7:45 p.m.; Jan. 8 Sulli-

van, 7 p.m.; Jan. 9 at Tolono Unity Shootout;

Jan. 12 St. Teresa, 7:45 p.m.; Jan. 15 at

Tuscola, 7:45 p.m.; Jan. 19 at Argenta-Ore-

ana, 7:45 p.m.; Jan. 22 Tolono Unity, 7:45 pm;

Jan. 26 Maroa-Forsyth, 7:45 p.m.; Jan. 29 at

Okaw Valley Conference Tournament;

Feb. 9 at Meridian, 7:45 p.m.; Feb. 12

Shelbyville, 7:45 p.m.; Feb. 13 at Riverton

Shootout; Feb. 16 at Central A&M, 7:45 p.m.;

Feb. 19 at Monticello, 7:30 p.m.

Arthur-Okaw Christian

RosterBinion, Schuyler G 6-0 Sr.Kauffman, Kody F 6-1 Sr.Kauffman, Nick G 5-5 Sr.Lowry, Christian G 6-1 Sr.Plank, Spencer G 5-11 Sr.Robinson, Tom G/F 6-2 Sr.Sitter, Nathan F 6-0 Sr.Cashner, Brett F 6-4 Jr.Henningsen, Paul F 6-4 Jr.Orwick, Jake G 6-2 Jr.

ScheduleNov. 20 Normal Calvary Baptist, 2:30 p.m.;

Nov. 24 at Meridian, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 1 Urbana Uni-High, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 8

at Georgetown-Ridge Farm, 7:30 p.m.; Dec.15 at Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin, 7:30p.m.; Dec. 19 at Decatur Christian, 7:30 p.m.;

Jan. 8 at Jacksonville Westfair, 7:30 p.m.;Jan. 12 Northwest Christian, 7:30 p.m.; Jan.19 at Wabash Valley, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 22 Mid-America Prep, 7 p.m.; Jan. 23 Notre Dame LaSalette, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 25 Cornerstone Chris-tian Academy, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 29 at FaithChristian; Jan. 30 Michiana Homeschool;Jan. 30 at Tippecanoe Homeschool;

Feb. 2 at Sangamon Valley, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 5at Northwest Christian, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 15 atNotre Dame La Salette, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 19 Jack-sonville Westfair, 7:30 p.m.

Casey-Westfield

RosterBrewer, Seth Sr.Kusterman, Kruz Sr.Markwell, Mitch Sr.McCormick, Josh Sr.McVey, Lucas Sr.Scales, Riley Sr.Thais, Josh Sr.Unzicker, Chris Sr.Babbs, Jeff Jr. Clinton, Scott Jr.

ScheduleDec. 1 Sullivan, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 4 Hut-

sonville-Palestine, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 8Lawrenceville, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 11 at Cumber-land, 7:15 p.m.; Dec. 15 at Neoga, 7:30 p.m.;Dec. 22 at Teutopolis, 7:30 p.m.;

Jan. 2 Chrisman, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 5 atLawrenceville, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 9 at Martinsville,6:15 p.m.; Jan. 15 Flora, 7 p.m.; Jan. 16 atTuscola, 7:15 p.m.; Jan. 22 Newton, 7:30 p.m.;

Feb. 5 Oblong, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 9 at Mar-shall, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 12 at Red Hill, 7:30 p.m.;Feb. 16 Albion Edwards County, 7:30 p.m.;Feb. 19 Effingham St. Anthony, 7:30 p.m.

Cumberland

RosterCarlen, Cole G 5-9 Sr.Draper, Reed G 5-10 Sr.Gabel, Silas G 6-2 Sr.Kuhn, Tyler G 5-7 Sr.Matteson, Jory F 5-11 Sr.Miller, Cole G/F 6-1 Sr.Parker, Dustin G 5-10 Sr.McMechan, Jaton F 6-1 Jr.Repp, Seth C 6-4 Jr.Ritchie, Brendon F 6-5 Jr.Taschner, Jannis G/F 6-4 Jr.Butler, Kendal G 6-0 So.Carlen, Clint F 6-4 So.Smith, Brayden G 5-10 So.

ScheduleNov. 24 at Beecher City, 7:30 p.m.; Nov.

25 at St. Elmo, 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 27 at Mar-tinsville, 2:30 p.m.; Nov. 28 at Newton, 1:30p.m.;

Dec. 1 Altamont, 7:15 p.m.; Dec. 4 at Tri-County, 7:15 p.m.; Dec. 8 at Hutsonville, 7:15p.m.; Dec. 11 Casey-Westfield, 7:15 p.m.;Dec. 15 Hume Shiloh, 1 p.m.; Dec. 15 atFlora, 7 p.m.; Dec. 22 at Arthur, 7:15 p.m.;

Jan. 5 Arcola, 7:15 p.m.; Jan. 8 atLawrenceville, 7:15 p.m.; Jan. 12 Albion EdwardsCounty, 7:15 p.m.; Jan. 19 at Neoga, 7:15 p.m.;

Feb. 5 Bridgeport Red Hill, 7:15 p.m.; Feb.

6 at Martinsville, 7:15 p.m.; Feb. 9 at Oblong,7:15 p.m.; Feb. 12 Windsor, 7:15 p.m.; Feb.16 at Marshall, 7:15 p.m.

Decatur Christian

RosterBlack, Eric Jr.Flint, Matt Jr.Schwartz, Zach Jr.Bayless, Martin So.Doolin, Michael So.Newbon, Alex So.Bayless, Blake Fr.Bayless, Zac Fr.Pilcher, Andrew Fr.Rapp, Monte Fr.Rasche, Jon Fr.Smith, Peter Fr.

ScheduleNov. 20 at Rockford Berean, 1 p.m.; Nov.

24 First Baptist Christian School, 6 p.m.; Dec. 1 at Buckley Christ Lutheran, 7:30

p.m.; Dec. 4 at Lovington, 7 p.m.; Dec. 8 atAtwood-Hammond, 7:15 p.m.; Dec. 11 Bement,6 p.m.; Dec. 14 Calvary Baptist Academy, 5p.m.; Dec. 15 at Okaw Valley, 7:15 p.m.; Dec.19 Arthur-Okaw Christian, 7:30 p.m.;

Jan. 5 DeLand-Weldon, 6 p.m.; Jan. 8 atUrbana Uni-High, 7 p.m.; Jan. 12 LSA, 7:30p.m.; Jan. 15 Buckley Christ Lutheran, 7:30p.m.; Jan. 16 Cornerstone Christian, 2:30p.m.; Jan. 18 at Champaign Judah Christian,6 p.m.; Jan. 19 Springfield Calvary, 6 p.m.;Jan. 22 at Cornerstone Christian Academy,5:30 p.m.; Jan. 23 at Northwest Christian, 7p.m.; Jan. 26 at Calvary Baptist Academy, 5p.m.; Jan. 29 at DeLand-Weldon, 5 p.m.;

Feb. 2 Urbana Uni-High, 6 p.m.; Feb. 5 atLSA, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 12 Champaign JudahChristian, 6 p.m.

Flora

RosterBush-King, Mychal F 5-8 Sr.Earleywine, Mac G 5-9 Sr.Krutsinger, Bryton F 6-3 Sr.Durre, Phillip G 5-10 Jr.Greenwood, Kole F 6-3 Jr.Lewis, Austin F 5-11 Jr.Taylor, Brent F 6-2 Jr.Thompson, Tad F 5-11 Jr.Burgess, Dexter G 5-11 So.Carro, Moises F 5-10 So.Knapp, Paul G 6-0 So.Orel, Dillon G 5-9 So.Painter, Nick G/F 6-5 So.

ScheduleNov. 23 Charleston, 6:30 p.m.; Nov. 25 at Breese

Central, 5 p.m.; Nov. 27 at Mattoon, 4:30 p.m.; Dec. 1 Mount Carmel, 7 p.m.; Dec. 4 Red

Hill, 7 p.m.; Dec. 5 at South Central, 7 p.m.;Dec. 11 at Oblong, 7 p.m.; Dec. 12 at Mar-shall, 7 p.m.; Dec. 15 Cumberland, 7 p.m.;Dec. 18 at Madison, 7 p.m.;

Jan. 5 at Olney East Richland, 7:30 p.m.;Jan. 8 Albion Edwards County, 7 p.m.; Jan.15 at Casey-Westfield, 7 p.m.; Jan. 19Lawrenceville, 7 p.m.;

Feb. 5 Hutsonville, 7 p.m.; Feb. 9 LouisvilleNorth Clay, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 12 at Dieterich, 7p.m.; Feb. 16 Fairfield, 7 p.m.; Feb. 19 atLawrenceville, 7 p.m.

Lincoln

RosterBowlby, Reuben F/C 6-3 Sr.Brackney, Ben F 6-5 Sr.Cosby, Hayden G 6-0 Sr.Green, Steven C 6-6 Sr.Turner, Cameron F 6-2 Sr.Coyne, Brant F/C 6-5 Jr.Miller, Brandon F 6-1 Jr.Nelson, Jordan G 6-0 Jr.Smith, Nathaniel G/F 6-3 Jr.Gesner, Jordan G 5-11 So.Hays, Matt F 6-1 So.Kirby, Austin G 5-11 So.Krusz, Andy F 5-10 So.Olson, Jake G 5-4 So.Van Hook, Christian G/F 6-4 So.

ScheduleNov. 23 at Cahokia, 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 25 at

Danville, 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 27 Belleville Althoff,8:30 p.m.; Nov. 28 Rochester, 11 a.m.; Nov.28 at Champaign Centennial, 8:30 p.m.;

Dec. 4 Jacksonville, 7:45 p.m.; Dec. 11Chatham Glenwood, 7:45 p.m.; Dec. 18 atTaylorville, 7:30 p.m.;

Jan. 5 Springfield Southeast, 7:45 p.m.;Jan. 8 at Springfield Lanphier, 7:45 p.m.; Jan.15 at Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin, 7:45p.m.; Jan. 16 Lake Park, 7:45 p.m.; Jan. 29Springfield, 7:45 p.m.;

Feb. 5 at Springfield Southeast, 7:45 p.m.;Feb. 6 Normal West, 7:45 p.m.; Feb. 12Springfield Lanphier, 7:45 p.m.; Feb. 13 Car-bondale, 7:45 p.m.; Feb. 19 Springfield SacredHeart-Griffin, 7:45 p.m.; Feb. 20 at Moline,7:45 p.m.; Feb. 26 at Springfield, 7:45 p.m.

Louisville North Clay

ScheduleDec. 1 Mulberry Grove, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 3

at Cisne, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 8 Clay City, 7:30p.m.; Dec. 11 Noble, 7:30 p.m.;

Jan. 5 Altamont, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 8 WayneCity, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 9 Mount Carmel, 7:30p.m.; Jan. 11 at Patoka, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 12 atWoodlawn, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 15 at Noble, 7:30p.m.; Jan. 29 at Grayville, 7:30 p.m.;

Feb. 2 Sandoval, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 5Dieterich, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 8 Webber Township,7:30 p.m.; Feb. 9 at Flora, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 12at Odin, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 16 at Bridgeport RedHill, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 19 South Central, 7 p.m.

LSA

RosterCalleja, Nick F Sr.McCoy, TJ G/F Sr.Sikowski, Jarrod G Sr.Clark, Macon F Jr.Krigbaum, Ethan G/F Jr.Spence, Dustin G So.Triplett, Lorenzo G So.Chandler, Kain G Fr.Collins, Trent G Fr.Edwards, Matthew F Fr.Krigbaum, Troy G Fr.Martin, Kanyon F Fr.McCrady, Alex G Fr.Merry, Kyle G Fr.Paustain, Vincent F Fr.Taylor, Skyler G/F Fr.Washinton, Antoine G Fr.

ScheduleNov. 23 Atwood-Hammond, 8 p.m.; Nov.

24 Hutsonville, 6:30 p.m.; Nov. 27 DeLand-Weldon, 6 p.m.;

Dec. 1 Cerro Gordo, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 11 atArthur, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 12 Sangamon Valley,7:30 p.m.; Dec. 14 at Buckley Christ Luther-an, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 17 at Argenta-Oreana,7:30 p.m.; Dec. 18 Morrisonville, 7:30 p.m.;

Jan. 5 Champaign Judah Christian, 7:30p.m.; Jan. 8 at Cornerstone Christian Academy,7:30 p.m.; Jan. 12 at Decatur Christian, 7:30p.m.; Jan. 15 Normal Calvary Baptist, 7:30p.m.; Jan. 19 at DeLand-Weldon, 7:30 p.m.;Jan. 21 at Urbana Uni-High, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 25Buckley Christ Lutheran, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 29 atChampaign Judah Christian, 7:30 p.m.;

Feb. 5 Decatur Christian, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 9at Normal Calvary Baptist, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 12DeLand-Weldon, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 16 UrbanaUni-High, 7:30 p.m.

Mid-America Prep

RosterMiller, Caleb 6-0 Sr.Dolan, Tim 6-1 Jr.Miller, Spencer 5-8 Jr.Allen, Traven 5-7 So.Lay, Austin 5-10 Fr.Moore, Isaac 5-10 Fr.Rakestraw, Caleb 6-0 Fr.Wehrle, Dalton 5-7 Fr.

ScheduleNov. 20 Decatur Homeschool, 7 p.m.; Dec. 1 at FBCA, 7 p.m.; Dec. 8 Northwest

Christian, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 10 at St. Elmo JV, 7p.m.; Dec. 14 at Nokomis JV, 7 p.m.;

Jan. 7 at Ramsey JV, 7 p.m.; Jan. 8 at FBCA,7 p.m.; Jan. 12 at Northwest Christian, 7 p.m.;Jan. 14 Stewardson-Strasburg JV, 7 p.m.; Jan.15 at Mulberry Grove, 7 p.m.; Jan. 18 at RamseyJV, 7 p.m.; Jan. 22 at Arthur-Okaw Christian, 7p.m.; Jan. 23 at Charleston Christian, 7 p.m.;Jan. 29 Decatur Homeschool, 7 p.m.;

Feb. 4 at Beecher City JV, 7 p.m.; Feb. 11Morrisonville, 7 p.m.; Feb. 12 Mulberry Grove,7 p.m.; Feb. 16 at Danville First Baptist, 7p.m.; Feb. 19 Charleston Christian, 7 p.m.

Mount Pulaski

RosterKnauer, Justin G 5-8 Sr.Litterly, Mitch F/C 6-2 Sr.Awe, Cole G 5-10 Jr.Beckers, Cole F 6-1 Jr.Holmes, Mitch G 5-10 Jr.Malone, Cory F 5-11 Jr.Titus, Cory G 5-10 Jr.Depper, Alex G 5-10 So.Foley, Mark F 6-5 So.Houser, Drew G 5-11 So.Oberreiter, Jon F/C 6-3 So.

ScheduleDec. 1 Sangamon Valley, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 4

at Pleasant Plains, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 8 atPetersburg PORTA, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 11 atRiverton, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 15 at Williamsville,7:30 p.m.; Dec. 18 Auburn, 7:30 p.m.;

Jan. 5 Meridian, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 8Charleston, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 8 Hartsburg-Emden, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 12 Springfield Calvary,7:30 p.m.; Jan. 15 Greenview, 7:30 p.m.; Jan.19 Athens, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 22 Delevan, 7:30p.m.; Jan. 23 at Maroa-Forsyth, 7:30 p.m.;

Feb. 2 Tri-City, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 5 at MIdwestCentral, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 9 at Rochester, 7:30p.m.; Feb. 12 at Illini Central, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 19at Illini Blufs, 7:30 p.m.

Nokomis

RosterCheek, Michael 6-1 Sr.Epley, Brock 6-3 Sr.Goldsmith, Dylan 5-10 Sr.Johnson, Mark 6-0 Sr.McBroom, Zach 6-2 Sr.McNeill, Ben 6-3 Sr.Pesko, Jordan 5-11 Sr.Stivers, David 6-2 Sr.Bourke, Derek 6-2 Jr.Brownback, Hayden 5-11 Jr.Clavin, Marcus 6-0 Jr.Friesland, Bryce 6-1 Jr.

ScheduleDec. 1 Hillsboro, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 8 at Gille-

spie, 6 p.m.; Dec. 11 at Virden, 7:30 p.m.;Dec. 12 at St. Joseph Ogden; Dec. 15 atPana, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 18 Williamsville, 7:30p.m.; Dec. 22 Riverton, 7:30 p.m.;

Jan. 5 at Beecher City, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 8Raymond Lincolnwood, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 29 atStaunton, 7:30 p.m.;

Feb. 2 at Mount Olive, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 6Stewardson-Strasburg, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 9Girard, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 12 New Berlin, 7:30p.m.; Feb. 16 Kincaid South Fork, 7:30 p.m.;Feb. 19 at Pawnee, 7:30 p.m.

Northwest Christian

RosterJohnson, Owen Sr.Dorsey, Taylor Jr.Armour, Brian So.Booker, JD So.Green, Tylis So.Cherry, Bobby Fr.Hayes, Mason Fr.Wilkerson-Hood, Jacob Fr.

ScheduleNov. 20 at Mississippi Valley Christian, 7:30

p.m.; Nov. 24 at Pana First Baptist, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 1 at Chillicothe Calvary, 7:30 p.m.; Dec.

3 at DeLand-Weldon, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 8 at Mid-America Prep, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 15 at Okaw Valley

JV, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 18 at Tuscola JV, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 5 Danville First Baptist, 7:30 p.m.;

Jan. 8 at Kankakee Grace Baptist, 7:30 p.m.;Jan. 12 at Arthur-Okaw Christian, 7:30 p.m.;Jan. 15 at Kankakee Trinity, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 18at Cornerstone Christian, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 22at Sangamon Valley, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 23Decatur Christian, 7 p.m.; Jan. 26 at Jack-sonville Westfair, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 29 at Kanka-kee Grace Baptist, 7:30 p.m.;

Feb. 2 at Pana First Baptist, 7:30 p.m.;Feb. 5 Arthur-Okaw Christian, 7:30 p.m.; Feb.9 at Danville First Baptist, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 9 atChillicothe Calvary, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 13 atDecatur Homeschool, 2 p.m.

Oblong

ScheduleDec. 4 at Martinsville, 6:15 p.m.; Dec. 8 at

Kansas, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 11 Flora, 7 p.m.; Dec.18 Palestine-Hutsonville, 7:30 p.m.;

Jan. 5 at West Richmond, 7:30 p.m.; Jan.8 at New Harmony, 7:15 p.m.; Jan. 15 atBridegport Red Hill, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 16Grayville, 3:15 p.m.;

Feb. 2 Marshall, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 5 atCasey-Westfield, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 9 Cumber-land, 7:15 p.m.; Feb. 12 Albion Edwards Coun-ty, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 16 Lawrenceville, 7:30 p.m.;Feb. 19 at Palestine-Hutsonville, 7:30 p.m.

Pana

RosterAdcock, Jake 6-3 Sr.Ade, Derek 6-2 Sr.Coleman, Wayde 6-0 Sr.Epley, Clint 6-1 Sr.Metzger, Adam 5-10 Sr.Rudow, Dakota 5-9 Sr.Arnold, Phillip 6-0 Jr.Rice, Dominick 6-1 Jr.Rochkes, Lucas 6-0 Jr.Schmitz, Max 6-0 Jr.Spracklen, Nick 6-4 Jr.Beyers, Mitchell 6-1 So.Hrabak, Avery 5-10 So.McMillen, Jared 6-2 So.

ScheduleDec. 1 Central A&M, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 4

Roxana, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 8 Shelbyville, 6 p.m.;Dec. 11 Litchfield, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 12 at EastAlton-Wood River, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 15 Nokomis,6 p.m.; Dec. 19 at Carlinville, 7:30 p.m.;

Jan. 8 Gillespie, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 9 at Hills-boro, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 26 Greenville, 6 p.m.;

Feb. 2 at Vandalia, 6 p.m.; Feb. 5 Hillsboro,7:30 p.m.; Feb. 9 Stewardson-Strasburg, 7:30p.m.; Feb. 12 at Greenville, 6 p.m.; Feb. 13 atAlton Marquette, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 16 at Litch-field, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 19 Piasa Southwestern,7:30 p.m.; Feb. 20 Vandalia, 7:30 p.m.

Sangamon Valley

RosterBramel, Seth F 5-11 Sr.Moeller, Rob G 5-9 Sr.Acree, Casey G 5-8 Jr.Blair, Corey F 6-0 Jr.Colbrook, Jordan F 6-2 Jr.McQuality, Chris F 6-1 Jr.Craig, Nick G 5-10 So.Leonard, Eric G 6-0 So.McCall, Jordan G 5-10 So.Rentschler, Dan F 6-0 So.West, Austin C 6-3 So.Yokley, Nick G 5-8 So.

ScheduleNov. 23 Morrisonville, 6 p.m.; Nov. 27

Edinburg, 6 p.m.; Nov. 28 Palmyra Northwest-ern, 4:30 p.m.;

Dec. 1 at Mount Pulaski, 6:15 p.m.; Dec. 4Greenview, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 12 at LSA, 7:30p.m.; Dec. 15 Riverton, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 18 atCerro Gordo, 7:30 p.m.;

Jan. 5 Atwood-Hammond, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 8Pleasant Plains, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 9 Lovington, 7:15p.m.; Jan. 15 at Petersburg PORTA, 7:30 p.m.;Jan. 19 at Auburn, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 22 NorthwestChristian, 7 p.m.; Jan. 22 Northwest Christian,7:30 p.m.; Jan. 29 at Illini Central, 7:30 p.m.;

Feb. 2 Arthur-Okaw Christian, 7:30 p.m.;Feb. 5 at Williamsville, 7:15 p.m.; Feb. 12Rochester, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 19 Athens, 7:30 p.m.

South Central

RosterMitchell, Sam F Sr.Donoho, Shane F Sr.Gillett, Tyler G Sr.Tate, Chad F Sr.Snow, Andrew G Jr.Harmeier, Derek G Jr.Linder, Jacob F Jr.Cain, Taylor G Jr.Hill, Nathan G Jr.Stock, Ross F Jr.Harpster, Tyler F Jr.

ScheduleDec. 4 at Odin, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 5 Flora, 7

p.m.; Dec. 8 at Sandoval, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 11at Altamont, 7:30 p.m.;

Jan. 5 St. Elmo, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 8 at Webber,7:30 p.m.; Jan. 12 at Wayne City, 7:30 p.m.;Jan. 15 at Dieterich, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 26 ClayCity, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 29 Woodlawn, 7:30 p.m.;

Feb. 2 at Patoka, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 5 Noble,7:30 p.m.; Feb. 9 at Vandalia, 7:30 p.m.; Feb.12 Cisne, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 13 Grayville, 7:30p.m.; Feb. 19 at Louisville North Clay, 7 p.m.

Taylorville

RosterChlebus, Jordan G 6-0 Sr.Ehrhardt, Dustin F 6-2 Sr.Handegan, Damon G 6-0 Sr.Heil, Kraig F 6-0 Sr.Yard, Matthew G 6-0 Sr.Bollinger, Connor F 6-4 Jr.Brandis, Tyler G 6-0 Jr.Logue, Jake G 5-10 Jr.Peters, Austin C 6-4 So.

ScheduleNov. 24 Effingham, 6:30 p.m.; Nov. 25 at

Effingham St. Anthony, 8 p.m.; Nov. 27 atVandalia, 6 p.m.;

Dec. 4 Chatham Glenwood, 7:30 p.m.;Dec. 5 Rochester, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 11 at Jack-sonville, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 15 at Mattoon, 7:30p.m.; Dec. 18 Lincoln, 7:30 p.m.;

Jan. 5 at Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin,7:30 p.m.; Jan. 8 Springfield, 7:30 p.m.; Jan.15 Springfield Southeast, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 30at Rochester, 7:30 p.m.;

Feb. 5 Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin,7:30 p.m.; Feb. 12 at Springfield, 7:30 p.m.;Feb. 13 Jerseyville, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 19 Spring-field Lanphier, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 19 at SpringfieldSoutheast, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 20 Troy Triad, 7:30p.m.; Feb. 25 Springfield Lanphier, 7:30 p.m.

Vandalia

RosterCowger, Will 6-3 Sr.Durr, Dylan 5-10 Sr.Norris, Codey 6-1 Sr.Osorio, Angel 5-11 Sr.Stewart, Drew 5-11 Sr.Bell, Daniel 5-11 Jr.Hoffman, Matt 5-11 Jr.Johnson, Marty 6-3 Jr.Rubin, Justin 6-1 Jr.

ScheduleNov. 23 at Effingham, 8 p.m.; Nov. 24 Eff-

ingham St. Anthony, 8 p.m.; Nov. 27 Tay-lorville, 6 p.m.;

Dec. 4 East Alton-Wood River, 7:30 p.m.;Dec. 11 Greenville, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 15 at Hills-boro, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 18 at Litchfield, 7:30p.m.; Dec. 22 Carlyle, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 26 atCentral A&M, 7:30 p.m.;

Jan. 8 Carlinville, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 12 atAltamont, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 15 at Greenville,7:30 p.m.; Jan. 23 Shelbyville, 7:30 p.m.; Jan.26 Hillsboro, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 29 Litchfield, 7:30p.m.; Jan. 30 Vandalia Shootout, 12:30 p.m.;

Feb. 2 Pana, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 6 at AltonMarquette, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 9 South Central,7:30 p.m.; Feb. 12 Piasa Southwestern, 7:30p.m.; Feb. 16 at Roxana, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 20 atPana, 7:30 p.m.

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