By FRED KRONER
fred@sjodaily.com
The pre-tournament seeds worked out to perfection in the Toyota of Danville boys’ basketball classic at St. Joseph-Ogden High School.
The Friday pairings will feature the two 4-0 teams in the round-robin event playing for the championship when the host Spartans take on Cissna Park.
The third-place matchup will be between the two 2-2 entries, Oakwood and Chicago Longwood.
The fifth-place contest will feature the two 0-4 squads, Armstrong-Potomac and Schlarman Academy.
SJ-O earned a shot at the title by virtue of Tuesday’s 68-29 thrashing of A-P.
Jack Cook scored 16 points, Chance Izard had 15 and Joel Orcutt chipped with 13 for the Spartans (6-4 overall).
Izard and Payton Grimsley hit three-point shots for SJ-O.
Oakwood
The Comets (7-3 overall) dropped a 53-23 decision to Cissna Park.
Trevan Garrett had eight points and Zane Priest six points for Oakwood.
Cissna Park led, 10-3, after one quarter and 20-12 at halftime.
Tournament scores
Tuesday results
Cissna Park 53, Oakwood 23
Chicago Longwood 84, Schlarman Academy 47
St. Joseph-Ogden 68, Armstrong-Potomac 29
Friday games
5 p.m., Schlarman Academy vs. Armstrong-Potomac, fifth place
6:30 p.m., Oakwood vs. Chicago Longwood, third place
8 p.m., St. Joseph-Ogden vs. Cissna Park, championship
Villa Grove/Heritage
Three players scored in double figures, but Villa Grove/Heritage suffered a 76-55 loss to St. Thomas More on Tuesday.
Will Wilson scored 16 points, Evan Wilson had 15 points and Jared Stevens had 12 points for VG/H (8-3).
St. Thomas More led, 13-12, after one quarter and 40-28 at halftime. STM nailed seven three-point shots.
For VG/H, the lone three-pointer was hit by Gavyn Reinhart.
Girls’ basketball
St. Joseph-Ogden hit 12 of 13 free throws en route to a 58-43 win over St. Thomas More on Monday.
Ahead 37-35 after three quarters, the Spartans (11-1) nailed 6 of 6 fourth-quarter free throws to secure the win.
Peyton Crowe and Bree Trimble each hit seven-points in the final stanza.
Crowe scored a team-high 19 points. Trimble had 17 and Maclayne Taylor netted 11.
SJ-O led, 21-11, after one quarter. Trimble had eight of her points and Crowe had seven of hers in the opening frame.
SJ-O returns to action on Saturday at Morton.
Oakwood
Kaitlyn Young scored all 11 of her points in the opening quarter, sparking the Comets to a 24-2 lead after eight minutes.
Oakwood posted a 52-23 win over visiting Armstrong-Potomac on Monday.
Kylie Neuman scored 12 of her team-high 19 points in the third quarter.
Oakwood, which netted 8 of 10 free throws, is 11-3 and has a five-game winning streak.
