By Fred Kroner
Short-handed due to COVID-19 protocol, the Hawks were beaten in back-to-back road games to end the week.
On Friday (March 5), VG/Heritage lost at Toledo Cumberland, 66-37. On Saturday (March 6), the Hawks were decisioned at Sullivan, 59-37.
Senior Logan Nohren posted double-doubles in each game. He ended with 15 points and 10 rebounds at Cumberland before totaling 23 points and 15 rebounds against Sullivan.
Against Cumberland, Carson Howard chipped in with 12 points, Layne Rund had six points and Brady Clodfelder ended with four points.
Against Sullivan, the same four players again accounted for all of the team’s points. Following Nohren were Howard (eight points), Rund (five points) and Clodfelder (one point). Rund hit the Hawks’ lone three-pointer.
Howard pulled down 10 rebounds against the Redskins.
Cumberland turned an 18-12 first-quarter lead into a 32-18 halftime edge. Sullivan’s lead was 12-7 after one quarter and 30-20 at halftime.
Villa Grove/Heritage (6-5) returns to action on Tuesday (March 9) against Armstrong-Potomac.
