By Fred Kroner
The Villa Grove girls’ basketball team, which has won three of its last six games, handed visiting Argenta-Oreana a 33-23 setback on Wednesday (Feb. 9).
A-O led, 7-4, after one quarter, but Emma Buesing tallied eight of her team-high 12 points in the second stanza as the Blue Devils took control by halftime, 19-7.
Kaylee Arbuckle collected nine points and Jobella Crafton finished with eight points.
On Monday (Feb. 7), Okaw Valley dealt the Blue Devils a 48-32 loss.
Arbuckle’s 10 points led the team. Crafton netted eight points and Madison Logan added four points.
Villa Grove (4-21) finishes up the regular season on Thursday (Feb 10) at Cerro Gordo/Bement and then opens Class 1A regional tournament play on Saturday (Feb. 12) at Georgetown-Ridge Farm against an opponent it edged by two points on Jan 25.
