VGH boys’ basketball takes third at Cerro Gordo Thanksgiving Tournament, girls top Tuscola
BY FRED KRONER
fred@mahometnews.com
Villa Grove/Heritage Girls’ Basketball
The Blue Devils (4-1) overcame a halftime deficit on Tuesday to post a 49-43 victory at Tuscola. The host Warriors led, 22-20, at halftime, but VG/H went on a 17-5 tear in the third quarter and took control.
Aliya Holloman scored 18 points, Kyleigh Block had 15 and Samantha Campbell hit a season-high 12 points for the Blue Devils.
Block has nailed a team-high 10 three-pointers through five games.
The Blue Devils will play their home-opener tonight against Westville (0-5).
Villa Grove/Heritage Boys’ basketball
The Hawks (3-1) opened and closed the Cerro Gordo Thanksgiving Tournament with wins and captured third place.
VG/H topped Sangamon Valley 50-20 in Monday’s opener and followed with a 51-36 triumph over Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg.
A third-round loss on Friday to LeRoy, 49-23, set the stage for Saturday’s bounceback game, a 59-44 verdict over Cerro Gordo/Bement.
Jake Eversole canned a season-high 22 points against CG/B. Logan Nohren (12 points) and Issac Mahoe (11 points) also had their top-scoring performances of the week.
Mahoe canned three three-pointers and Eversole hit two treys.
VG/H led 40-33 after three quarters, but pulled away for the win.
Against LeRoy, the Hawks connected on only six second-half points. Mahoe had five points, Sam Reno had three points and Ierik Sorenson also scored three points.
The points by Reno and Sorenson came on three-pointers.
Against Windsor/SS, VG/H used a 13-2 third-quarter run to take control. Nohren tallied a team-high 11 points. Contributing eight points apiece were Eversole, Reno and Blake Smith.
Eversole fired in 13 points and Nick Coffin had 12 points in the season’s first game, against Sangamon Valley. Smith added seven points.
The Hawks led 32-5 at halftime.
Eversole was picked for the all-tournament team after scoring 45 points for the week.
The Hawks play their home-opener on Tuesday at Heritage against Urbana University High School.
