BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Blue Devils’ Kyleigh Block finished in a tie for 10th in the Class 2A three-point shooting contest on Thursday at Illinois State University’s Redbird Arena. A total of 32 finalists participated at state. Block, a junior, hit 8 of her 15 attempts at Redbird. During […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The regional drought continues for Villa Grove/Heritage. The Blue Devils dropped a 50-34 decision to St. Joseph-Ogden in Thursday’s Class 2A girls’ basketball regional finals on the Spartans’ court. The last regional crown for a Villa Grove girls’ basketball team came in 1999. For Heritage, the […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Blue Devils took down the 2019 Class 1A state champions in a semifinal regional game on Tuesday at St. Joseph. VG/H ousted Schlarman Academy (17-7) in a Class 2A regional semifinal game 57-49. Kyleigh Block nailed three first-quarter three-point shots, helping VG/H take a 17-14 […]
*photo from Villa Grove Facebook page BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Senior Aliya Holloman scored 20 of her season-high 33 points in the opening quarter Thursday night as the Blue Devils blitzed Argenta-Oreana 80-34 on Senior Night at Villa Grove. Villa Grove/Heritage led 37-0 after the opening eight minutes. The team’s […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Aliya Holloman led the Blue Devils in scoring for the 20th time this season on Tuesday, firing in a team-high 26 points in a 65-20 triumph over Judah Christian in Champaign. Holloman scored 12 points in the first quarter as VG/H opened up a 22-4 lead. […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Kyleigh Block hit for a game-high 22 points Thursday night as Villa Grove/Heritage won its third game in a row with a 61-46 triumph at Arcola. Block netted eight of her points in the opening stanza as VG/H vaulted into a 17-6 lead. Three teammates joined […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Aliya Holloman scored 16 points and Kyleigh Block added 12 on Saturday, but VG/H was unable to keep up with top-seeded Tri-County and suffered a 62-49 loss in the championship game of the Lincoln Prairie Conference Tournament at Villa Grove. The Titans led 16-12 after one […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Second-seeded Villa Grove/Heritage jumped into a 19-6 lead after one quarter on Monday and went on to dispatch Okaw Valley 55-23 at home to move into a semifinal game of the Lincoln Prairie Conference Tournament. Aliya Holloman tallied 13 of her game-high 25 points in the […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Tri-County halted a five-game winning streak for the Blue Devils (16-4) on Thursday at Kansas with a 67-61 triumph. VG/H carried a 48-46 lead into the final quarter, but the Titans rallied thanks to hitting 11 of 14 free throws down the stretch. For the fourth […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Samantha Campbell scored nine first-quarter points on Monday, staking the Blue Devils to an early 19-11 lead in a game they won at Cerro Gordo 67-41. Aliya Holloman hit a team-high 28 points. Campbell put up 15 points, just shy of her season-high of 16. Madie […]
