BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Villa Grove/Heritage boys’ basketball season ended in Wednesday’s semifinal round with a 56-40 loss to the host Spartans. After three lead changes in the early minutes, SJ-O shot ahead 5-4 as part of a 16-0 run. The Hawks were unable to recapture the lead although […]
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Hawks overcome Arcola in big fourth-quarter rally
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Hawks trailed after each of the first three quarters on Tuesday at Arcola, but thanks to a 22-point fourth quarter, rallied for a 62-54 win over the Purple Riders. Arcola led 28-22 at halftime and took a 45-40 lead into the final period. Jake Eversole […]
Nohren’s career-high 32 leads VGH over Chrisman
Logan Nohren’s career-high 32-point performance – the top single-game scoring output this season for a Hawk – led VG/H to a 67-45 victory on Friday at Chrisman. Nohren had the team’s previous high scoring game with 24 points. Issac Mahoe also reached a season-high at Chrisman with 12 points. Ierik […]
Unbeaten Tuscola defeats VGH
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Logan Nohren scored a season-high 24 points on Tuesday, but the Hawks were beaten at Tuscola 64-43. Ierik Sorenson scored five points for VG/H (6-3), which trailed 35-18 at halftime. Tuscola has a 5-0 season record. The Hawks return to action on Friday with a game […]
Hawks fall to Danville Schlarman, Eversole and Nohren lead VGH scorers
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Hawks tallied 20 first-quarter points in a rare Thursday night home game, but were unable to keep pace with visiting Schlarman Academy thereafter and fell 74-69 despite reaching their highest point total of the season. Jake Eversole and Logan Nohren were the top VG/H scorers […]