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.

The Blue Devils allowed Judah just two second-half field goals.

Kyleigh Block scored 11 points, Vanessa Wright had 10 points and Samantha Campbell ended with nine points.

On Monday, Holloman tallied 29 points in a 63-33 romp at home over Toledo Cumberland.

Block contributed 15 points and Campbell totaled eight.

VG/H vaulted into an 18-7 lead after one quarter. Holloman netted 11 points in the opening frame and Block had five.

The Blue Devils (23-5) return to action tonight in their Senior Night home finale against Argenta-Oreana. VG/H is 8-1 in Lincoln Prairie Conference action.

Holloman and Jordyn Ray are the seniors who will be honored before their final home game.

The team has five consecutive wins and victories in seven of its last eight contests.

VG/H will play next week in the St.  Joseph-Ogden Class 2A regional. VG/H opens at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 11 against the winner of a Monday game between Schlarman Academy and Georgetown-Ridge Farm.

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The Hawks were outscored 17-4 in the second quarter on Saturday and suffered a 62-55 loss to Judah Christian in Champaign.

Judah’s lead after one quarter was 16-13.

Logan Nohren made a team-high 18 points for VG/H. Jake Eversole, after missing the previous six games with an ankle injury, put in 12 points. Sam Reno scored 10 points and Carson Howard contributed nine points.

VG/H (12-8) returns to action on Tuesday at Arcola.

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The Hawks used a 28-point third-quarter on Friday to pull away from Arthur Okaw Christian, 65-40, in a non-conference game at Heritage.

VG/H carried a 26-23 lead into halftime, but built its lead to 54-31 after three quarters.

Blake Smith netted a season-high 21 points to lead the Hawks. He drained four three-point shots, also a season high.

Logan Nohren added 19 points and Nick Coffin scored 10 points.

VG/H is 7-3 overall and returns to action on Thursday, Dec. 26 in its own BSN Tournament, with games at 11:30 a.m. against Georgetown-Ridge Farm and at 7 p.m. against Judah Christian.

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Kyleigh Block hit a game-high 25 points on Thursday as the Blue Devils doubled up visiting Blue Ridge, 62-30.

Samantha Campbell scored 13 points for VG/H, which has a seven-game winning streak.

Kaylee Arbuckle and Jordyn Ray each contributed six points.

The Blue Devils put up 20 first-quarter points and at halftime had what proved to be enough points for the win, 31.

VG/H returns to action tonight, weather permitting, against Judah Christian in Champaign.

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Oakwood Boys’ basketball

The Comets scored nearly half of their points from three-point range on Tuesday (24 of 50), but dropped a 60-50 decision to Judah Christian at Champaign.

Brevin Wells scored a team-high 14 points and hit three shots from three-point range. Kade Anderson also dropped in three three-pointers and added 11 points.

Josh Young finished with 10 points.

Judah led 32-23 at halftime and was only able to increase its margin by one point in the second half.

When the same teams played a week earlier in the Tri-County Tournament, Oakwood registered a 54-43 victory.

Oakwood (4-3) returns to action on Friday in its home-opener against Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond.

Oakwood Girls’ basketball

Aaliyah Denius scored eight first-quarter points and Katelyn Young scored six in the opening frame on Monday to lead the Comets past visiting Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond, 53-27.

Young went on to post her third 30-point game of the season. She had a game-high 30 points. Denius ended with 10 points and Ashlynn Pinnick chipped in with nine points.

Oakwood held the visitors to five second-half field goals.

The Comets (6-1) return to action tonight at Chrisman.

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The Oakwood Comets girls’ basketball team won all four games in last week’s Comet Classic to capture team honors in the eight-school event.

After knocking off Blue Ridge in the opener, 49-15, Oakwood followed up with a 49-21 triumph over Urbana University High and a 60-29 conquest of Rantoul that sent coach Stephanie Marsh’s team into Friday’s title game.

Katelyn Young scored 32 points against Uni and 34 against Rantoul. Addie Wright hit seven points in each of those games. Aaliyah Denius totaled nine points against the Eagles.

Against Uni, which has a 5-2 season record, Young netted 12 first-quarter points as the Comets jumped into a 16-6 lead. Uni managed just three second-half field goals.

Young followed up with 19 points in the first half versus Rantoul (1-5). She swished 10 points and Denius added six during a 23-9 third-quarter spurt. The Eagles connected on just five second-half baskets.

In the championship game, Oakwood (5-1 overall) edged Tri-County (4-1 overall), 60-59. The Comets led 15-9 after one quarter, but had to withstand a fourth quarter where the Titans sank 7-of-8 free throws and made three three-pointers.

Young scored seven of her team-high 23 points in the fourth stanza to keep the Comets in control.

Wright (16 points) and Ashlynn Pinnick (12 points) both reached their season’s high for scoring. Wright hit what proved to be the decisive basket in the final half-minute. Her shot gave the team a three-point lead.

After making 4-of-10 free throws in the first three quarters, the Comets drained 7-of-11 in the fourth quarter.

Oakwood returns to action tonight at home against Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond. It is the first of eight games for the team in an 18-day period. Six of those games will be played at home.

Young is averaging 26.1 points per game through six games.

Oakwood Boys’ basketball

Thanks to the perimeter prowess of Brevin Wells, Oakwood won the team title in the Tri-County Turkey Tournament.

Oakwood (4-2 overall) and Judah Christian completed the tournament with 4-1 records. By virtue of a 54-43 win against Judah, the Comets emerged as the team titlists.

In his last three tourney games, Wells drained 16 of his 18 field goals from three-point range, scoring 54 points in that span.

Oakwood started the week with a 50-38 win over the Paris junior varsity team, a game where it fell behind 14-6 in the first quarter before recovering and carrying a 23-16 lead into the locker room at halftime.

Josh Young, Isiah Ruch and Kade Anderson all scored 12 points.

On Tuesday, the Comets lost a non-tournament game to Watseka, 50-40.  Ruch led the way with 12 points. Jackson Powell had 10 points and Young netted nine.

Wells’ 12 points were tops for the Comets in a 66-35 win over Martinsville. Young added 10 points and Ruch collected nine.

Martinsville managed just four second-half baskets.

A 29-24 halftime lead ballooned to 51-30 entering the fourth quarter. Wells had seven points and Young six in the third quarter.

Against Judah, Oakwood trailed 8-2 after one period and 21-14 at halftime.

Wells and Powell each made seven third-quarter points and the Comets surged ahead, 38-35.

Judah managed just seven second-half field goals.

Wells and Powell each ended with 12 points.

In a 70-65 loss to Tri-County, Wells converted eight three-point shots en route to a 24-point effort.

Powell had 13 points and Ruch totaled 12.

Oakwood completed tournament play with a 64-55 win over Hutsonville/Palestine.

Wells tallied 18 points, Young had 17 and Elijah Harden chipped in with 10.

The Comets made 16 of 21 free throws. After the first quarter, Oakwood’s lead was 25-7.

Oakwood

Wrestling

Five Comet grapplers were recognized by The Illinois Best Weekly in the publication’s preseason Class 1A state rankings.

Junior Gage Reed was rated third at 113 pounds and senior Caide Borden was ranked fifth at 220 pounds. Reed was 35-10 last year and Borden was 26-9 a year ago.

Three teammates achieved honorable mention status: sophomore Joe Lashuay (132 pounds), junior Connor Hutson (138 pounds) and senior Caleb Lashuay (152 pounds).

Oakwood will open its season on Saturday at the Cumberland Duals.

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