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 lead after eight minutes.

Aliya Holloman tallied a game-high 27 points, leading the Blue Devils in scoring for the 12th time in the last 14 games.

Block ended with 19 points.

Madie Burwell and Samantha Campbell each netted five points.

The Blue Devils connected on 15 of 21 free throws.

VG/H (25-5) carries a seven-game winning streak into tonight’s 7 o’clock regional championship game against the host SJ-O Spartans, whom it lost to by three points in the season’s third game in November.

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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 her in double figures. Samantha Campbell scored 12 points. Jordyn Ray had 11 points and Madie Burwell ended with 10 points.

The Blue Devils (21-5) return to action tonight at home against Toledo Cumberland.

VG/H was assigned to a Class 2A regional at St. Joseph-Ogden and will start postseason play on Feb. 11 at 7:30 p.m. against either Schlarman or Georgetown-Ridge Farm in the semifinals.

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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 quarter and 32-29 at halftime.

Jordyn Ray hit a season-high 11 points for VG/H,

Block and Holloman each made 16 points Thursday night as the Blue Devils overpowered Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond 57-39 in a semifinal tournament game at Villa Grove.

Madie Burwell matched her season’s high with 11 points.

Samantha Campbell contributed eight points.

The Blue Devils led 13-7 after one quarter and 29-19 at halftime.

VG/H (18-5) returns to action tonight at home against Decatur Lutheran.

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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 Burwell contributed 10 points and Jordyn Ray ended with eight points.

On Tuesday, the Blue Devils carved a 66-5 lead after three quarters at home en route to a non-conference home win over Chrisman, 80-20.

The point total was a season-high for VG/H. The win was the fifth in a row for the Blue Devils.

Holloman scored 17 first-quarter points, helping the team to a 37-point outburst during the opening eight minutes. Campbell and Kyleigh Block each netted eight points in the first quarter.

On the night she was honored for reaching the 1,000-point mark (which occurred in December), Block ended with 13 points.  Campbell tallied 10 points as did Vanessa Wright. Maci Clodfelder added eight points.

VG/H is 16-3 overall and returns to action tonight at Tri-County.

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The Blue Devils dropped a 56-52 non-conference at home on Tuesday to Unity.

Kyleigh Block and Aliya Holloman each scored 13 points to lead VG/H. Teammates Jordyn Ray (nine points), Samantha Campbell (eight points) and Madie Burwell (seven points) were also major contributors.

The Blue Devils were unable to overcome a 39-point outburst from Elyce Knudsen, who hit 13 of 16 field goal attempts, including 7 of 8 from three-point range. Knudsen made all six of her free throw attempts.

Knudsen scored 14 first-quarter points as the Rockets (8-2) carved a 17-8 lead.

VG/H (9-2) returns to action on Dec. 26 in the Bismarck-Henning Tournament.

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