The eighth-grade Prairieview-Ogden girls’ basketball had their fourth straight game settled by no more than eight points on Monday (Oct. 18) when they prevailed at Flatville over Unity, 28-27.

Caroline Aden hit a team-high 14 points in the Eighth-Grade Night contest. Teammate Emma McKinney added six points.

On Tuesday (Oct. 19), the Mustangs suffered a 27-16 loss at St. Joseph.

Aden, McKinney and Ally Schmitz dropped four points apiece. Taylor Maddock scored three points and Mackenzie Loschen netted a free throw.

The PVO seventh-graders came out on the short end of a 27-12 score against Tolono Unity on Monday (Oct. 18).

Olivia Berlatsky and Kellyn Irwin each scored four points.

“My teams played much better tonight,” coach Teresa Aden said. “The seventh-graders are really starting to understand what needs to be done.”

On Tuesday (Oct. 19), the seventh-graders were beaten at St. Joseph, 17-10. Emerson Williams tallied six points. Ana Hammond contributed three points and Irwin added a point.

On Thursday (Oct 14), both the seventh- and eighth-grade PVO girls’ basketball teams suffered losses at Salt Fork.

The seventh-graders lost, 38-0. The eighth-graders dropped a 28-20 decision.

Schmitz scored six points and Maddock added five points.

PVO returns to action on Thursday (Oct. 21) at home against Villa Grove. The seventh-graders are 1-6. The eighth-graders are 3-4.

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Ally Schmitz’s layup in the final 10 seconds sent Prairieview Ogden past Oakwood, 21-19, on Thursday (Oct. 7) in an eighth-grade girls’ basketball game.

Caroline Aden led PVO with nine points.

In the seventh-grade game, Oakwood topped the Mustangs, 18-14. PVO trimmed its deficit to two points in the last 2 minutes.

Olivia Berlatsky led PVO with four points.

The games were the first for PVO in 14 days. The team had a layoff due to COVID-19.

“It was a tough game coming off our COVID week, but my girls really gutted it out,” PVO coach Teresa Aden said. “I love this group. They work hard and do everything I ask.”

PVO’s eighth-grade team has a 2-2 record after suffering a 23-18 overtime loss at home to Armstrong-Potomac on Tuesday (Oct. 12). Schmitz scored six points.

“The girls worked hard, but just didn’t have enough left in the tank to finish,” Aden said.

The seventh-grade PVO team is 1-3 overall after dropping a 38-11 decision to Armstrong-Potomac on Tuesday. Belle Frerichs led with five points.

The school had four games postponed during its quarantine.

The Mustangs return to action on Thursday (Oct. 14) at Salt Fork in a makeup game.

Oakwood Junior High Girls’ Basketball

Oakwood’s seventh-grade girls’ basketball team won its third successive game on Tuesday (Oct. 12), topping Rossville-Alvin at home, 12-7.

Brooklyn Myers tallied all of her game-high 10 points in the second half. Avery Trimmell added two points.

On Thursday (Oct. 7), also at home, Oakwood topped Prairieview Ogden, 18-14.

Myers led the way with 10 points. Lainee Smith hit four points and teammates Ireland Harrison and Jocelyn Wood each chipped in with two points.

“We really locked down on our defense and closed the game,” Knights’ coach Phillip Myers said.

The eighth-grade Knights snapped a four-game losing streak on Tuesday, handling Rossville-Alvin 13-9.

Caydence Vermillion netted a team-high five points. Gracie Hanner and Brynlie Wait each hit three points. Mady Nicoson registered two points.

“Great overall game,” Phillip Myers said. “Girls really played hard. Brynlie Wait was great on the boards tonight offensively and defensively.”

On Thursday, the eighth-graders were edged by Prairieview Ogden, 21-19, when PVO hit the go-ahead basket in the final 10 seconds.

Vermillion was the team’s top scorer, with nine points. Wait came off the bench to tally seven points. Nicoson collected two points and Sophia Aquino made one point.

Both Oakwood teams have 3-4 overall records and will return to action on Thursday (Oct. 14) at Potomac-Armstrong.

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Prairieview-Ogden bounced back from a first-game loss to register a win in its second seventh-grade girls’ basketball game of the season.

In its first game on Tuesday (Sept. 21), the Mustangs were bested at Cissna Park, 34-11. Bella Frerichs, a sixth-grader, led the team with six points.

Olivia Berlatsky netted a game-high 10 points for PVO on Thursday (Sept. 23) as the team won its first game at home, rolling past Chrisman 36-4.

The next game for PVO (1-1) is uncertain due to COVID-19.

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