Area Sports

By Lenny Sementi For the second straight year, Tuscola’s boy’s basketball lived up to their mantra ‘Build the Brand’ advancing to the Sweet Sixteen of Class 1A in Illinois’ March Madness. Jordan Quinn and the Warriors downed a very good Effingham St. Anthony 48-45 in the semi-finals of the Altamont Sectional. Jordan Quinn finished off…

By Tony Hooker HS Girls Track and Field Competing against a stellar field of class A and class AA teams, Emma Buesing cruised to a 28th place finish in the 1600m run at the EIU girls invitational track meet on Friday, March 3.  Shot putter Carly Eads finished in 26th place in her featured event.…

By Tony Hooker Boys’ basketball Cage Cardinals Short-handed Villa Grove, playing without their leading scorer and without their leading rebounder,  put together a solid team effort to defeat Chrisman 48-45 in the opening round of the IHSA class 1A regional tournament.  Robert Fancher stuffed the stat sheet with 18 points, 5 rebounds, 4 steals and…

By  Lenny Sementi Tuscola’s girl’s basketball team climbed into the sweet sixteen with a big win over St. Anthony, avenging their only loss of the season but came up a few points short of an elite-8 appearance falling to Neoga in a heartbreaker. Tuscola gained revenge, dropping St. Anthony in the semi-finals of a loaded…

By Lenny Sementi Tuscola’s boy’s basketball team did something that hasn’t been done in quite some time, delivering a regional title in consecutive years, and they did it in a convincing fashion. They opened the postseason with a lopsided victory over Tri-County last week and continued their dominance, posting two more big wins this past…

By Lenny Sementi After finishing the regular season with a 30-1 record in tow, Tuscola’s girl’s basketball team did what the top seed in a sub-sectional is supposed to do: win and advance. Coach Tim Kohlbecker’s crew posted wins in the semi-finals and finals this past week at the Salt Fork regional’s earning them a…

By Lenny Sementi Tuscola’s boy’s basketball team rebounded from a pair of late-season losses with three straight wins to end the regular season, including one of the top-ranked Indians of Altamont and one on senior night before opening the post season with a bang. The Warriors opened last week with a 58-34 runaway win over…

By  Tony Hooker Boy’s Basketball Packed by Timberwolves 23 points off of 19 Villa Grove turnovers spelled the difference in Villa Grove’s 58-45 senior night loss to Okaw Valley on February 14.  Lukas Shadwick hit 5 of 9 shots from deep to finish with 17 points for the Blue Devils.  Peyton Smith added 11 points…