Three Arcola boys finish in double digits as Arcola moves to semifinals in LPC tourney
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By Mike Monahan
FARMER CITY – The No. 4 seeded Arcola Purple Riders were strong in the middle two quarters in the seventh Lincoln Prairie Conference Tournament Saturday. Arcola outscored Argenta-Oreana 32-19 in the middle two quarters and beat the No 5 seeded team, 51-38.
In a regular season LPC game, Arcola fell to Sullivan 38-30 as they were outscored 19-8 in the first and third quarters together.
The Purple Riders, 10-9, played top-seeded Decatur Unity Christian Tuesday. If Arcola wins they play for the title Friday at 8 p.m. and a loss puts them in the third place game Friday at 6:30 p.m. at Blue Ridge High School in Farmer City.
Arcola 51, Argenta-Oreana 38
The 51 points is a season-high for the Purple Riders, coached by Mitch Pollock. The two teams played each other in a regular season LPC contest with Arcola winning 48-45 on January 9 at Arcola.
The Purple Riders trailed just 13-12 after one quarter and then took a 30-26 advantage at the half. AHS outscored the Bombers 14-6 in the third to lead 44-30 and go on to win by 13.
Haris Mayhall led AHS with 16 points, while sophomore Sawyer Maxwell netted 14 points and Remi Roberts-McGeehon was also in double digits with 11.
Sullivan 38,
Arcola 30
Arcola trailed just 8-3 after the opening period and trailed just 18-14 at the half. However, the Redskins outscored the Purple Riders 11-5 in the third to lead 29-19. Arcola outscored Sullivan by two in the fourth, but it was not enough in the eight-point loss.
Sullivan led 6-0 with 2:55 left after a three-pointer and led 16-5 when Canton Wesch made a three-pointer. Arcola battled back to within four, 18-14 with A.J. Stevens scoring on a layup. Sullivan was up 18-8 with 3:22 remaining in the first half. With 1:53 left in the game the Redskins, 12-8, led 31-28 when they hit a big three-pointer.
Neither team shot three-pointers well as Sullivan was 11 percent and Arcola 12 percent. The Redskins outrebounded the Purple Riders 35-26 and shot 35 percent from the field compared to 30 for the Purple Riders.
Canton Wesch, Mayhall and Roberts-McGeehon had eight points each to lead Arcola.
Lincoln Prairie Conference Tournament at Blue Ridge Saturday
Arcola 12 18 14 7–51
Arg-Ore 13 13 6 6–38
ARCOLA: Vega 1-1-3, Wesch 0-0-0, Mayhall 6-2-16, Roberts-McGeehon 4-1-11, Rardin 0-1-1, Garcia 2-0-4, Stevens 1-0-2, Hohlbauch 0-0-0, Maxwell 6-0-14, Totals 20-5-51
3-point goals: Arcola 6 (Maxwell 2, Mayhall 2, Maxwell 2). Argenta-Oreana 4 (Logue 2, Finch 1, Stokes 1). Free throws: Arcola 5-8 .625 Argenta-Oreana 12-16 .750
Arcola at Sullivan January 20
Arcola 3 11 5 11–30
Sullivan 8 10 11 9–38
ARCOLA: Vega 0-1-1, Wesch 3-0-8, Hohlbauch 0-0-0, Mayhall 3-2-8, Roberts-McGeehon 4-0-8, Garcia 0-0-0, Hout 0-0-0, Totals 12-4-30
3-point goals: Arcola 2 ( Wesch 2), Sullivan 2 (McRill 1, Watkins 1). Free throws: Arcola 4-6 .667, Sullivan 6-13 .462
Junior varsity
Arcola at Sullivan January 20
Arcola 7 10 9 8–34
Sullivan 8 13 8 13–42
ARCOLA: Garcia 4, Rardin 6, Maxwell 13, Stevens 9, Smith 2
3-point goals: Arcola 4 (Maxwell 3, Stevens 1)
Arcola Junior HIgh Eighth grade volleyball tops Casey-Westfield in three sets
Volleyball
Casey-Westfield at Arcola January 20
Seventh grade Casey-Westfield def. Arcola (0-5) 25-1, 25-8
Eighth grade Arcola (3-2) def. Casey-Westfield 22-25, 25-14, 25-15
Arcola at Tolono Unity January 22
Seventh grade: Unity def. Arcola 25-9, 25-12
Eighth grade: Unity def. Arcola 25-20, 25-4
Eighth grade boys basketball Class 2A regional at Casey Saturday
Arcola 3 2 5 3–13
Villa Grove 7 19 4 13–40
ARCOLA (finished 1-16): Fuentes 3, Silguero 4, Truex 3, Wyatt Williams 3
3-point goals: Arcola 1 (Fuentes
Arcola sports schedule
(Jan. 28 through Feb. 4)
Arcola high school
girls basketball
Wednesday: Arthur Chrisitan at Arcola (6 p.m. junior varsity followed by varsity)
Thursday: Arcola at Blue Ridge (5:30 p.m. varsity only)
Monday: Argenta-Oreana at Arcola (6 p.m. junior varsity followed by varsity)
Arcola high school
boys basketball
Friday: If Arcola wins Tuesday or Wednesday play at Blue Ridge in Lincoln Prairie Conference
Tuesday: Heritage at Arcola junior varsity, 6 p.m. followed by varsity
Wednesday: Freshmen: Champaign Academy High at Arcola, 6 p.m.
Arcola Junior High
volleyball
Thursday: Bement/Cerro Gordo at Arcola 7th grade starts at 6 p.m. followed by 8th grade
Monday: Shiloh at Arcola, 7th grade starts at 6 p.m. followed by 8th grade
Tuesday: Arthur Christian at Arcola, 7th grade starts at 6 p.m. followed by 8th grade