Here are the Final Standings and All-Conference Team
1. Vincennes Lincoln 6-0
2. Washington 4-2
3. Jasper 4-2
4. Mt. Carmel 3-3
5. Princeton 2-4
6. Mt. Vernon 2-4
7. Boonville 0-6
Conference Team
1. Alison Hein Vincennes Lincoln
2. Kylie Applebey Mt. Carmel
3. Kiare Young Princeton
4. Hannah Shrieves Washington
5. Sara Lewis Washington
6. Darrian Carmean Vincennes Lincoln
7. Claire Kneis Jasper
8. Abi Haynes Vincennes Lincoln
9. Brooke Nottingham Jasper
10. Hannah Sisk Princeton
From Coach Logan Crum: With the finals about to begin Aces wrestling had a record breaking 5 state qualifiers. Going for 1st place Dayton Hall at 106, Cade Keepes at 113, Chevvy Wood at 120, Ryan Johnson at 170, going for 3rd place is Dalton Farrar at 195.
UPDATE:
106 Dayton Hall 1st place, 113 Cade Keepes 2nd place, 120 Chevvy Wood 2nd place, 170 Ryan Johnson 2nd place. 195 Dalton Farrar 4th place. All of these wrestlers will advance to state next weekend at the State Farm Center on campus of University of Illinois
At Lawrenceville:
Mon., Feb. 19
Game 1 at 7:00 pm: (9) Bridgeport (Red Hill) vs. (11) Lawrenceville
Tue., Feb. 20
Game 2 at 6:00 pm: (2) Mt. Carmel vs. Winner Game 1
Game 3 at 7:30 pm: (3) Harrisburg vs. (5) Robinson
Fri., Feb. 23
Game 4 at 7:00 pm: Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3
Click photos for a gallery from the Lady Aces championship win over Flora.
Click the photos for a gallery.
Today at the Fairfield Class 1A Wrestling Regional, all Mt Carmel wrestlers finished in 1st-4th places at regionals and will be going to sectionals at Vandalia next weekend. Coach Logan Crum said, "We ended 2nd as a team but gave it our best effort to get first." Vandalia won the regional for an astonishing 30th year in a row.
Aces Results.
106 Dayton Hall 1st
113 Cade Keepes 1st
120 Chevvy Wood 1st
132 Clay Critchfield 3rd
138 Nate Critchfield 2nd
145 Braydon Berberich 2nd
152 Chris Shelby 3rd
160 Sebastain Lowe 4th
170 Ryan Johnson 1st
195 Dalton Farrar 1st
220 Blake Kight 4th
The Lady Aces held off Olney Thursday night during Senior Night.
Click the photos for a gallery from the game.
On Thursday, February 1st, the Allendale Yellow Jackets hosted the Albion Lions in the opening game of the 2018 season. In the C-match, the Yellow Jackets fell in defeat in three games, 25-13, 20-25, 11-15. In the B-match, Allendale again fell in three games, 15-25, 25-21, 4-15. In the A-match, the Yellow Jackets were defeated in two games, 15-25 and 11-25.
Next up for the Yellow Jackets: Monday, February 5th at West Salem with the C-game beginning at 5:15 pm.
Wabash Valley basketball teams will be at home Saturday to take on Lake Land College. Another big GRAC contests for both teams.
The Lady Lakers come in 6-4 in the GRAC and 14-7 overall. They have won six of their last eight games. They defeated Olney Central 74 to 69 and Rend Lake 82 to 57 in their last two games. The Lady Warriors are 10-0 in the GRAC and 19-2 overall and ranked 12th in this week’s JUCO Poll.
The Lakers are 8-2 in the GRAC and hold down second place. They are 14-6 overall. They have had some close games and some into overtime in the last two weeks. They lost on the road to Olney Central 110 to 109 and then to Rend Lake at home 104 to 109 in double overtime. They also lost to Lewis and Clark at home 99 to 93. This is a win that the Warriors let get away at Lake Land in late November. WVC comes into the game 13-8 and 6-4 in the GRAC.
The teams have two road games next week. Play at Southwestern on Wednesday and then at Kaskaskia on Saturday.
Mt. Carmel's five seniors were honored prior to tonight's game against Olney.
Mt, Carmel wrestling beats Fairfield 66-14 on throwback night at the Hilltop.
After playing four of their last five games on the road the Wabash Valley College basketball teams will be home the next two games. On Wednesday they will play Olney Central and Saturday they will host Lake Land College. Saturday’s game is homecoming for Wabash. Both teams have better GRAC records than the WVC teams so it is time to win at home and move up in the standings of the conference.
Olney Lady Blue Knights come in 14-6 and in second place in the GRAC with an 8-2 record. They have won their last two games and beat Kaskaskia on Saturday 66 to 61. Top scorer is sophomore guard Kayla Sanford from North Posey HS averaging 11.7 ppg.
The Blue Knights are 13-6 and 6-4 in the GRAC. They have wins in January over Rend Lake on the road and then at home beat Lake Land in OT 110 to 109 and then Saturday they won 80 to 78. They have explosive guards in Josiah Wallace 21.1 ppg and Erikas Jakstys who averages 15.8 ppg. Both are shooting over 40% from behind the arc.
WVC Warriors are 12-8 and 5-4 in the GRAC while the women are 17-2 and 9-0 in the conference. Both teams will be looking to put together wins streaks after taking tough losses at Vincennes on Saturday.
Mon., Feb. 5
Game 1 at 6:00 pm: (7) Lawrenceville vs. (8) Fairfield
Game 2 at 7:30 pm: (5) Albion (Edwards County) vs. (10) Bridgeport (Red Hill)
Tue., Feb. 6
Game 3 at 6:00 pm: (2) Mt. Carmel vs. Winner Game 1
Game 4 at 7:30 pm: (3) Flora vs. Winner Game 2
Thu., Feb. 8
Game 5 at 7:00 pm: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4
Saturday night, the Aces picked up their first Big 8 win of the year by beating Boonville during Senior Night.
Click the photos for a gallery from the game.
Saturday night was Senior Night for the Aces boys basketball team and cheerleaders.
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On Saturday, January 27th, the Allendale Yellow Jackets C-team participated in the Clay City 6th grade tournament. In game 1, the Yellow Jackets defeated Albion by the final score of 35-7. Scoring for Allendale were: Trentin Casburn with 10 points, Matthew Jackson with 8 points, Kollin Kelsey with 6 points, Carlos Monroy with 5 points, Clay Morgan with 4 points, and Chandler Cusick with 2 points.
With the Yellow Jackets in the winner's brackets, they next played against Cisne for a chance to play in the Championship game. Cisne won the game 27-18. Scoring for Allendale were: Trentin Casburn with 8 points, Kollin Kelsey with 4 points, Carlos Monroy with 4 points, and Matthew Jackson with 2 points.
With the loss to Cisne, the Yellow Jackets played in the 3rd place game against South Central. Allendale won the game 41-23 and claimed 3rd place in the tournament. Scoring for the Yellow Jackets were: Trentin Casburn with 12 points, Matthew Jackson with 12 points, Kollin Kelsey with 11 points, Carlos Monroy with 4 points, and Chandler Cusick with 2 points.
The Allendale Yellow Jackets C-team finished 9-2 on the season.
On Friday, January 26th, the St. Mary’s Lady Rockets C Team traveled to Olney to take on the St. Joe Lady Wildcats. St. Joe defeated St. Mary’s 24 – 12. St. Mary’s trailed 5 - 3 at the end of the first quarter; trailed 14 -7 at halftime; and trailed 20 – 10 at the end of the third quarter.
Nora Jones scored 10 points to lead St. Mary’s in scoring. Madison Stevens added 2 points. Also seeing playing time were Lily Keepes, Sarah McCorkle, Kali Walker, and Ava Turner. Isabella Trupiano had 14 points for the Lady Wildcats.
The Lady Rockets (5th – 8th grade) will be in action on Tuesday, January 30th, at 6pm, when they will play the St. Mary’s Rockets (boy’s team) in the annual Hoops for Hope Game. All are welcome.
The Aces wrestling team is having one of its' best seasons ever. Coach Logan Crum joined us on today's Friday Sports Show to talk about the season and look ahead to the postseason.
Yesterday, legislation was introduced to ban organized tackle football in Illinois for those under 12 years old. Aces coach Michael Brewer joined us on today's Friday Sports Show to talk about the proposal and how it would affect football in Mt. Carmel if enacted.
Photo Courtesy of Christy McPherson
Aces basketball coach Tyler Buss joined us on today's Friday Sports Show to review the Aces' co-championship of the CWCIT and look ahead to Saturday's Senior Night game against Boonville.
