The one-two punch of Brett Anderson and Colton Wood tallied 54 points - 27 apiece - to lead Mercer County to a 79-68 win over ROWVA at Aledo on Friday night, Jan. 22.

 

Annawan outscored Ridgewood 33-29 in the second half to pick up a come-from-behind boys varsity basketball win, 71-69 at Annawan on Friday, Jan. 22.

 

Three ROWVA players scored in double figures to lift ROWVA past host Annawan 70-66 in overtime on Tuesday night.

 

The third-ranked Ridgewood girls basketball team suffered only its second loss of the season with a 65-60 loss to Princeville in the championship game of the Lincoln Trail Conference Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 23.
 

Brittany Simpson scored 10 of her game-high 15 points in the third quarter to lead West Central to a 43-36 win over Galva in a varsity girls basketball game at Biggsville on Monday night.

 

Starting quickly out of blocks, Galva jumped to a 20-7 lead after one quarter and then controlled the game the rest of the way to pick up a 69-54 win over Ridgewood in Woodhull on Tuesday night. “Before the game, we coaches emphasized to our kids the importance of a good start on the road in conference play and our kids put that advice to good use,” Galva Coach Clay Haurberg said.
 

Andrew Kovacik scored all of his game-high 24 points in the first three quarters to lead ROWVA past Ridgewood 70-48 on Tuesday night at Oneida.

 

The No. 3-ranked Ridgewood Spartans held off a pesky United team 66-59 to win a girls varsity basketball game in Woodhull on Jan. 13.
 

Sarah DeSchepper hit five 3-pointers and finished with 18 points to lead ROWVA to a 59-36 win over host Galva on Jan. 13.


 

Ryan Smith’s not likely to forget it very soon, if ever. Walking into the Galva High School gymnasium Friday night both evoked old memories and made new ones.

Before Dud Lee left his Fort Worth, Texas home to come to Friday night’s Galva High School Wall of Fame inductions, he reached into a closet and pulled out his old GHS letter sweater. Over 40 had elapsed since he’d first gotten it. It fit snugly. “I tried it on and had a little trouble keeping a couple buttons on it,” Lee conceded, smiling. “But I was able to keep it on a few seconds.”
 

The Lincoln Trail Conference girls basketball tournament - cancelled last night (Wednesday) and rescheduled for tonight - has been cancelled again.
 

The league’s top team - Ridgewood - has its eyes on the Lincoln Trail Conference Tournament championship, winning its opening game, 74-30 over Galva, on Monday night.
 

Jake McClintic and Kile Mott each registered double-doubles to lead Galva past host Princeville 51-43 and earn the Wildcats their first Lincoln Trail Conference victory of the season on Tuesday.

 

Bryce Ball scored 21 points and Matt Sagona sank six threes and finished with 20 to lead the Knoxville boys basketball team past Ridgewood 90-67 on Saturday, Jan. 9.