Basketball
The Monmouth-Roseville Titan boys and girls basketball teams rarely play on the same night but with the Titan boy’s basketball game against West Hancock getting postponed earlier in the season, that’s what happened last night. The Titan boys were hosting West Hancock at the Shoebox at Monmouth-Roseville High School, while the Titan girls were on the road wrapping up their regular season schedule in Macomb against the Bombers. The Titan boys were (11-10) and were looking for a signature win heading into regional seeding night next week. That’s exactly what they got against visiting West Hancock, who entered the game with an (18-5) overall record and at one time were receiving votes in the Class 2A AP poll. Monmouth-Roseville’s Conner Olson got his team off to a great start, hitting three, 3-pointers as the hometown Titans led 18-11 at the end of the first quarter. They would keep the lead at seven, 29-22 at the halftime break. West Hancock’s all-stater Drake Hammel tried to single-handedly get the visiting Titans back in the game in the second half but Monmouth-Roseville outscored West Hancock 20-14 in the 4th quarter to post a 60-45 win. Rashaun King led Monmouth-Roseville with 26 points, 15 coming in the second half. Olson ended the night with 13 as well for Monmouth-Roseville. Hammel led West Hancock with 19 points. He was the only West Hancock player in double figures. It doesn’t get any easier for Monmouth-Roseville as they head to Kewanee tomorrow night to take on the (21-4), Class 2A 10th ranked Boilermakers in a non-conference match up at 7:00. Our Sunny 97.7 WMOI pregame show will start at around 6:45.The Monmouth-Roseville JV squad defeated West Hancock 59-32. They were led by Conner Thompson’s 16 and Charlie Fletcher’s 15 points.
The Monmouth-Roseville Titan girls basketball team had a five game winning streak heading into last night’s game against the Macomb Bombers at Washington Street Gym in Macomb. The Titans were looking to continue that momentum into next week’s regional tournament at Rushville/Industry. The Titans jumped out to a 21-14 lead after the first eight minutes but Macomb cut the deficit to 29-24 at the half. Monmouth-Roseville began the 3rd quarter by scoring the first 20 points and were never challenged again, getting a 71-54 victory. Ryley Huston led all scorers with 25 points for Monmouth-Roseville. She was joined in double figures by Carly Gillen with 13 points and Biancha Luna with 12. Halle Evans and Reagan Emerick led Macomb with 15 points each. The Titans head into the postseason with a record of (23-7), one off the school record for wins in a season. Macomb falls to (4-20).
The Abingdon-Avon Tornado girls fall to South Fulton 52-47. Ashley Jones had 21 points to lead A-Town.
In a match up of state-ranked girls teams, Princeville knocked off Knoxville 43-37. Princeville is (28-3), with Knoxville falling to (27-3). Knoxville plays Brimfield tonight in a make up game, with the winner claiming the Prairieland Conference’s North Division crown.
The Galesburg girls defeated Alleman 43-33 in a Western Big Six Conference game in Rock Island.
The Knoxville Blue Bullet boys got a 59-48 win over Peoria Heights in a make up game from Jan. 17th. David Hise had 18 points for Knoxville.
Junior High
In junior high boys basketball regional action, the ICS 8th grade beat Limestone Walters 25-15 to win the Williamsfield regional championship. Ty Corsaro had 8 points and Andrew Way had 6 to lead ICS, who will play Kewanee Visitation next Wednesday night at 6:30 at Williamsfield for the sectional championship and a trip to the state finals.
In junior high girls volleyball, Monmouth-Roseville hosted ICS in Roseville. ICS took the 7th grade match 25-17, 25-14. Leading scorers for the night were Tatianna Talivaa with 6 service points, Mia Reynolds with 7 kills and Brianna Woodard with 9 digs. Monmouth-Roseville’s overall record is 5-5. Monmouth-Roseville got a split on the night with the 8th grade getting a 25-19 and 25-15 victory. Leading stats for this game were Elise Blaesing with 6 service points and 17 assists. Brianna Woodard with 6 serving points, 9 kills and 5 digs. Raelyn Stokes with 17 digs, Natalie Boyd with 12 digs, and 2 kills. The 8th grade Titans are now 8-2 overall this season.
