The Pantagraph from Bloomington, Illinois • B3

www.pantagraph.com The Pantagr aph aturday, March 1, 2014 B3 Randy Sharer BLOOMINGTON It was important that Bloomington High basketball team got 25 points and 21 rebounds from Jaylen Beasley along with 19 points from Brady Rose on Senior Night to down Urbana, 73-47, on Friday. But none of that was as important as the support the Purple Raider Nation showed junior reserve Antonio Newman, whose sister, Arianna, passed away earlier Friday. A sophomore at Alcorn State University, Arianna Newman was a former BHS basketball player. With the Raiders up 67-42 and 2:42 left, the home fans chanted Antonio name and Coach Miche al Mosley sent him in. The crowd exploded with joy when inside jumper made it 69-45 with 2:04 to go.

The same roar accompanied his layup with 38 seconds left. After the horn sounded, fans stormed the court to put Newman on their shoulders. you get news like that regarding your Bloomington family, it hits said Mosley, whose team improved to 15-10 overall and 13-3 in the Big 12 Conference. tried to stay together as a family and move The 6-foot-6 Beasley did what he could to lift spirits by sinking six of seven 3-point attempts and soaring to a career high for rebounds. was just having a good Senior Night a lot of emotions the ball was just going in the he said.

were trying to get (Newman) involved at the Mosley said, played with a bang and the way you want to go out. Hopefully this momentum will carry over for us on Tuesday No. 3-seeded BHS will play the No. 2-seeded host in the Normal Community Class 4A Regional at 8 p.m. Tuesday.

The Raiders came out inspired while bolting to leads of 16-3 and 29-8 on their way to a 39-14 halftime lead. felt in spurts we played really said Mosley, whose team led by as many as 30 points with 5:07 left. pressured the ball That pressure led to 20 turnovers and 38 percent field goal shooting by the Tigers (8-17, 4-12), who were missing four players for various reasons. improved and we improved so a huge said Urbana coach Vashoune Russell, whose team lost to BHS, 74-58, on Jan. 17.

was a tough game and we knew it would Central coach Jason Welch said. game going to play in the regional and beyond is going to be tough, and you really have to be at the top of your Meiss believed his team played well after keeping the game competitive compared to a 64-45 home loss to Central a week ago. thought we battled very well and did some nice things. proud of our team for he said. a very great team and you have to applaud them for what they were able to do Central FROM B1 Bruce Yentes NORMAL With precious seconds winding down in overtime and Normal West holding the ball while seeking a game-winning shot, the vocal majority of a boisterous crowd felt the officials were a little quick on the count in calling a five-second violation against the Wildcats to turn the ball over to visiting Danville.

So did West coach Brian Cupples, except he was whistled for a technical foul for voicing his opinion. That incident, along with West coming up empty-handed on two final attempts to tie or win the game in the final five seconds, resulted in a 38-36 Danville victory in a Big 12 Conference game on Friday night at West. The result spoiled a celebration that saw West guard Zach Breen set a school record for 3-pointers in a season. three at the 4:08 mark of the first quarter was his record- setting 68th of the season and launched West (9-19, 5-11) on a comeback from an early 8-0 deficit to the Vikings (8-16, 5-11). started off behind and even though we got the lead at the half, we were just always kind of battling from Cupples said.

never could really get control of the Denzell Smith, who scored a game-high 16, cashed in on the second of two free throws awarded on the technical for a 37-36 lead. Breen missed a shot from the right corner with 2.2-seconds left, with the ball going out of bounds to West. The inbounds pass was intercepted to Askew, who was fouled and made a free throw for final margin of victory. PANTAGRAPH STAFF CHAMPAIGN Junior Zach Thompson had team highs of 16 points and five rebounds Friday night to pace Normal Community High boy basketball team to a 61-50 Big 12 Conference victory over Champaign Central. Thompson was 3 of 4 from 3-point range and helped secure the victory with 7 of 8 free-throw shooting in the fourth quarter.

The Ironmen led 40-25 at the half while improving to 20-8 overall and 11-5 in the Big 12. had a great first NCHS coach Dave Witzig said. only had three turnovers against their fullcourt press and we got a bunch of layups and good shots. second half they did a good job of turning up their pressure. We had 11 turnovers, but fortunately we made enough free throw at the end to win the Junior forwards Alex Peacock and Tyler Seibring added 12 points each for NCHS, with Seibring also totaling a team-high five assists.

The Ironmen were 20 of 34 from the field (59 percent) and 8 of 14 from 3-point territory, led by Thompson. did a great Witzig said. first half we were able to find him for some open threes, and in the fourth quarter he did a great job of icing the game for us at the free throw line. always good to get 20 wins in a high school season so nice to have that. had a nice stretch the past couple of weeks and we look forward to seeing what we can do in the regional (next Thompson fuels Ironmen victory CHS 61, Champaign 50 After Bates-Diop passed Seth school record of 1,461 points, the game was stopped.

He received the ball and raced across the court to give it to his mother, Wilma Bates. worked hard for it and really glad I got said Bates-Diop. was trying to get me the ball and trying to et me some Pontiac (6-18, 2-12), which lost to High, 10145, on Dec. 20, slowed the tempo offensively and sat back in a 2-3 zone in an effort to stay close. High fired up 28 3-point attempts, making only seven.

The Indians trailed 38-26 with 3:27 left in the third quarter and were feeling good. goal was to keep within striking distance in the second half, 10 or 12 said Pontiac coach Brandon Martin. A couple shots go down and we execute a couple plays, and you never know what can happen. I saw a lot of good things from our kids Kane three-point play started a 13-4 run for the Pioneers, which built the lead to 51-30 early in the fourth quarter and settled matters. Junior guard Neil Lambert and sophomore forwar Kye Comincioli paced Pontiac with 10 points each.

was a tough game, but you have to give Pontiac some said Fitzgerald. came in and battled and played hard and fought. We just had to get through HIGH FROM B1 Marlon Senior paced the Red Men (16-10) with 19 points and nine rebounds and Donte Logan added 10 points. Carthage was hurt by foul trouble to 6-foot-7 Mike Kastel and the 6-5 Senior. The pain was most evident in 35-26 advantage on the boards and the i nside scoring of Andrew Ziemnik.

wanted them to get into foul trouble. I thought we executed pretty well said Ziemnik, who finished with 16 points. kept grinding it inside. We know their post players as strong on their Dylan Overstreet chipped in 10 points and Sodemann nine for the Titans, who shot 53.6 percent in the second half and 50.0 percent overall (28 of 55). IWU grabbed a 22-17 lead on a Bryce Dolan 3-pointer only to score a mere two points over the next six minutes.

That opened the door for Carthage to surge ahead 31-24 on a Reese Herth free throw. Four Ziemnik points and a 25-foot 3-pointer from Nelson forged a tie, and the Titans edged in front, 36-34, entering halftime. Wheaton-Augustana A dunk from Normal Community High School product Nate Haynes broke a 42-42 second- half tie and ignited a 14-4 Wheaton surge. Peter Smith, topped the Thunder (18-8) with 19. Tyler Peters added 16 and Brayden Teuscher 11 on 11-of-11 free throw shooting.

Hunter Hill paced the Vikings (19-7) with 10 points. Augustana led 33-31 at halftime but then shot just 33 percent. tI tan FROM B1 BHS gets a win after losing family member BHS 73, Urbana 47 PANTAGRAPH STAFF Senior forward Kaleb Marr scored 19 of his game-high 21 points in the first half to send the Heyworth High School boys basketball team to a 70-41 victory over LeRoy in their Class 1A Blue Ridge Regional championship game Friday night at Farmer City. Dallas Lee added 18 points and Justin Witten had 10 for the third- seeded Hornets (22-7), who square off against Mount Pulaski in Ridgeview Sectional semifinal in Colfax. Matt Chastain scored 20 points to top LeRoy (18-12).

Roanoke-Benson 52, Peoria Christian 38: Kyle Kolb and Michael Doss scored 14 points each and Roanoke- Benson used a 23-7 fourth quarter run to pull away from Peoria Christian in the championship game of the Class 1A Illini Central regional at Mason City. Ryan Fehr chipped in 10 points for the Rockets, who advance to face Putnam County in the semifinals of the Ridgeview Sectional on Wednesday. St. Thomas More 85, Fisher 76: Despite 28 points from Grant Pointer and 21 from Kyle Williams, Fisher fell to St. Thomas More in the championship game of the Class 1A Fisher regional.

Williams hit five 3-pointers and Pointer added four for the Bunnies, who trailed throughout. Mike Plecki led St. Thomas More with 31 points, including a 15-for- 17 performance from the free throw line. Tremont 49, Olympia 45: Chet Dean scored 15 points, Bryce Breeden 11 and Connor McDonald 10 as Tremont (22-7) rallied from an 11-5 first quarter deficit to overtake Olympia in the Class 2A Havana regional championship game. Connor McDonald added 10 points for the Turks, who face Central Catholic in the Olympia Sectional semifinals on Tuesday in Stanford.

Olympia (13-17) got 12 points from Drew Stribling. Effingham 51, Mahomet- Seymour 45 Mahomet- Seymour managed just 14 points in the second half of a nonconference loss to Effingham at Mahomet. Sam Hohlfelder had 19 points and Grant Farchmin added 11 for the Bulldogs, who held a 31-22 lead at the half. Leighton Lark led Effingham with 19 points. Lincoln 57, Springfield Lanphier 34: Gavin Block poured in a game-high 30 points and Class 3A No.

2 Lincoln jumped out to a 17-4 first quarter lead in a Central State Eight rout of No. 1 Springfield Lanphier at Lincoln. Block was 15 of 18 from the free throw line as the Railsplitters outscored the Lions at the line, 18-6. Joey Olden chipped in 13 points for Lincoln. Lanphier got 10 points and 12 rebounds from Scottie Wallace.

Mount Pulaski 73, Sangamon Valley 65: Jordan Luczaj sc ored 22 points to lead four players in double figures as Mount Pulaski held off Sangamon Valley in the championship game of the Class 1A Mount Pulaski regional. Michael Lowery had 16 points while Matt Amidon and Ridge Leinweber added 11 each. St. Anne 71, Dwight 68 OT: Caleb Boma scored 19 points but Dwight came up short to St. Anne in overtime in the championship game of the Class 1A Gardner-South Wilmington regional at Gardner.

St. Jeff Taylor led all scorers with 28 points. Clifton Central 65, PBL 46: Justin 30 points was too much for Paxton-Buckley-Loda as the Panthers fell to Clifton Central in the Class 2A Watseka regional championship. Heyworth powers past LeRoy for title a rea roundup PANTAGRAPH STAFF NORMAL Top- ranked Champaign St. Thomas More built an 11-point lead in the first quarter and charged to a 63-43 victory over Teutopolis in the first of Friday Class 2A State Tournament semifinals at Redbird Arena.

First-team all-stater Tori McCoy topped the Sabers (32-2) with 17 points and eight rebounds. Randa Harshbarger added 15 points while Alexa Wallen and Elizabeth Bristow contributed 13 apiece as St. Thomas More, last runner- up, advanced to 8:15 p.m. championship game against Prophetstown. Chelsey Hardiek had 11 and Cierra Thompson 10 to pace Teutopolis (28-6).

Prophetstown 57, Immaculate Conception 48 Sixth- ranked Prophetstown (31-2) built a 27-22 halftime lead and went on to the semifinal victory over unranked Immaculate Conception (28-6). Clare Kramer led Prophetstown with 17 points. Karlie Stafford added 13 and Heather Strike 11. Grace Vitek had 24 points and eight rebounds for Immaculate Conception. CLASS 1A Annawan 71, Eastland 45: All-stater Celina Van Hyfte had 18 points and nine rebounds to power top-ranked Annawan to the semifinal win over No.

3 Lanark Eastland. VanHyfte also had eight steals, four assists and two blocks in leading Annawan (29-4) to 2 p.m. cham pi onship game against Carrollton. Cierr a Davis added 15 points and Morgan VanHyfte 13. Eastland (28-6) was paced by all-stater Lexis Macomber with 12 points.

Carrollton 40, Central 38: Maddie Struble totaled 19 points and 17 rebounds to lead unranked Carrollton to the upset of No. 2 Moweaqua Central Madison Mountain added 19 for the Hawks (25-6), who trailed 22-18 at the half. Taylor Jordan scored 20 to pace Central (276), which meets Lanark Eastland at 12:15 p.m. Sat urday for third place. First-team all-state pick Ryan Dooley was held to five points on 1-of- 14 shooting.

3-POINT SHOWDOWN Varner ends second: Fisher senior Hannah Varner finished second in the finals of the Class 1A Three-Point Showdown at Redbird Arena. Varner made six of 15 shots to finish behind Amanda Cheek of Ullin Century with eight. Sydney McClintock of Illini Bluffs and Ayshia Mitchell of Galatia each made four. Cheek advanced to the Queen of the Hill competition on March 8. No.

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