Sadly many local newspapers don’t cover local sports the way they used to. To fill the void for myself (and maybe you), I have decided to put together a look at girls basketball in western Illinois thru the first three weeks. Please realize, that if I missing some teams and games it is simply due to my inexperience and lack of professionalism. So this where girls basketball thru Monday, December 9.
For The Record
The Undefeated’s- Washington at 8-0 and Dixon at 9-0. Washington has notable wins over Peoria ND and Galesburg. Washington has a tough schedule ahead with away games at Pekin, A-Town, Normal Comm, and Limestone before Christmas. Dixon has notable wins over Kaneland and Ottawa, and before Christmas will play Sycamore.
One Loss Teams- Morton 5-1 (Pleasant Plaines), Limestone 4-1 (Peoria ND), Sterling 7-1 (Galesburg), Galesburg 8-1 (Washington). Morton has had large wins over both Rock Island and LImestone. Limestone has a good win over Mahomet-Seymour. Sterling had a large win over Alleman at home, and then pulled off the upset at Quincy. Galesburg has wins over Dunlap, Springfield, and Moline.
Two Loss Teams- Pekin 2-2 (Springfield, Dunlap), Quincy 4-2 (Edwardsville, Sterling), Alleman 6-2 (Havana, Sterling), Rock Island 6-2 (Morton, Quincy). Of this group, Alleman has a large win over Moline, and Quincy has a large win over Rock Island.
Don’t Be Surprised
Three teams standout as having taken a jump this year- Pekin, LImestone, and Manual. Pekin has a win over Springfield and a one point loss to Dunlap. Limestone has only lost once- to Peoria ND. And Peoria Manual is 3-3. Included in Manual’s season is a 51-47 loss to Morton.
Youth Movement
Three teams are competing right now, despite playing very young lineups- Dunlap, Quincy, and Galesburg. Quincy’s leading scorers are a freshman and two sophomores. Galesburg is starting four sophomores, and one of the first off the bench is a freshman.
Notable Early Games
Nov 21. Peoria ND 59- Limestone 46
Nov 21. Morton 60- Rock Island 32.
Nov 23. Washington 61. Galesburg 44
Nov 23. Edwardsville 42- Quincy 29
Nov 26. Washington 56- Peoria ND 47
Nov 26. Quincy 64- Rock Island 42
Nov 26. Galesburg 47- Sterling 34
Dec 2. Pleasant Plains 49 Morton 47
Dec 3. Galesburg 52. Dunlap 47
Dec 5. Galesburg 56. Moline 45
Dec 5. Sterling 59- Alleman 30
Dec 6. Dunlap 36- Pekin 35
Dec 7. Sterling 48- Quincy 46
Dec 7. Alleman 53- Moline 23
Explain This
Thursday, December 5- At Sterling- Sterling 59, Alleman 30
Saturday, December 7. At Alleman- Alleman 53, Moline 23.
WB6 Early Great Performances
Madison Austin of Sterling vs Quincy- 13 points and 15 rebounds in Sterling’s 48-46 win. Austin is 6’3” and headed to Illinois State next year.
Jada Brown of Quincy vs Rock Island- She had 31 points on 14-16 from the field in Quincy’s 64-42 win.
Ella Herchenroder of Galesburg in three WB6 games is averaging 6.0 assists per game.
Adalyn Voss of Alleman is shooting over 40% from threes and over 80% from from the line while scoring close to 20ppg.
Myley Longcor of Quincy went 4 of 8 from three in the loss to Sterling.
Not Exactly Nail Biters
Western Big Six has played 12 games at this point in the season. Seven of the twelve have been decided by 25 over more points. In the 12 games, the average margin of victory has been 24.9 points.
Mark Your Calendar
Tue Dec 10- Dunlap at Limestone
Tue Dec 10- Washington at Pekin
Thu Dec 12- Galesburg at Quincy
Thu Dec 12- Dunlap at Peoria ND
Thu Dec 12- Rock Island at Alleman
Fri Dec 13- Morton at Metamora
Sat Dec 14- Washington at A-Town
Sat Dec 14- Quincy at Alleman
Sat Dec 14- Rock Island at Moline
Mon Dec 16- Washington at Normal Comm
Tue Dec 17- Morton at Pekin
Tue Dec 17- Dixon vs Sycamore
Thu Dec 19- Galesburg at Rock Island
Thu Dec 19- Pekin at Normal Comm
Seriously- Can’t Miss Game
Davenport North is playing at Bettendorf at 6:00pm on Tuesday, December 17. North has two 6’0” footers- Divine Bourrage headed to LSU next year and Journey Houston headed to Iowa next year. Bettendorf is led by 5’10” freshman, Jhaliana Guy, who is averaging 20ppg. She is being recruited by about every Big Ten team plus more. She teams up with her cousin, Alyvia McCorkle, who is 5’7” junior averaging 25ppg. This will be a great game!!!!
Mattoon Tourney
Streaks will be in a pool with Sullivan (6-1) and Danville. They will play the winner of a pool that includes Mahomet-Seymour (5-2). On the other side of the tourney will be Effingham 7-1, Effingham St.Anthony 7-1, and Teutopolis 7-1. A notable game will be St.Anthony at Effingham on Thursday, December 19 (they will turn around and play the next week in the tourney). Mahomet will play PND on Dec 10 and Effingham on Dec. 14.
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