Quincy High and QND take another step toward Tournament Championships in Collinsville and Bloomington with Red Letter victories. Griggsville-Perry continues its surge in Carrollton. Payson-Seymour and Unity set a title bout date at the MVIT as Lane Davis and Jake Voss blow up. And the Quincy High and Hannibal girls basketball continue to build their resumes as the most improved teams in the area. All your scores and highlights are within.
SPORTS FINAL SCOREBOARD FOR DECEMBER 28TH
Boys High School Basketball
Schnucks Collinsville Holiday Tournament Quarterfinal
QUINCY HIGH 51
3) SPRINGFIELD SOUTHEAST 44
Martin Kvitle: 23 pts
Cole Abbey: 13 pts
Blue Devils advance to face Collinsville in the 2:30 Semifinal on Saturday
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State Farm Classic Small School Semifinals
QND 46
FIELDCREST 44
Raiders bounce back after an 11 point first half
Alex Fitch, Matt McPherson, Sam Douglas: 11 points each
Raiders to face Rockford Lutheran Saturday at 8:30pm to defend their small school title
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Carrollton Tournment
GRIGGSVILLE-PERRY 86
GREENVIEW 43
Tornados win their pool, square off with Carrollton in Title Game Saturday
CARROLLTON 68
BEARDSTOWN 55
DeLaney Ortiz: 17 pts
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Centralia Tournament Quarterfinals
JACKSONVILLE 39
CENTRALIA 30
Dalton Keene: 10 pts, 11 rbs
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MVIT Championship Semifinals
PAYSON SEYMOUR 62
SOUTHEASTERN 53
Jake Voss: 25 pts
Matthew Ramsey: 15 pts
LIBERTY 57
UNITY 60
Lane Davis: 31 pts, 12 rbs
Unity vs Payson Seymour Saturday for MVIT Title
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MVIT Consolation Semifinals
QND JV 56
WEST PRAIRIE 54
BPCA 64
BIGGSVILLE WEST CENTRAL 86
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Waverly Holiday Tournament
WEST CENTRAL 42
NORTH MAC 48
Tyler Devlin: 14 pts
Cougars relegated to 3rd Place Game vs Lutheran
ROUTT 52
GREENFIELD 46
Brent Long: 19 pts, 12 rbs
TRIOPIA 52
AUBURN 80
Tanner Huddleston: 29 pts
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Macomb-Western Holiday Tournament
PITTSFIELD 29
CENTRAL 28
PITTSFIELD 55
ABINGDON 37
Saukees win Consolation Title
Wayde Smith: 30 pts
ILLINI WEST 55
CANTON 53
Brody Gronewold: 25 pts, 7 rbs
WEST HANCOCK 61
ROCKRIDGE 53
Parker Gibbs: 21 pts
Paxton Harmon: 14 pts
ILLINI WEST 51
WEST HANCOCK 38
Levi Kirby: 18 pts
Paxton Harmon: DNP in 2nd half (ankle)
Chargers take 5th place
2012 All-Tournament Team
TIANEN CHEN - METAMORA
JARED ENTWISTLE - ILLINI CENTRAL
ZACH GILSAN - ABINGDON
JACKSON GRIEVES - METAMORA
BRODY GRONEWOLD - ILLINI WEST
PAXTON HARMON - WEST HANCOCK
BRYAN HEATH - ROCKRIDGE
MARTEL HUNTER - MONMOUTH-ROSE
JARED McCUNN - EUREKA
TRAYVON SMITH - MONMOUTH-ROSEVILLE
2012 All-Tournament MVP
MARTEL HUNTER - MONMOUTH-ROSE
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High School Wrestling
Lincoln Tournament
QUINCY HIGH finishes 4th out of 21 teams
1st-Dakota Downs, QHS, 170lbs
2nd-Gerrad Straube, QHS, 120lbs
2nd-Michael Peters, QHS, 126 lbs
3rd-Jaydon Summy, QHS, 195lbs
3rd-Trevor Schutte, QHS, 106lbs
Argenta-Oreana Tournament
QND 21
OLNEY 61
QND 28
ARGENTA 47
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Girls High School Basketball
BOWLING GREEN 46
MOBERLY 30
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Highland Tournament Opening Round
MACON 55
HIGHLAND 40
Macon vs Hannibal in Semifinals
HANNIBAL 44
CLARK COUNTY 40
Theresa Sheffer: 18 pts
Kaylee Roberts: 15 pts
PALMYRA 62
CANTON 27
Megan Hooper: 16 pts
KNOX COUNTY 55
SOUTH SHELBY 67
Lady Cardinals vs Palmyra in Semifinals
Alex Hamlin: 16 pts in a losing cause
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Lady Tiger Classic
WEST CENTRAL 30
CANTON 59
Cougars relegated to 3rd Place Game
WEST HANCOCK 57
MACOMB 51
Shelby Koehler: 11 pts
ILLINI WEST 43
LIBERTY/PAYSON 18
ROUTT 53
SOUTH FULTON 39
Alyssa Garde: 20 pts
BEARDSTOWN 48
R/I 39
BROWN COUNTY 55
ABINGDON 35
Vanessa Markert: 22 pts
UNITY 43
TRIOPIA 30
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Womens College Basketball
WESTERN ILLINOIS 81
OAKLAND 73