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Morrison put on a fourth-quarter rally and outscored Rock Falls over the final eight minutes, but the Rockets held on to beat the Fillies 44-40 on Monday on the opening night of the Sauk Valley Bank Shootout girls basketball tournament.
Shelby McBride led Mustang with 14 points and Katie Tenboer added 13.
Rock Falls jumped ahead 14-10 after one period and raised the lead to 25-19 at halftime. Morrison entered the final quarter down by seven points and closed the gap.
ROCK FALLS 44, MORRISON 40
MORRISON (0-1) — McBride 5 4-4 14, Hall 1 2-2 4, Kenady 1 3-4 5, Bush 1 0-0 2, Tenboer 5 2-2 13, Bushnell 0 0-0 0, Smith 1 0-1 2. Totals 14 11-13 40.
ROCK FALLS (1-0) — Olson 0 1-2 1, Chesmek 0 0-0 0, Ellis 0 3-5 3, Richard 0 0-0 0, Anderson 3 11-14 17, Byrd 2 0-1 4, Rosalez 2 0-0 5, Holcomb 1 1-1 3, Folkers 4 1-2 11. Totals 12 17-24 44.
Morrison 10 9 8 13 — 40
Rock Falls 14 11 9 10 — 44
3-point goals — Folkers 2, Tenboer, Rosalez. Total fouls — Morrison 20; Rock Falls 16. Fouled out — Hall, Tenboer.
Freshmen-sophomores — Rock Falls 48, Morrison 45.
Erie rolls over Alexis United
in opener of Tip-Off Classic
CAMBRIDGE, Ill. — Erie jumped in front by 12 points in the first quarter and coasted to a season-opening, 65-37 win against Alexis United on Monday at the Temple’s Tip-Off Classic at Cambridge High School.
Sydney Stewart was too much for United to handle as she finished with 28 points and 10 rebounds. The Cardinals also got a double-double from Katelyn Blasdell (10 points, 12 rebounds). Alex Howard added nine points off the bench, and Carissa Saad finished with 11 assists.
“The girls played well as a team,” Erie coach Brian Howell said. “Our energy and pressure from all the girls was outstanding.”
ERIE 65, ALEXIS UNITED 37
ALEXIS UNITED (0-1) — Kaywood 1 0-2 2, Frederickson 0 1-3 1, Musdock 2 0-0 4, Pierce 3 0-0 6, Winkler 1 0-2 2, Long 4 2-6 10, Christian 3 2-3 8, Kerney 0 0-1 0, Armstrong 1 2-2 4. Totals 15 7-18 37.
ERIE (1-0) — Katelyn Blasdell 3 4-6 10, Katelyn Griffin 2 1-3 5, Alex Howard 4 1-3 9, Kortney Minge 1 2-2 4, Katie Redell 0 0-2 0, Carissa Saad 2 1-2 5, Lauren Saad 0 1-2 1, Kara Snowden 1 0-0 3, Sydney Stewart 12 4-7 28, Jessica Unruh 0 0-0 0. Totals 25 14-27 65.
Alexis United 4 14 7 12 — 37
Erie 16 11 20 18 — 65
3-point goal — Snowden.
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Steamers fall short in opener
GENESEO, Ill. — Add a few points and take away a few turnovers, and there was little more Amanda Abbott would have wanted to see from Fulton High School girls basketball team after its first half of the season Monday night.
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MAC singles out Clinton trio
Clinton High seniors Matt Murphy and Tyler Redman, and junior Austin Krick, were named to the All-Mississippi Athletic Conference football team that was released today.
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Casey, Sikkema capture titles at Midland races
WYOMING — Morgan Casey of Northeast and Drew Sikkema of Prince of Peace continued their dominating cross country seasons Monday by winning the individual titles at the Midland Invitational.
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Sabers move up in Class 3A poll
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Sloppy playing surface an argument for turf
BURLINGTON — Clinton athletic director Gary Lueders might have just the pitch he needs to try to raise funds for proposed stadium renovations at Clinton High School that would include a Field Turf surface.
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Indians take title at own tourney
CAMANCHE — Perhaps the rest of the state will take notice of the Camanche volleyball team now.
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Camanche coach: Tourney field toughest in years
CAMANCHE — Mark Cremer wasn’t bragging about his volleyball team winning the title of the Camanche Invitational on Saturday. He was praising everybody else. His Indians defeated 12th-ranked Mediapolis twice, including in the championship match, after Mediapolis beat No. 6 Preston (Class 1A) in the semifinals.
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River Queens 0-3 at Lancer tourney
ELDRIDGE — Clinton suffered a pair of close volleyball losses before getting swept by eventual champion Bettendorf on Saturday at the Lancer Invitational.
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