Men’s Basketball to host Crowley’s Ridge College Thursday at Max Morris Gymnasium

January 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment
WEST FRANKFORT, Ill. –Morthland College (0-13) plays hosts Crowley’s Ridge College (4-12) on Thursday at 7:00 p.m. at Max Morris Gymnasium in a game that will be broadcasted on WGGH 1150 AM.The Patriots enter the game with their best shot of winning this season as Crowley’s Ridge has lost three of its last five games, most recently defeating Boyce College 88-74 on Jan. 5.Morthland has added depth to the team with newcomers Nick Bonner and Brandon Harris, both appearing briefly in Wednesday’s 93-74 loss to Oakland City.

Will Carmickle is leading the way for Morthland College averaging 20.1 points and 12 rebounds per game. Entering tomorrows game Carmickle has recorded a double-double in eight of the nine games he has played as a Patriot.

Performing at halftime of tomorrows game will be the IDTA 2008-2011 Hip-Hop Illinois State Champion DuQuoin Indianettes competition dance team.

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Adeoye’s clutch free throws lift Vols to huge win on ‘Marion Night’

January 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment

 

BY JOHN D. HOMAN

Logan Media Services

 

CARTERVILLE – It played out like a Hollywood script. Former Marion High School star Aaron Adeoye hit the game-winning free throws with two seconds left on the clock to lift John A. Logan College to a heart-stopping 72-71 win over Kaskaskia College Wednesday on “Marion Night” at the college.

A 6-foot-7 sophomore forward, Adeoye took a pass from freshman point guard Connor Wheeler (Du Quoin) and was fouled as he went up for a shot in the lane. One of Adeoye’s contacts was knocked out of his eye on the play. With play stopped, Wheeler scurried over to the bleachers and grabbed some solution from Adeoye’s mother. After a time out, the former Wildcat calmly knocked down both tosses. The ensuing ovation was deafening. A desperation half-court shot by the Blue Devils fell way short of the target and the Volunteers escaped with their most exciting win of the season, even bigger than the road win at Three Rivers, Mo. in November.

This was a game that Kaskaskia seemed to own. But Logan refused to surrender.

Trailing by 12 (68-56) with 6:19 remaining, the hometowners rallied. Wheeler stepped up with a couple of big outside shots. Adeoye worked his magic inside. Sondale Conner had a highlight-reel slam dunk. And James Williams tied the game with 44 seconds to play on a shot from beyond the arc from the left side.

With 11 seconds left, Kaskaskia’s Daquan Boyd was fouled and made one of two free throws for a 71-70 lead. That set the stage for Adeoye’s heroics.

“I just knew I had to make the free throws to win the game,” Adeoye said. “So, I took a deep breath and tried to hit them. Fortunately, they went in.”

Vols head coach Kyle Smithpeters was ecstatic with his team’s 16-3 run to close the game.

“We, the coaching staff, challenged our kids when we got down 12. We knew we had to get some stops and we needed a little luck along the way,too. I’m very happy for the kids. They didn’t fold. This win is a group effort all the way around.”

Adeoye led the Vols with 15 points and 10 rebounds. Wheeler followed with 13 points and dished out five assists. Williams tickled the twine for 12 points. Jay Johnson netted eight. Conner had seven. Herrin native Jamie Jones hit both shots he took and finished with five points and four rebounds. Kaylen Shane tacked on four points as did DeVaughn Johnson. Murphysboro’s Pierre House added two points.

Kaskaskia was paced by R.J. Kwiatkowski’s 24 points. The Centralia grad drained eight 3-pointers. No other Blue Devil reached double figures.

Now 3-1 in league play and 8-4 overall, the Vols travel to Olney Saturday night.

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Logan women shoot way past SIC

January 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment

BY JOHN D. HOMAN
Logan Media Services

CARTERVILLE – The second half of the season started on a positive note for the John A. Logan College women’s basketball team as the Volunteers shot their way past Southeastern Illinois, 94-75.

Logan, now 8-4 overall and 2-1 in the Great Rivers Athletic Conference, knocked down 32-of-64 shots from the field or 50 percent, including 10-of-20 from beyond the three-point arc.

Five players reached double figures for the Vols as led by sophomore forward Kyra Navarrete with 21 points on 7-of-8 sniping from the field and 5-of-5 marksmanship from the free-throw line.

“Considering that we had two weeks off, I thought we played pretty well,” Navarrete said. “Good conditioning is definitely a factor. We ran the floor well.”

Navarrete said the Vols may have a busy week, but are up to the task.

“I think we’re going to have a good week. We just need to carry over our momentum from tonight’s win to Wednesday night when we play Kaskaskia.”

Freshman guard Mystri Jodie followed with 18 points on 6-of-9 shooting from the field and 6-of-6 from the charity stripe. Freshman BreAnn Denny contributed 13 points. Freshman Aneta Sloma chipped in 12 and sophomore Autumn Miller had 10. Freshman Jessica Hirsch of Du Quoin was solid off the bench with eight points, including a pair of 3-pointers and Salem product Marissa Nix, another freshman, added eight, as well. Freshman Briya Wilborn tallied four.

The Falcons, 3-8 overall and 0-4 in the GRAC, got 28 points from Kenyatta Drake on 11-of-17 shooting from the field and 6-of-9 free tosses. The only other Southeastern player in double figures was Irina Perkins with 15.

Logan head coach Marty Hawkins was impressed with his team’s win.

“We put a lot of points on the board here tonight,” he said. “We shot the ball very well in the first half against their trap, which left our shooters to get our feet set from the outside. We have some good stationary shooters.”

Hawkins said it was important to get the second half of the season started with a win.

“Absolutely,” he said. “We have three games this week, so we need to get things started by taking care of business on our home floor.

The Vols play host to Kaskaskia Wednesday at 5:30. It will be “Marion Night” at the games with free admission to all students and residents of the Marion Unit 2 School District.

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Logan men explode offensively against SIC

January 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment

BY JOHN D. HOMAN
Logan Media Services

CARTERVILLE – Marion product Aaron Adeoye led four players in double digits with 16 points Monday as John A. Logan College raced past visiting Southeastern Illinois, 87-59.

Adeoye, a 6-foot-7 sophomore forward, was a perfect 6-of-6 from the field and 4-of-6 from the free-throw line. Freshman center Kaylen Shane chucked in 12 points on 6-of-8 shooting from the field and did a great job of using his body to shield the defender and get his shot off cleanly in the paint.

Sophomore forward Jamie Jones (Herrin) received additional playing time and rewarded head coach Kyle Smithpeters with an 11-point effort that included 3-of-5 shooting from long distance and 2-of-2 free throws. Freshman James Williams chipped in 10 points. He was 2-of-2 on triples and 4-of-4 from the line. Freshman Jay Johnson collected nine points.

Freshman Sondale Conner totaled seven points and yanked down a team-high nine rebounds. Freshman DeVaughn Johnson also flipped in seven points. Freshman Pierre House (Murphysboro) accounted for six points and five rebounds. Redshirt freshman Connor Wheeler of Du Quoin netted five points and turned in another solid effort from the point.

Freshman Michael Schmidt only scored two points, but led the team in assists with six in a reserve role. Freshman Julian Hernandez also had two points.

As a team, the Vols were a sizzling 30-of-52 from the field for 57 percent and 5-of-10 on 3-pointers for 50 percent. They were also a more than respectable 22-of-30 from the line for 73 percent. Logan also won the battle of the boards (41-to-21).

The Falcons, 2-8 overall and 1-3 in the Great Rivers Athletic Conference, were paced by D’Markian Salle with 11 points. Isaiah Thomas came off the bench to notch nine. Jamie Carr finished with eight.

Logan improves to 2-1 in the GRAC and is 7-4 overall.

Smithpeters was pleased to see the Vols break a three-game losing streak in style.

“I have to tip my hat to the kids. They came out, competed and took care of business,” he said. “We finally put a good team away early on. I’m very pleased with the win. The effort was great.”

Smithpeters said the Vols have concentrated hard on improving defensively.

“I think a lot of the guys have taken our words to heart. They’re not freshmen anymore. And tonight, they did a lot of things to show that they have matured.”

Shane said he was proud of his teammates for turning in such a stellar performance after a lengthy layoff.

“I thought we played well,” he said. “Our guards did a great job of getting the ball to me inside and I did my best to finish.”

Jones was happy to contribute from three-point range.

“It felt great. I just wanted to take advantage of the opportunity,” he said. “You never know when you’ll get another one, so it felt great to knock the shots down. I’ve been staying after practice and taking as many shots as I can. Coach (Smithpeters) told me to keep working on my defense. Hopefully, I did a pretty good job of that tonight.”

Adeoye said he thought the Vols played hard right out of the gate against Southeastern.

“That’s the way we’ve been going in practice, competing and playing hard. That’s the way to get back on the winning track. We were ready to play tonight.”

Adeoye said he didn’t realize he led the team in scoring.

“It always feels good when your shots fall. I was attacking the boards and doing all I could to help our team win. We need to string some wins together and get a streak going.”

The Ball State transfer said he is looking forward to competing Wednesday night at home against Kaskaskia College as part of “Marion Night” festivities.

“I’m looking forward to it,” he said. “It should be fun. I’ve changed a little bit. My game is more diverse now than it was a couple of years ago in high school. I would hope the fans turn out and like what they see from me.”

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Lady Warriors beat No. 16 SWIC at home

January 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment

INA, Ill. – The Rend Lake College Lady Warriors basketball team beat Southwestern Illinois College, 55-52, Monday night in Ina. According to the National Junior College Athletic Association website at www.njcaa.org, SWIC is ranked 16th in the nation among NJCAA DI women’s basketball programs. The Lady Warriors improve to 9-5 with the win and will play Wednesday at Southeastern Illinois College. For all things athletic at The Lake, visit RLC online at www.rlc.edu/warriors.

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JALC sports teams surpass 3.0 GPA

January 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment

By JOHN D. HOMAN, LOGAN MEDIA SERVICES

CARTERVILLE – The fall semester proved to be a good one for John A. Logan College student-athletes. All seven teams surpassed a “B” average with a 3.0 grade-point-average or better on a 4.0 scale.

Two-thirds or 62 of 94 total student-athletes scored 3.0 or better. Twenty-four of the 94 posted a GPA of 3.5 or greater and were named to the Vice President’s List. Eight of the 94 earned a perfect 4.0 GPA to make the President’s List.

Breaking it down by teams, the seven-member women’s golf team had the highest GPA at 3.54 collectively. Volleyball was second at 3.395 followed by men’s golf (3.186); women’s basketball (3.103); softball (3.073); baseball (3.044); and men’s basketball (3.000).

The baseball team had the most 4.0 GPAs with three, including sophomores Chris Hunt and Derek Repking and freshman Tyler McGowan. Volleyball had two student-athletes with an “A” average in sophomore Kelsey Bailey and freshman Morgan Mueller.

Other 4.0 GPAs were awarded to Sydney Skeel (softball); Dana Kaufmann (women’s golf); and Marissa Nix (women’s basketball).

JALC Athletic Director Jerry Halstead was impressed with the numbers.

“This isn’t the norm to have all seven sports score 3.0 or better,” he said. “This was a very strong semester for us academically. I’m extremely happy with the effort put forth by our student-athletes and hope that it will carry over into the spring semester.”

Halstead said athletes met with coaches and administrators at the start of the semester.

“We told the kids that our goal was for each team to reach 3.0 and we accomplished that goal. There is always room for improvement, however.”

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Warriors wrestling goes 1-2 at Campbellsville U Duals

January 7, 2013 By Leave a Comment

CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. – The Rend Lake College Warriors finished with a win and two losses in its first wrestling duals of the 2012-13 season, the Campbellsville University Duals on Saturday in Kentucky.

Taking on Darton College early at Powell Athletic Center, RLC got wins from Eric Tozzi (Ramseur, N.C.) at 141 pounds, Skyler Procasky (Belleville, Ill.) at 149, Justin Cash (Franklin, Tenn.) at 157, Juan Stimpson (Asheboro, N.C.) at 174, Austin Warren (Newburgh, Ind.) at 197 and Coltyn Pease (Pittsfield, Ill.) at heavyweight to lead the Warriors to a 35-24 victory. Cash and Warren won by decision – 7-3, 6-0 respectively – while the rest of the Warriors won by fall.

Rend Lake lost to host CU 32-6 with Tozzi, Pease and Jameel Carter (Chicago) at 125, picking up wins. Tozzi won a 4-1 decision over Brandon Westerman and Pease won by forfeit. Carter took a 6-5 decision from Jarvis Elam.

In the third round of dual matches, it was the University of the Cumberlands defeating RLC 44-11. Tozzi extended his win streak with a 17-1 technical fall against Calon Perkins, Cash got a 6-2 decision over Javier Arellano, and Warren beat Eddie Bernal in a 4-2 decision.

In other duals during the day:
Indiana Tech 40, Darton College 12
University of the Cumberlands 38, Lindenwood-Belleville 6
Indiana Tech 42, Lindenwood-Belleville 9
University of the Cumberlands 34, Darton College 8
Campbellsville University 44, Lindenwood-Belleville 6
Complete results are available HERE.

The Warriors will be back in action on Jan. 11 at the NWCA National Wrestling Open in East St. Louis. RLC will then head to Central Missouri State University’s Roger Denker Open, Jan. 13, in Warrensburg, Mo.
For all things athletic at The Lake, visit RLC online at www.rlc.edu/warriors.

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Morthland falls to Benedictine-Springfield, 79-57.

December 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Morthland College men’s basketball team fell to host school Benedictine University-Springfield tonight, 79-57.

The Patriots trailed at halftime 29-45 and could not claw their way back into the game, while being out-rebounded 37-24.

Morthland was led by Eldorado product Will Carmickle who scored 25 points and pulled down 11 rebounds, to record his fourth double-double of the year, while freshman guard Roby Boatright chipped in 13 points on the night.

The Patriots will be back in action on Saturday when they host Saint Catherine College, tip-off is set for 7:00 p.m. at Max Morris Gymnasium.

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Morthland men and women split final exhibitions

December 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment

STAFF REPORT

The Morthland College men and women basketball teams closed out their exhibition schedules this evening with the Morthland men winning on the road against the McKendree JV team, 99-86, while the Lady Patriots fell at home to Southeastern Illinois College, 95-60.

Will Carmickle lead the way for the Morthland men with 37 points and 19 rebounds, while Josh Overturf added 13 points and 9 rebounds.

The Lady Patriots could not contain SIC guard Anna Best who exploded for 38 points in the midst of breaking the school record for three-pointer in a game with nine.

The Morthland women had four players in double digits led by Shayly Wilce (22), Jade Vaughn (15), and newcomer Kristen Vincent chipped in 12 points in her second game as a Patriot. Junior Ashley Slack recorded 11 points and 17 rebounds to record her first double double of the year.

“We played with a lot of effort and executed the best we have all year tonight,” said head coach Ray Lewis. “Everyone played hard and played pretty good team basketball.”

The Morthland men and women will travel to Springfield, Ill. to take on Benedictine College Thursday. The women will tip-off at 5:30 p.m. and the men will hit the court at 7:30 p.m.

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Lady Vols come up short at SWIC

December 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By JOHN D. HOMAN, Logan Media Services

All-American candidate Jannelle Cannon poured in 32 points Wednesday night to lead the Southwestern Illinois College Blue Storm to a 61-54 Great Rivers Athletic Conference home victory over John A. Logan College.

Cannon, who was leading the nation in scoring at 25 points per game prior to Wednesday’s match, knocked down 9-of-22 shots from the field and 13-of-14 free throws in tallying her 32. She also had four rebounds and four steals. No other SWIC player reached double figures.

JALC sophomore transfer Autumn Miller goes up for two of her team-high 18 points Wednesday night at Southwestern Illinois College in Belleville. It marked Miller’s highest offensive output of the season. (Photo courtesy Jonathan LeBlond)

Logan was led by sophomore guard Autumn Miller’s 18 points (5-of-8 from the field, including 4-of-6 from three-point land) and 4-of-6 at the charity stripe. Freshman post player Ashley Yateman contributed 10 points for the Vols, who fall to 7-3 overall, 1-1 in the conference. Adding eight points each were Kyra Navarrete and BreAnn Denny.

Logan trailed 26-24 at the half thanks to an 11-2 run to close out the first 20 minutes. The Vols had led by seven at 22-15 as Yateman scored four consecutive lay-ins off feeds from her teammates.

The Vols pulled within two in the second half at 37-35 on a jumper by Navarrete, but would get no closer. Cannon scored the next four points to give the Blue Storm a more comfortable spread.

The Vols shot poorly overall, converting 20-of-60 shots, including 6-of-18 from long range.

Logan head coach Marty Hawkins took the loss in stride.

“Once we got behind in the second half, it was hard for us to catch up, especially with all the free throws they were making (17-of-22),” Hawkins said. “I thought Autumn rose to the occasion and Ashley gave us a good run there in the first half. But we did a poor job against their 2-3 zone in the second half, throwing the ball away – a lot of high school floater passes.”

The Vols close out the first half of the season Dec. 15 with a 1 p.m. game against Mineral Area College in Carterville.

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