Previews and Rescheduled Games 1/13/17
Steve Dunford-
First of all here are the games that are rescheduled-
- WF-Massac County girls/boys DH is still on as scheduled
- Christopher at Goreville there will not be a freshman game, and the JV game is pushed up to a 6:00 tip.
- Z-R at Sesser-Valier will be tomorrow afternoon, with a 2:30 tip for the JV game.
- Carrier Mills at Thompsonville has been pushed back to tomorrow night at 6:00 pm.
- Murphysboro at Benton has been rescheduled for Wednesday February 8th at 6:15. I will start on a full listing around 4 pm on the website
- Freshmen tournament game at Pinckneyville has been moved up an hour. Game will start at 10. Van leaves at 9:00 a.m
- Benton freshman game vs Harrisburg on tomorrow has been cancelled.
- Class L Junior High Girls Championship between Benton and DuQuoin at BMS scheduled for tonight has been moved to Tuesday night.
There will be short and sweet previews. Thank you to everyone who provided school closings and game information.
CHRISTOPHER (10-4)(9-5) at GOREVILLE (3-0)(9-5)
There is a Battle Royal down at Johnson County tonight. The teams are more than familiar with each other playing eight times in two years. Christopher won four times against them last year.
No introductions should be given. The Bearcats have Bradley Young, Kaelab Pedigo, and Jared Curry. in the other side of the fence you have Braden Webb and Brant Glidwell.
This week there were some scores that lit things up. Gabe Schimpf had 18 against Z-R. Mavis Helton and Peyton Massey had a big game against Sesser-Valier. You better not foul Cool Hand Luke Bryce Pratt if the Bearcats get the lead.
A lot of points will be put up on that awesome scoreboard they have
down there. It is going to come down to the benches. Goreville Coach Todd Tripp has played Cole Tosh, Blaine Dunning , Peyton Massey, and Morgan Bishop a lot. The first two off the bench for Christopher coach Eric Stallman has played limited minutes. guard Zach Snell and post player Cole Sanders.
I am going with Goreville by five. I am keeping a close eye on this one.
WEST FRANKFORT (6-7)(0-4) vs MASSAC COUNTY(4-6)(1-2)
This is the second meeting between these two teams. The Redbirds beat the Patriots 46-33 in the Consolation Championship of the Eldorado Holiday tournament.
Austin Glodich had his way against Massac the first game. Noah Allen kept Darius 
Roundtree in check.
I would love to see the battle on the bench between Kevin Toney and Joe Hosman tonight.
The Patriots will make some adjustments. Massac County is a burial ground. The Redbirds will come out of Metropolis tonight with a one point win.
HAMILTON COUNTY (4-11)(1-4) at JOHNSTON CITY (0-4) (6-10)
When I wrote the story on their game Friday night against Chirstopher, it had over 2,000 views. Several were from McLeansboro. With access to video on Foxes Fans.net, I can give them some very good coverage.
Oakley Dial has been dominant. He was WSIL’s player of the week. Jake Whipple has been playing well. Coach Varner has played nine or ten deep.
The Indians have some good athletes. They live and die by the three. They do not get their big man, SIU football bound, Max Edwards involved a lot.
The Foxes have played with a lot of good teams. They gave Harrisburg all they wanted in the BIT. They have been oh so close several times, but can not get over the hump. I am going with Hamco by one in a barn burner tonight.
Rangerettes Have Big Second Half- Beat DQ 41-26
Steve Dunford
BENTON- The Rangerettes withstood a scoring drought and beat the DuQuoin Lady Indains 41-26 last night at Rich Herrin Gym.
Rangerette Coach Andy Sloan had this to say about last night’s victory. “It was a nice win for our team. The defensive effort was outstanding and our offense showed signs of life the second half.”
“We need to continue to be more consistent, especially offensively. It’s getting to be the time of year where you shouldn’t be making mistakes you made in December. Those are the things we have to correct to become a better team.”
“Ally Gischer had a solid game scoring and distributing the ball. Zoe Carlton was as good as she has been all year. Eb Casey has been in a little shooting slump and came out of it tonight.”
Zoe Carson led the Rangeretts on the night with 11 points. Ally Gischer, who eclipsed the 1,000 mark this week chipped in 10 on the night. Benton was stellar from the free throw line 16/20 80% Kate Smith led the Lady Indians on the night with 12 points.
The Rangerettes will be in action tomorrow at Noon against Anna-Jonesboro in the Eldorado Lady Eagle Classic. Here is the rest of the schedule this week
- Tuesday, 1/17 Vienna at 6:30 p.m.
- Wednesday 1/18 Eldorado at 8:00 p.m.
- Thrsday 1/19 Gallatin County at 6:20
- Friday 1/20 Championship Round TBA
- Saturday 1/21 Championship Round TBA
Here is what coach Andy Sloan had to say about the upcoming tournament; “It is a very competitive field. We play A-J, Vienna, Carmi, Gallatin Co, then a crossover.”
“I think it is a very balanced field. It will be a challenge for us every night and we will have to be ready to play or will be 0-5 before we can catch our breath. We will look for some kids to step up and give us good minutes. We need all out effort all the time to be successful.”
BOX SCORE:
BENTON (41) Carlton 4 0 3-3 11; Gischer 2 0 6-6 10; Casey 1 1 2-3 7; Abney 3 0 0-0 6; Pedigo 0 0 4-6 4; Abney 3 0 0-0 6; Wilcox 1 0 0-0 2; Milby 0 0 1-2 1; Darr 0 0 0-0 0; Zinzeletta 0 0 0-0 0; Johnson 0 0 0-0 0
DuQUOIN (26) Smith 3 1 3-4 12; Mays 2 0 0-0 4; Jackson 1 0 1-2 3; Robinson; 1 0 0-0 2 Day 1 0 0-0 2; Hill 0 0 0-0 0; Haney 0 0-0 0
SCORE BY QUARTERS:
BENTON 11 1 14 15 – 41
DuQUOIN 9 6 2 9 – 26
Sports: Area legends to enter St. Louis HOF
Rich Herrin in his early days as SIU coach leads a lot of Southern Illinois legends into their induction into the St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame (Southern Illinoisan File Photo)
Christopher Z-R box…around the BDC West
CHRISTOPHER- The Christopher Bearcats Race out to a 39-17 lead, and goes on to defeat Zeigler-Royalton 77-41.
Gabe Schimpf led the Bearcats with 18 points on the night, Kaeleb Pedigo had 15, Bradley Young added 15 and Jared Curry was the fourth from Christopher in double figures with 14. The Bearcats sank 11 threes on the night.
Austin Bollinger and Brendan Whiting led the Tornadoes on the night with nine points each.
Christopher improves to (10-4) on the season and (3-0) in the Black Diamond West. Z-R falls to (1-9) on the season and (0-4) in the BDC West.
Both teams will be on the road Friday night as the Tornadoes go to Sesser-Valier to take on the Red Devils. The Bearcats will head to Johnson County to take on Coach Todd Tripp’s Goreville Blackcats. (The Southern Illinoisan story from the game will be posted on franklincounty-news.com shortly)
Around the conference, Jordan Myerhoff scored 19 points as Trico pulled a big upset over Vienna 59-42. Brandon Casey led the Eagles with 16 points in a losing cause. Chester beat New Athens 59-42 last night in the opening round of the Chester Invitational. Savion Smith led the Yellow Jackets with 17 points.
The undefeated Sesser-Valier-Waltonville Lady Red Devils cracked the class 2A Statewide poll at number 8 this week. -sd
BOX SCORE:
CHRISTOPHER: (77) Schimpf 4 3 1-1 18; Pedigo 1 4 2-2 16; Young 7 0 1-4 15; Curry 4 2 0-0 14; Snell 1 1 0-0 5; Dunford 0 1 0-0 3; Motsinger 1 0 0-0 2; Sanders 1 0 0-0 2
ZEIGLER-ROYALTON (41) Whiting 1 1 4-5 9; Bollinger 4 0 1-2 9; Domenick 2 1 0-0 7; Anderson 1 1 3-3 7; Imhoff 1 0 0-0 3; Newton 1 0 0-0 2
SCORE BY QUARTERS:
CHRISTOPHER (10-4)(3-0) 22 17 15 23 – 77
ZEIGLER-ROYALTON (1-9)(0-4) 2 15 6 18 – 41
Franklin County Boys Basketball Preveiw 1/10/17
by Steve Dunford-
There are three games on tap involving four county schools tonight, two in the Black Diamond and one in the River-To-River Ohio division. There will be full coverage of West Frankfort-Murphysboro (if it is not coming a flood at game time) and Goreville-Sesser-Valier from the blackcatsnewtork.com feed. Any information that I could receive from Christopher and Z-R, I would appreciate it.
ZEIGLER-ROYALTON (1-8)(0-3) at CHRISTOPHER (9-4)(2-0)
The two football co-op partners and the two schools that are three miles apart meet up for a Black Diamond Conference game at “The Cave” tonight. Friday night the Tornadoes gave Vienna all they wanted in a 57-42 loss. Christopher pulled away from the foul line late in a 59-48 win against Hamilton County.
Kaeleb Pedigo and Brendan Whiting can both shoot the lights out. Steven Anderson is just a good all around athlete. It helps Z-R with
an inside presence that Austin Bollinger.
It is going to be very tough for several teams to have an answer for the three prong attack of Pedigo, Jared Curry and Bradley Young. One of three will give Z-R problems. I am going with Christopher by 15.
MURPHYSBORO (9-3)(2-0) vs WEST FRANKFORT(6-6) (2-3)
West Frankfort crossed over to the Mississippi Division and picked up a 54-39 victory over Sparta on Saturday night. Murphysboro beat SIRR Ohio conference foe Harrisburg 56-41 Friday night.
Muprysboro coach Daryl Murphy expects a “Deliberate style of offense in the form of (Former West Frankfort and McLeansboro Coach David) Lee.”
Here is what West Frankfort Coach Kevin Toney had to say about tonight’s game, “I’m really looking forward to playing Murphysboro at home. We have great fans that support us on the road who have seen us win a few recently, but we’d like to get another win at The Max…especially before the Mid-Winter.”
“I really can see a fair amount of improvement in our players and the folks who have seen us throughout season can see that improvement, too. I hope we can continue that improvement.”
The Redbirds can hang with anyone in the SIRR Ohio this year. They hung around with Herrin until deep in the game on Friday night. I think Gatson, Gibbs, Martshon, and the rest of that Red Devil bunch that will come up from Jackson County will be too much for the Redbirds. I am going with Murpysboro by 10.
SESSER-VALIER (6-8)(2-2) at GOREVILLE (9-3)(2-0)
Normally the Devils biggest plus is their bench. The last several times I have watched the Blackcats, they have went nine deep.
I have been playing how these teams matchup in my mind. The combination of Tyler Winchester/Preston Launius are two hybrids both are 3/4’s with Winchester slipping in the back court a lot. You might as well call Brant Glidwell a three. I have to give the edge to Glidwell there.
Jamie Lance and Mavis Helton can beat and bang each other to death on the inside. Both are very physical and this old post player likes to see them play down low. The Devils will have to worry about Tanner Dunn as they do not have that second post player that is pretty physical. Seth Boles could see a lot of minutes to counteract.
I have to give the edge to Goreville in the back court too. Braden Webb has been on an unreal tear. Lukas Gunter is in the top five 1A point guards in the South, but Webb and Seth Ramsey of Gallatin County is in a league of their own. I can see coach Todd Tripp employing that 1-3-1 trap to take the 22 footer away from Charlie Farmer.
I am not dissing the Red Devils by no means. They can play with anyone of the northern part of the 1A Regional-Sectional complex in Southern Illinois. Goreville is clicking on all eight cylinders. I am going with the Blackcats by 8. In all honesty, I believe Christopher is in some real trouble going down there Friday night.
Ally Gischer tops 1,000 points in her Rangerette career
Steve Dunford
BENTON- Rangerette guard Ally Gischer eclipsed the 1,000 point mark as Benton fell to a very good Herrin Lady Tiger club, 42-30 last night at Rich Herrin Gym.
Ally Gisher, along with Coach Andy Sloan after last night’s win
Ally Gisher said, “She was super excited to achieve the milestone. I was not a big scorer when I entered into high school, and I worked hard in improving my part of the game.”
She had this to say about Rangerette Coach Andy Sloan. “He has the perfect balance of giving instruction, and being approachable when you need to. I could not imagine playing for anyone else.”
Gischer led the Rangerettes with 12 points, Alexis Abney added nine on the night and Kaylee Pedigo added seven.
Hannah Grotauge led Herrin with 12 points on the night. I think it is very noteworthy of the Rangerette defense that she was held to 12.
The Rangerettes are in action Thursday night at home in an intra -division SIRR game against DuQuoin
BOX SCORE:
BENTON (30) Gischer 2 2 2-2 12; Abney 3 0 3-4 9; Pedigo 3 0 1-3 7; Carlton 1 0 0-0 2; Casey 0 0 0-0 0; Milby 0 0 0-0 0; Darr 0 0 0-0 0; Wilcox 0 0 0-0 0; Zinzeletta 0 0 0-0 0; Johnson 0 0 0-0 0
HERRIN (42) Grotauge 4 0 3-6 11; Smothers 2 0 4-7 8; Mad. Russell 3 0 0-0 6; Deaton 1 0 0-0 5 Linehoff 1 0 2-2 2
SCORE BY QUARTERS:
BENTON 7 10 7 6 – 30
HERRIN 8 13 8 13 – 42
IHSA January Board of Directors Meeting Recap: Niles Notre Dame Principal Dan Tully Joins IHSA Board
The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Board of Directors met at its regularly scheduled meeting at the IHSA office in Bloomington on Monday, January 9, 2017, where the Board voted to appoint Notre Dame High School (Niles) Principal Dan Tully to a vacant at-large seat on the IHSA Board of Directors.
Tully fills the at-large seat that is reserved for a principal from a non-boundaried school, which was vacated following the resignation of Fenwick High School principal Peter Groom from the Board. Tully served on the IHSA Legislative Commission in 2013 and 2014.
“It is a great honor to be appointed to fill the remainder of this term on the IHSA Board of Directors,” said Tully. “I am pleased to be able to serve the students of Illinois, as well as to represent the non-boundaried schools of our state. Participation in activities and athletics brings out the best in our young people and allows schools to develop the whole body, mind, and heart of each young person. I look forward to working with the board, the IHSA staff, and all the people who help coordinate Illinois’ outstanding programs for student participation, activities, and athletics.”
Tully attended Notre Dame prep for high school and returned to his alma mater as a social studies teacher in 2000. In 2001, he shifted to Director of Student Activities, a position he held until 2004 when he became the Assistant Principal. He ascended to the principal role in 2007. During his time at Notre Dame, Tully has served as student council moderator, pep club moderator, and assistant baseball coach. He earned Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the University of Notre Dame, as well as a Master’s Degree from Loyola University of Chicago.
“It is a pleasure to welcome Dan to the IHSA Board of Directors,” said IHSA Executive Director Craig Anderson. “We know Dan believes in the mission of the IHSA and his experience on the IHSA Legislative Commission will help to quickly assimilate him to his duties on the Board.”
ACTION ITEMS
1. The Board approved a recommendation to make changes to Board Policy 17 Classification System.
The first change is to the waiver process, which adds the language “1. Won a trophy” to the waiver process under the “Other Sports” heading.
The language was originally removed because it was believed that any team that won a trophy in the state meet would have qualified for the state final (the next condition listed). However, this is not true in track & field and now tennis, which are multi-class sports where qualification for the state meet is on an individual basis only.
The second change is to the Success Adjustment Policy.
The policy now reads (new language in BOLD):
A sport or activity program at a non-boundaried school shall be subject to the success adjustment if, over the course of the last four school terms, the program has won at least two trophies, one of which must have been within the last two school years. In such a case, one trophy won in the highest class will be disregarded, and the school will be moved up one class from the highest class of the remaining trophies. A school will never be adjusted up or down more than once class from one school year to the next.
Under the previous language, a non-boundaried school could, for example, win state titles in Class 2A and Class 3A in back-to-back years and not be subject to the Success Adjustment Policy, which was not the intention of the committee. Now, a school in that example would play in Class 3A the next season.
Executive Director Craig Anderson:
“These changes are both small tweaks, which is something we expected would occur over time as we evaluated the recent changes to these policies. Essentially, these were both instances that the committee had not considered when implementing, which contradict the intention of the waiver and success formula rules.”
2. The Board reached a resolution on behalf of Chicago (Fenger) High School on a Breach of Contract submitted by the school.
APPEALS & HEARINGS
No appeals or hearings.
DISCUSSION ITEMS
At each meeting of the Board of Directors, there are certain items the Board discusses, but upon which no action is taken. The following is a report of those items from the January 9, 2017, agenda:
1. Representatives from the accounting firm Striegel Knobloch & Company LLC presented the annual IHSA audit for the 2015-16 fiscal year to the Board of Directors. Click here for audit
2. The Board heard a report from the Executive Director on the All-State Academic Team deadline, which is February 10, 2017. Nomination forms are currently available for schools in the Schools Center.
3. The Board heard a report from Assistant Executive Director Beth Sauser on the 2016-17 Student Section Showdown. The deadline to submit a video in the contest is February 7.Click here for entry details
4. The Executive Director provided the Board with a report of the recently verified results of this year’s Amendment Ballot voting. Each of the eight proposals advanced by the Legislative Commission and voted on by the membership were approved. Click here to view amendments and voting results
5. The Board heard a report from the Executive Director on the Let’s Connect Conference that was held in Rosemont, Illinois on January 5-6. Staff members from state associations around the country whose responsibilities include IT, sportsmanship, student services and media relations met to discuss current practices and innovations.
6. The Board heard a report from the Executive Director on the NFHS Winter Meeting held January 3-6, 2017.
7. The Board held a discussion on the materials that were used as a part of the Board’s annual Disability Awareness Training.
8. The Board discussed the success formula and recommendations related to it that were submitted by the administration at St. Viator High School.
9. The Board discussed the formation of a Strategic Planning Committee in the near future.
GEC Tournament Parings
Deaton Gym on the campus of Southeastern Illinois College, hosts of the tournament
The Greater Egyptian conference tournament parings have been released. The Thompsonville Tigers have the 8th seed and they are playing top seed Gallatin County, in the first round at 8:00 on Monday, January 23.
Carrier Mills is the Number four seed and will play fifth seeded NCOE, to open the tournament on the 23rd at 6:30.
On Tuesday night the third seed Hardin County will play number six seed Galatia at 6:30. Second seeded Crab Orchard will play the number seven seed, Pope County at 8:00 pm
All games are played at Southeastern Illinois College in Harrisburg.
Here is a link to the full bracket from Jack Bullock at abaselineview.com -sd
http://abaselineview.com/abvtourgec.html
Sesser-Valier blows out Trico
Steve Dunford
CAMPBELL HILL- For the second time this week, a Franklin County school went over to play the Pioneers and went home with a big win.
On Tuesday night Christopher were 73-43 victors. The Devils went over there and won by the exact same score .
The Pioneers were picked to be a middle of the pack team in the BDC West at the first of the year, but they are really struggling. This is what Trico coach Andrew Wilson sent me about their team:
“Right now my biggest concern as a coach is our motivation. We have to do a lot of soul searching and find something every day that ignites that competitive fire within. We just don’t play with a passion that is needed to win ball games.”
“They are very capable of having that passion and fire but I have only seen flashes of it here and there from each player. I am still confident in this team and believe in our potential to be a good ball team is there, but we have to find a way to overcome this lack of competitiveness in order to tap into that potential.”
Charles Farmer led Sesser-Valier with 16 last night. Tyler Winchester had 15 and Jamie Lance added 13. The Devils showed their depth last night putting 10 in the scoring column.
Jared Myerhoff had 11 for the Pioneers. Gavin Thies added 10.
Sesser-Valier (6-8)(2-2) travels to Goreville on Tuesday night. The Blackcats handed Vienna their first conference loss last night. Trico (4-11)(0-4) plays next Saturday night in DuQuoin.
BOX SCORE:
SESSER-VALIER (73) Farmer 8 0 4-5 20; Winchester 4 1 4-6 15; Lance 5 1 0-2 13; L. Gunter 4 0 1-2 9; Launius 2 0 0-0 4; Baxter 2 0 0-0 4; J. Gunter 0 1 0-0 3; Page 0 0 3-4 3; Boles 1 0 0-1 2; Bassp 1 0 0-0 2
TRICO (43) Myerhoff 5 0 1-1 11; Theis 0 2 4-8 10; Compton 3 0 3-4 9; Voght 2 0 1-2 5; Myers 0 0 2-4 2; Volkman 1 0 0-0 2; Heiman 0 0 2-2 2;
SCORE BY QUARTERS;
SESSER-VALIER (6-8)(2-2) 15 32 15 11 – 73
TRICO (4-11)(0-4) 2 11 12 12 – 43
