Basketball player of the week

February 28 - March 6, 2021

Sentinel basketball player of the week February 28-March 6, 2021

~ Boys ~

Ty Pence

St. Joseph-Ogden

SJO may have went 1-3 during the week as a team, but Pence's point production was pure gold. The sophomore averaged 29.75 points per game after collecting 39 game-high against BCC and chilled with 24 points in the Spartans' 81-58 win over Olympia.


Honorable Mention:
Andrew Beyers, SJO
Blake Kimball, Unity
Nate Drennan, Unity

~ Girls ~

Chloee Reed

Unity

Reed put up 23 points for the Rockets in their 57-20 win over Illini Prairie foe Rantoul. Despite the non-conference loss to a good Warrior squad, she led Unity once again on the following Saturday with a team-high 10 points against Tuscola.


Honorable Mention:
Ella Armstrong, SJO
Payton Jones, SJO
Katy Moore, Unity

Basketball Player of the Week

February 21 - 27, 2021

Sentinel basketball player of the week February 1-6, 2021

~ Boys ~

Blake Kimball

Unity

Kimball dropped an impressive 30 points on Paxton-Buckley-Loda in Unity's 54-57 back on February 20. While he only collected 10 points in the Rockets seven-point victory over Olympia, he was instrumental attracting attention to get teammates into open scoring positions.


Honorable Mention:
Austin Langendorf, Unity
Evan Ingram, SJO
Jackson Rydell, SJO

~ Girls ~

Taylor Henry

Unity

The Rockets leading rebounder recorded a double-double performance in her team's conference game against Prairie Central. Two days later against Olympia, Henry scored 11 points and added another eight rebounds and three steals to her season stats.


Honorable Mention:
Atleigh Hamilton, SJO
Payton Vallee, SJO
Katey Moore, Unity

Basketball Players of the Week

February 14 - 20, 2021

Sentinel basketball player of the week February 1-6, 2021

~ Boys ~

Blake
Kimball

Unity

Kimball tallied 30 points and five rebounds against Paxton-Buckley-Loda and February 20 after dropping another 22 in his team's home court loss to St. Joseph-Ogden.


Honorable Mention:
Nate Drennan, Unity
Evan Ingram, SJO
Ty Pence, SJO

~ Girls ~

Taylor
Wells

St. Joseph-Ogden

Wells led the area girls in scoring with 25 points during Valentine's week. In the Spartans road loss to Tuscola, Wells went 5-for-5 from the free throw line.


Honorable Mention:
Chloe Reed, Unity
Taylor Henry, Unity
Ella Armstrong, SJO

Basketball Players of the Week

February 7 - 13, 2021

Sentinel basketball player of the week February 1-6, 2021

~ Boys ~

Ty Pence

St. Joseph-Ogden

Pence open the season with an impressive double-double. The sophomore dropped 24 points and was credited with 20 rebounds in SJO's opener against Rantoul. Five days later, Pence scored 40 in the Spartans 66-52 win over Oakwood and added another 19 rebounds to his 2021 stats.


Honorable Mention:
Brady Porter, Unity
Evan Ingram, SJO
Blake Kimball, Unity

~ Girls ~

Ella Armstrong

St. Joseph-Ogden

For a second consecutive week, Ella Armstrong earns the POW honors after scoring a total of 20 points during the second week of the season. She was a perfect 6-for-6 from the free throw line against Rantoul.


Honorable Mention:
Payton Vallee, SJO
Chloe Reed, Unity
Taylor Henry, Unity

Porter, Armstrong earn The Sentinel's first Basketball Player of the Week

February 1 - 6, 2021

Sentinel basketball player of the week February 1-6, 2021

~ Boys ~

Brady Porter

Unity

Brady Porter finished the first week of the IHSA season with 18 points, 2 rebounds and 2 blocks. The senior led the team scored six points by way of a pair treys against Maroa-Forsyth and 13 points against Paris for the 0-2 Rockets.


Honorable Mention:
Austin Langendorf, Unity
Dillon Rutledge, Unity

~ Girls ~

Ella Armstrong

St. Joseph-Ogden

Ella Armstrong collected 19 points, 15 from a team-high performance against Villa Grove, after the first two games of the season. Making eight trips to the free throw line, she finished the first week of play sinking 62% of them to help the Spartans go 2-0 during week one.


Honorable Mention:
Payton Jacob, SJO
Abby Behrens, SJO


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