Hot Shots: The Sentinel's best from the Christie Clinic Shootout


Monticello vs Seneca
2025 Player of the Game :
Tyler Blythe, Senior - Monticello

Nolan Buehnerkemper drives to the paint

LEFT: Monticello's Nolan Buehnerkemper drives to the paint despite the defensive efforts of Seneca's Brady Sheedy. Buehnerkemper finished with seven points for the Sages while Sheedy delivered a 15-point effort in the 62-56 loss for the Fighting Irish.

BELOW: Seneca's Grant Siegel battles Monticello's Tyler Blythe for a second-half rebound. Blythe led the Sages' scoring effort with 17 points. More photos from this game ...

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Grant Siegel battles for a rebound

 


Moline vs Mt. Zion
2025 Player of the Game :
Trey Taylor, Senior - Moline

Mt. Zion's JC Anderson
Mt. Zion's JC Anderson takes the ball up in the first quarter for two of his 20 points against Moline on Saturday afternoon in St. Joseph-Ogden High School's Main Gym. The Braves, who trailed all four quarters, threatened all eight minutes of the final quarter behind Lyncoln Koester's (not pictured) 14 fourth-quarter points.

Braden Freeman takes the ball hard into the paint
Braden Freeman takes the ball hard into the paint during the Moline's Christie Clinic Shootout game against Mt. Zion. Freeman, a senior, finished in double digits with 14 points. Thanks to three other players scoring double digits, the Maroons defeated the Braves, 65-60. More photos from this game ...

 


Mahomet-Seymour vs Richwoods
2025 Player of the Game :
Amarion Smith-Holley, Freshman - Richwoods

Christie Clinic Shootout photos

Christie Clinic Shootout photos

ABOVE: Richwoods' Truman Raher attacks the baseline, trying to get around Mahomet-Seymour's Malachi Nichols. Nichols finished the game with 13 points for the Bulldogs. See more game photos ...

RIGHT: Mahomet-Seymour's Landyn Hannah goes up for a shot around Richwoods' Terrill Rickmon, Jr. in the opening quarter of the Bulldogs' Christie Clinic Shootout game against Richwoods. The Knights prevailed after an exciting four quarters of prep basketball action, 52-49.

 


Unity vs Fieldcrest
2025 Player of the Game :
Tre Hoggard, Junior - Unity

2025 Christie Clinic Shootout photo

Knights' Drew Overocker tries to slap the ball away from Rockets' Brady Parr. Parr, who finished a perfect 2-for-2 from the free throw line, contributed four points in the Unity's victory. Overocker was scoreless after seeing action in the fourth quarter. See more photos ...

Photos: Sentinel/Clark Brooks


Eddie Lorton drives to rim on Tre Hoggard

Fieldcrest's Eddie Lorton drives to rim on Unity's Tre Hoggard during second half action at the Christie Clinic Shootout. Lorton and Hoggard were their respective team's leading scorer with 25 points each. Up by only two at half at 34-23, the Rockets outscored the Knights 17-12 in a decisive third quarter on the way to a 77-68 win.


SJO vs Warrensburg-Latham
2025 Player of the Game :
Kodey McKinney, Junior - St. Joseph-Ogden
SJO's Parker Fitch
Parker Fitch looks for an open St. Joseph-Ogden teammate to pass the ball during first quarter action against Warrensburg-Latham. One of four SJO players in double figures, the senior forward finished with 13 points in the Spartans' 59-49 victory. See more photos here ...

SJO senior Collin Thomey pulls down a defensive rebound out of the reach of Warrensburg-Latham's Drew Czaijkowski. Shooting 3-for-4 from the free-throw line, Czaijkokwski, a junior finished with seven points. Thomey missed just one of his six free throws to finish with 10 points.

Photos: Sentinel/Clark Brooks

 


University High vs BHRA
2025 Player of the Game :
Keison Peoples, Junior - Bismarck-Henning-Rossville-Alvin

Anderson Thomas pulls down a rebound
Above: BHRA's Anderson Thomas pulls down a rebound under U-High's A.J. Holden. Thomas was one four Blue Devil players to finish in double figures with 10 points. More photos ...

Photos: Sentinel/Clark Brooks
Bismarck-Henning-Rossville-Alvin's Micah Stanford looks for an open teammate
Above: With Normal U-High's Dallas Smith and Bodey Klemmensen guarding him, Bismarck-Henning-Rossville-Alvin's Micah Stanford looks for an open teammate to pass the ball. Smith led the Pioneer's scoring effort with 20 points and made four of five shots from the free-throw line. Stanford delivered three treys and field goal, good for ll points. The Blue Devils defeated U-High, 68-62. BHRA's Keison Peoples (not pictured) was named Player of the Game after scoring a game-high 24 points.

 


2025 Christie Clinic Shootout Photo Galleries
Monticello Basketball vs Seneca
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Moline vs Mt Zion
January 11, 2025 .::. 37 Photos


Richwood Knights vs Mahomet-Seymour Bulldogs
January 11, 2025 .::. 31 Photos


BHRA vs Normal U-High
January 11, 2025 .::. 19 Photos


Fieldcrest vs Unity basketball game
January 11, 2025 .::. 44 Photos


SJO vs Warrensburg-Latham at Christie Clinc Shootout
January 11, 2025 .::. 41 Photos


St. Joe-Ogden Athletics


Photo Gallery | Smith & Spartans stunned at Shootout

Logan Smith goes up for a shot in the second half of St. Joseph-Ogden's Christie Clinic Shootout game against Pinckneyville. The Spartans suffered their their third loss of the season, falling 72-57 to the Panthers. Smith finished the game with ten points. See more photos from this game below.
Photos: PhotoNews Media/Clark Brooks



Five earn Player-of-the-Game recognition at Christie Clinic Shootout

St. Joseph - After each of the seven games at the Christie Clinic Shootout at St. Joseph-Ogden High School on Saturday, the best player in each contest was awarded a player-of-the-game plaque. Here's a look at the seven recipients and how they did.


Christopher Benning

Streator Streator's Chris Benning
Christopher Benning poses with his Player-of-the-Game award with St. Joseph-Ogden tournament and athletic director Justin Franzen. Benning scored 11 points in the fourth quarter to fuel Streators' come from behind victory in the first game of day at the Christie Clinic Shootout. Tallying 23 points, his last quarter effort resulted in 60-53 win over Normal Community West on Saturday.



Miles Kirin

Normal U-High Normal University High's Miles Kirin
Going 6-for-6 from the free-throw line, Normal University Miles Kirin led all scorers with 18 points in his team's decisive 68-42 win over Carterville in Game 2. The 6-foot-1 senior drained eight of his total points in the fourth quarter.



Trey Welter

Monticello
Monticello improved their record to 8-8 after a 19-point performance from 5-foot-5 senior Trey Welter against New Berlin (11-4). Behind Welter's second through third quarter outburst and a solid team defensive effort, the Sages defeated the Pretzels, 57-26.



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Nick Allen

Bradley-Bourbonnais Bradley-Bourbonnais' Nick Allen
Nick Allen hit ten field goals and drained four free throws, finishing with 22 points in Boilermakers' 62-61 win over the Maroons of Belleville West (7-8). Down 16-9 at the end of the first quarter, Bradley-Bourbonnais (12-4) continued to trail on the scoreboard through the first three quarters to later pull out the W thanks Allen's six 4th-quarter points.



Andrew Thomas

Unity Unity's Andrew Thomas
Unity's Andrew Thomas was named Player-of-the-Game after he finished with 13 points. The team's relentless defense and attacking offense paid dividends against Quincy Notre Dame (9-7). Thomas, a senior starter, collected all of his points in first half. After 15 games and the 58-35 win, Thomas and the Rockets are still undefeated.



AJ Keith

Pinckneyville
Panther AJ Keith was the top shooter of the day, finishing with a game-high 33 points against shootout host St. Joseph-Ogden (13-3). The 6-foot-4 Pinckneyville shooting guard made 13 of his 14 free-throw attempts to defeat the Spartans, 72-57.



JC Anderson

Mt. Zion
After scoring 18 points in the first half, Mt. Zion's JC Anderson received the nod as player-of-the-game in the final game of the day. Anderson added another four to his total in the second half, finishing with 22 points in the Braves 64-49 win over Washington. Like Unity, Mt. Zion came, saw, and conquered the Panthers (9-7) to remain undefeated at 17-0.




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