Area high school basketball scores for Thursday, January 15

Here is a quick roundup of basketball scores and performances for area teams on Thursday, January 15.


Photo: Sentinel/Clark Brooks

St. Joseph-Ogden's Timera Blackburn-Kelley looks for an open teammate in the Spartans' home game against LeRoy in December. The senior led all scorers with ten points in SJO's 38-20 road win over Paxton-Buckley-Loda on Thursday.

Girls Basketball

Scoring struggle sinks Tigers

Lai'yonna Harper led the Tigers with nine points and seven rebounds in the team's conference game at home against Bloomington. Kaya Hill finished with five points and eight boards in the 54-25 loss.

The Raiders had four players finish with double figures. Maddie Embry led all scorers with 17 points and 16 rebounds. Senior Bianca Ellis added 13 points, Tina Lenard chipped in 11, and junior Josie Skeate finished with 10 after her 22 minutes.

Urbana (1-11) travels to Decatur to take on the Panthers on Tuesday while Bloomington (6-13) hosts East Peoria at 9 a.m. for an early MLK day contest.

Spartans prevails in low scoring affair

St. Joseph-Ogden held Paxton-Buckley-Loda to an average of just five points a quarter in their conference win on Thursday. Timera Blackburn-Kelley finished the road game with a game-high ten points. Fellow seniors Katie Ericksen added eight and Kayla Osterbur chipped in six more. The Spartans (11-6) travel to Williamsville on Monday for a non-conference matchup against the Bullets.

On the other side of the court, Emmy Bagwell scored a quarter of the Panthers (4-13) scoring effort with a field goal and three free throws for five points. PBL faces Bloomington Central Catholic at home on Tuesday.

Strong rebounding effort helps Heritage roll Blue Ridge

Hawks' Addison Harper made 50% of her shot from beyond the arc to finish with 16 points in Heritage's 55-8 home win. Freshman Ryann McComas was fierce in the paint, grabbing 13 rebounds while adding four points in her 27 minute varsity appearance. Sophomore's Kalyn Miller and Violet Chesnut got in on the rebounding fun with seven and five, respectively against the Knights (2-3).


Girls' Area Scoreboard


St. Joseph-Ogden 38, Paxton-Buckley-Loda 20
Georgetown-Ridge Farm 46, Oakwood 22
Bloomington 54, Urbana 25
Calvary Christian 36, Urbana University 26
Heritage 55, Blue Ridge 8
Mahomet-Seymour 74, Sacred Heart-Griffin 46


Boys Basketball

Urbana holds first-half lead to squeak past Bloomington

Nursing a three-point advantage at the half, the Tigers (6-8) engineered an explosive 30-point third quarter outburst to an eight-point win over the visiting Purple Raiders (8-8). The Urbana seniors stood tall, leading the way to extend the team's win streak to two games. Jessie MfWamba posted a double-double with 26 points and 12 rebounds. Landyn Hannah delivered 18 points and Kyree Hillsman contributed 13.


Boys' Area Scoreboard


Unity 67, St. Thomas More 53
Urbana 79, Bloomington 71
Monticello 48, Rantoul 38


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TAGS: Jessie MfWamba scores 26 points, Ryann McCommas grabs 13 rebounds, SJO boys basketball team beats PBL on the road, Urbana girls basketball loses to Bloomington, Mahomet beats Sacred Heart-Griffin
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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

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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 ...

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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.

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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 ...

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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.

 

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St. Joseph-Ogden High School 2025 First Quarter High Honor Roll

ST. JOSEPH - At the end of October, St. Joseph-Ogden High School announced the recipients of the first quarter Honor Roll and High Honor Roll. To be recognized on the Honor Roll at SJO, students must achieve a grade point average (GPA) of 3.25 or higher on a 4.0 scale. Those with a GPA exceeding 3.74 are honored as High Honor Roll students.

Freshman High Honor Roll

Sydney Abernathy
Madison Alsip
Charlene Barbee
Callie Barnett
Reid Bewley
Teagan Blacker
Brady Blunier
Allie Bott
Tabbitha Brown
Ella Buhs
Sophia Chahine
Charlotte Christians
Luke Dunn
Sydney Farber
Gatlin Finfrock
Brock Franzen
Jade Gains
Ella Gerdes
Avery Haley
Kelsie Harms
Eli Hendry
Braelyn Ikemire
Brynn Jones
Carson King
Alissa Knight
Ashton Kuchenbrod
Jamin MacAdam
Darby Manion
Ella Mohr
Riley Mohr
Chloe Nirider
Owen Olson
Ava Overstreet
Arianna Pecchenino
Karter Peoples
Aleah Rash
Easton Ray
Lauren Risley
Caylah Roberts
August Rosser
Ryan Schmitz
Abigail Sebree
Kyler Smith
Reagan Smith
Leah Stephenson
Taylynn Tapia
Caleb Taylor
Landyn Thomey
Taylor Vaughn
Malayna Wilson
Makala Wisehart

Sophomore High Honor Roll

Kira Aase
Ava Alexander
Tyler Bonny
Ava Bronowski
Patrick Clark
Avarie Dietiker
Hunter Dilley
Ainsley Dirksmeyer
Trey Divan
Connor Eaton
Olivia Edington
Eli Franklin
Isabella Frerichs
Ava Gallo
Conlan Gill
Holden Hausle
Colton Heidel
Nathan Hinkel
Kellyn Irwin
Ashlee Jannusch
Lilyah Jones
Megan Kearney
Lillyan Kelley
Addison Knight
Avery Lappin
Royce Loschen
Charles Martin
Landon May
Henry McCannon
Lane McKinney
Connor McMahon
Michaela Morrison
Hannah Nirider
Mason Osterbur
Cameron Palmisano
Mara Perkins
Marissa Perkins
Miranda Perkins
Hailey Phillips
Evan Potter
Airin Rash
Kenley Ray
Abigail Reynolds
Isaiah Reynolds
Roisin Rice
Alyssa Robinson
Jaylin Seal
Alexis Smith
Marissa Smith
Vivian Smith
Nayeli Steele
Brooklyn Stevens
Ethan Suchor
Mataya Thaman
Korinne Travis
Evelyn Valentine
Viviene Vliet
Owen Wall
Lucas Waters
Ian Wolken
Samson Zadeh

Junior High Honor Roll

Lillian Ahart
Zhou Barbee
Abigail Bello
Zachary Benoit
Alec Bowlin
Colin Burnett
Brenda Castro
Elizabeth Clark
Abigail Crider
Hayden Dahl
Iris Davis
Nickolas Ditchfield
Mary Evans-Baker
Madison Farber
Nathaniel Farney
Nolan Franzen
Leah Gaines
Skyler Graham
Anna Hammond
Mark Harbourt
Nicholas Harris
Tyler Hess
Maggie Hewkin
Brynn Ikemire
Faith Jackson
Mia Jones
Alivia Learned
Avrianna Lyttle
Chase Mabry
Finnegan Miller
Maddux Musselman
Mason Ramm
Peighton Reim
Kiah Riesel
Dennis Rineberg
Sophie Schmitz
Ava Smoot
Adeline Stevens
Ani Stine
Isabella Turner
Brayden Waller
Jack Wear
Emerson Williams
Declan Yohnka

Senior High Honor Roll

Barrowman, Kylie
Barrowman, Lexie
Bell, Adalyn
Beyers, Kaitlyn
Bird, Emily
Blackburn-Kelley, Tim
Bonny, Aiden
Brooks, Addison
Bytnar, Sara
Carlson, Jacob
Carlson, William
Chaudhary, Rudra
Childers, Adelyn
Clark, Wade
Coffey, Christopher
Ericksen, Katherine
Getty, Abigail
Getty, Camden
Goodwin, Brandon
Hale, Charles
Hardimon, Erica
Hartman, Claire
Hood, Bryanna
Huckstadt, Amelia
Huckstadt, Lydia
Jannusch, Adalyn
Johnson, Jordan
Jolley, Kaelyn
Kelley, Madilyn
Kelso, Samantha
Lackey, Alexis
Lockhart, Ryker
Loschen, Mackenzie
Maddock, Taylor
McDaniel, Michael
McGinnis, Danny
McKinney, Emma
McKinney, Kodey
McMahon, Patrick
Midkiff, Ava
Miller, Ashlyn
Mock, Hannah
Nekolny, Delaney
Ochs, Allison
Oleynichak, Brennan
Osterbur, Kayla
Overstreet, Colton
Page, Garrick
Pearman, Branson
Peoples, Kaleb
Preston, Grace
Pruemer, Asher
Rhoton, Ainsley
Rice, Lily
Roberts, Landon
Ruppel, Amber
Schluter, Cameron
Schmitz, Allison
Sjoken, Gracyn
Smith, Lucas
Smith, Tao
Spain, Karleigh
Steinbach, Sydney
Sweet, Hadley
Taylor, Carlee
Tranel, Luke
Vliet, Sophia
Wells, Emma
Wells, Madeline
Wertz, Wyatt
Xiao, Logan
Zadeh, Cyrus
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