Something is burning in Henderson County, and it’s the play of the Biggsville West Central girl’s basketball team. The newly consolidated school that consists of the former Biggsville Union and Stronghurst Southern high schools has been burning up basketball courts in western Illinois. Headed up by former Alwood coach Brad Jackson, the Heat have been [...]

Apologies for a late start to the new year! Hopefully everyone is still rolling along on their New Year’s Resolution….or better yet if you didn’t resolute anything….is resolute even a word? Anyways… The holiday tourney’s are all wrapped up and we begin to see a clearer picture of the contenders and pretenders in the high [...]

Well the three days are over. It can seem long at times, but overall the tournament passes by quickly. I was able to afford much more rest during this year’s tournament. Last year, I broadcasted 14 games from Western Hall (two from the consolation bracket at MHS). This year I called a measley 10 games [...]

Day one at the Macomb-Western Holiday Tournament is in the books. Many blowouts during the first round this season. Here are some notes from Western Hall… First Session Abingdon over Hamilton. Low scoring game, despite 18 & 16 points from Nick Andersen and Ryan Thompson, respectively. I expected Hamilton to play Abingdon well, this Cardinal [...]

Just wanted to throw my two cents on what players to watch for over the next three days at Western Hall for the Macomb-Western Holiday Tournament. Here are players to watch for from each team in the field… Abingdon (Ryan Thompson & Nick Andersen) Brown County (Quinton Bradbury & Caleb Taylor) B-PC/A (Skylar Van Tine [...]

For the first time in over five years, I was able to take in another holiday tournament not held at Western Hall. While I don’t mind living at the Macomb-Western Holiday Tournament for three days, it’s nice to hit the roads and see other action. My Wednesday took me to the 26th annual Lady Tiger [...]

Hope everyone is enjoying the slowing down of the holidays….and the speeding up for the holiday tournaments. My apologies for a weekend of no posting! Enjoyed some good basketball last week before the holiday tournament trail begins! It’s a few minutes after midnight and the living room is a cluttered mess of Christmas presents, tooooo [...]

Let’s take a trip down memory lane. Do you remember playing in small school gyms filled with nostalgia, artwork, and a small cracker box feel? It seems as though we are losing those classic nostalgic gymnasiums that high school basketball teams call home across the state. Personally, I remember traveling to small town gyms playing [...]

Tonight, two McDonough County girl’s basketball teams square off at Avon High School. A very seasoned and veteran Lady Bombers are coming off a close loss at Quincy Notre Dame last Thursday, 56-51. In that game, Courtney Lawyer led MHS with 14 points. Macomb is currently 7-3 on the season, with losses to QND, Canton, [...]