At Sterling tourney-
Moline 52-41 over Sterling
Moline 57-51 over Rockford Lutheran
Moline lost 52-27 to Hononegah
Moline lost 57-24 to Montini
Moline lost 56-34 to Richwoods
Hononegah won the Sterling tourney with Richwoods losing only to Hononegah.
The Richwoods girls basketball team (12-2) finished the Sterling Shootout with a pair of wins Thursday night.
Breana Baker led the charge with an 18-point effort in a 56-34 win over Moline in the first game.
Maggie Cunningham recorded game-high honors in the nightcap with 21 points in a 66-57 victory over Rockford Lutheran.
Central 54, Metamora 43: Despite not having a single player reach double digits in scoring, the Lions (8-2) coasted to a nonconference road win over the Redbirds (4-10).
Jemia Carpenter scored nine to lead Central.
Havana 89, Peoria Heights 15: The Ducks erupted for 32 points in the first quarter.
Emily Eakle scored a game-high 16 points, as a dozen different players scored for the hosts.
Kewanee 37, Stark County 29: The Boilermakers outscored their guests 15-8 in the third period to break a 16-all game at intermission.
Jennifer Ensley and Eusebia Quintero scored nine points each.
At Sterling....
STERLING – Most of the time, losing five straight games is not something to feel real good about.
The Sterling Golden Warriors girls basketball team did just that at the Sterling Shootout, which started last weekend and concluded Thursday with a pair losses at Musgrove Fieldhouse.
Yet, there were plenty positives to take from the experience against the rugged field of opponents.
“I think we learned a lot of lessons here that we will be able to take with us the rest of the season,” Sterling senior Ashli King said. “The younger girls on the team got more playing time and the whole team realized that we can’t play in spurts. We have to go hard the whole time against good teams like this.”
Sterling’s play in the tournament wrapped up with a 55-23 loss to Montini, the defending Class 3A state champions.
The Broncos built an 11-2 lead in the first quarter before Sterling made its best run of the game. The Warriors closed out the quarter on a 5-0 run thanks to a bucket by Aleena Hammelman and a 3-pointer from Stephanie Kester.
The rest of the way, Montini’s size and speed proved to be too much. The Broncos outscored Sterling (7-7) 12-3 in the second quarter to permanently pull ahead.
“Montini and Hononegah are the two best teams that we played here,” Hammelman said. “They just have a roster filled with amazing athletes. I am really happy with the way we competed. I think we felt like we could have done better, but now we know what we have to do against teams like this.”
Hammelman scored a team-high 10 points. Kester added six.
The loss to Montini was the most lopsided of the tournament for the Warriors. After dropping the opener by 24 points to Rockford Lutheran last Friday, the Warriors were within 10 points in their other three games, including a 52-41 loss to Moline on Thursday morning.
“We were able to play with most of the teams here,” King said. “We thought we could have done some things a few of the games that would have put us in better position at the end to get a win, but we still competed hard.”
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