SHELBYVILLE, IL. —
Central A&M was uncharacteristically sloppy in the 1st period, but then they returned to form in the 2nd and rolled to the Okaw Valley Conference Tournament Championship over Clinton, 56-39.
Sarah Bailey was back and she was a difference-maker. She led three, almost four, Raiders in double figures with 14 points. Allie Heaton and Rachel Townsend followed with 10 points each and Taylor Jordan’s hot hand was cooled (no 3s), but still scored nine points.
A&M opened up the game in the 2nd with an 18-7 run to post an 11-point edge at the break, 24-13. They doubled down in the 3rd with a 19-12 run to extend to an 18 points lead with just 8:00 left until clinching the conference tourney title.
Down the stretch A&M held serve and Clinton’s desperation only cut the lead by a point by the final buzzer.
Neither team particularly sharp from the line. Clinton missed 9-of-13 free throws, while A&M shot just under 58% (11-of-19).
Clinton limited the A&M 3-point attack, allowing just three solo missiles from Genny Rose Stringer, Taylor Acock, and Rachel Townsend. Clinton matched that with two long bombs from Ginger, who tied Bailey for game-high scoring honors, and one from Tool, the only other Maroon in double figures.
Thursday
OVC Championship
Central A&M 56, Clinton 39
A & M 6-18-19-13—56
C’ton 6-7-12-14—39
A&M stats: Bailey 14 (5 FGs, 4/7 FTs), Heaton 10 (4 FGs, 2/3 FTs), Townsend 10 (3-2s, 1-3 pt FGs, 1/2 FTs), Jordan 9 (3 FGs, 3/5 FTs), Dooley 5 (2 FGs, 1/2 FTs), Stringer 5 (1-2, 1-3 pt FGs), Adcock 3 (FG). Team FGs 21. 3-Pointers: 3 (Stringer, Townsend, Adcock). Team FTs 11-of-19.
C’ton stats: Ginger 14 (4-2s, 2-3 pt FGs, 0/2 FTs), Tool 10 (3-2s, 1-3 pt FGs, 1/5 FTs), Hickman 6 (3 FGs), Bieber 4 (FG, 2/4 FTs), Toohill 3 (FG, 1/2 FTs), Scott 2 (FG). Team FGs 16. 3-Pointers: 3 (Ginger 2, Tool). Team FTs 4-of-13.
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January 28, 2013
Lady Raiders Claim OVC Tournament Title
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Solid Shelby State Prelims
High schools from over the state of Illinois made their way down for the first day of the girls state track meet at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.
Defending class 1A champion Central A&M sent 12 total athletes to the meet this season, and started this years’ girls track meet off well by winning 6 events individually and 1 team race.
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Shelby shines at Area Best
Shelby Area athletes shined at the Decatur Area Best on Tuesday, even with some key leaders opting out, as they get ready for State. Shelbyville claimed four 1st places, three 2nd places, and one 3rd in the boy and girl meets. Neoga claimed four 1st
- W/SS breaks out late to topple Ramsey Windsor/Stew-Stras couldn't put Ramsey away for five and a half innings in the Central A&M Regional Wednesday. A 3-run rally in the bottom of the 6th remedied that and they won, 6-2. Ramsey took a 1-run lead early and held it until the bottom of the
- Shelby turns tables on Tuscola Tuscola tumbled Shelbyville recently, 13-5. But on Tuesday in the first round of the Tuscola Regional, Shelbyville turned the tables, eliminating Tuscola, 6-2. In the last couple weeks, Shelbyville softball has struggled to score and had battery issu
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Matt Kenseth captures third win of season
Matt Kenseth was not the dominate car, like his teammate Kyle Busch was, but did end up in victory lane after taking the lead with 13 laps left. Busch had 265 of the 367 laps and put much of the field at least a lap down, after long green flag runs e
- Rams roll over Pana, 12-2 Shelbyville (22-3) plays Tuscola in the Tuscola Regional Championship on Saturday at 11 a.m. Shelby warmed up slow then charged over Pana with 11 hits including two home runs, one a grand slam, in the Tuscola Regional on Wednesday, 12-2 in 6 innings.
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- A&M Sectional 7-peat It appeared that host Central A&M's IHSA Class A girls track sectional championship streak would stop at six. But upon further review of the team tallies, the Raiders had won their 7th straight regional championship by a single point. The events wer
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