Area Sports

Calhoun hosted a freshman shootout Saturday morning with North Greene, Calhoun and Griggsville Perry participating. There were a total of three games with each team playing two games. These games give the younger players, who typically don’t see a lot of playing time, even in the junior varsity games, a chance to get on the…

The North Greene Spartans played host to Gillespie Friday night with both the Junior Varsity and Varsity pulling off impressive wins on the night. The Junior Varsity squeaked by with a 41-36 win while the Varsity soared over the Miners 62-34.

The Carrollton Lady Hawks hosted Southwestern Saturday afternoon and sent the Lady Birds flying home with a loss to add to their record in a close game that the Lady Hawks pulled out with a 35-31 win.

The Calhoun Warriors took second place in the Carlinville Holiday Tournament after falling to the Staunton Bulldogs last week. The Bulldogs hit the Warriors hard in the first quarter taking the lead 26-9. The Warriors stepped up their offense in the second quarter and put 22 points on the board to trail Staunton at the…

North Greene hosted a Unified Basketball scrimmage game Friday night before the game against Gillespie. High School Unified Basketball is an inclusive program, often part of the Special Olympics program that brings together students with and without intellectual disabilities on the same basketball team to play, train and compete together, foster friendships, understanding and a…