Congratulations go out to three members of the PORTA-AC Central Lady Bluejay basketball team for receiving statewide recognition of their efforts following their outstanding 30-2 season.
The PORTA-AC Central boys’ basketball team’s season ended last week with a semifinal loss to the Riverton Hawks in the Athens Regional.
The Bluejays had snapped a lengthy season ending losing streak with a nice first round win over arch-rival Athens at their place to advance. The Jays could not get their offense on track in the loss to Riverton and fell by a final score of 46 to 30. They found themselves within striking distance, down 34 to 24 after three quarters but the offensive struggles continued in the fourth ending their season. PORTA-AC finished with a 13-19 record.
A season to remember came to a disappointing end for the PORTA-AC Central Lady Bluejays in the Regional Championship game last Thursday at Riverton. Just a week after getting pounded by the Bluejays 45 to 27, the Pleasant Plains Cardinals sprang the upset sending PORTA-AC to just their second loss of the year to end their season at 30-2.
Two Sangamo Conference losses on the road ended the regular season for the PORTA-AC Central Bluejays dropping them to 1-8 in the conference and 12-18 overall in a rebuilding season. The Bluejays gave a very good Auburn team all they wanted for three quarters before falling 59 to 41 to start the week then dropped a disappointing decision to Standford Olympia 52 to 47.
A tough stretch for the PORTA-AC Central boys basketball team got even tougher as the Jays dropped two tight conference games to good teams last week to push their losing streak to five games. PORTA-AC has lost eight of their last nine to fall to 12-16 on the year and 1-6 in the Sangamo Conference.
Add undefeated Sangamo Conference Champions to the ever-growing list of accomplishments for the 2023-2024 PORTA-AC Central Lady Bluejays.
A whipping of rival Pleasant Plains last week gave the Lady Jays a perfect 8-0 mark in the conference and the championship. Wins over Athens and Canton pushed their record to 29-1 overall entering postseason play.
The PORTA-AC Central Bluejays lost three times last week to fall below .500 on the year at 12-14. They fell at home to New Berlin and on the road at Riverton in Sangamo Conference games to fall to 1-4 in conference play. On Saturday the Bluejays had to match up with 3A Rantoul in a Sangamo-Illini Prairie inter-conference shootout and lost 51 to 40 to the Eagles.
The PORTA-AC Central Lady Bluejays moved to 26-1 on the season with two more dominating conference wins over Williamsville and Illini Central last week. The Jays received a first round regional bye and will play the winner of Waverly and Williamsville at the Riverton Regional at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, February 12.
Two more wins at home last week have the PORTA-AC Central Lady Bluejays flying high with a 24-1 season record. A tough conference win over Stanford Olympia to start the week gives the Jays a 4-0 Sangamo Conference mark. PORTA-AC closed the week with another dominating win, this one over Bloomington Central Catholic.
The beat goes on for the PORTA/A-C Central Lady Bluejays as they won their only game last week to improve to 23-1 on the year. The boys’ team meanwhile split a pair of home games to remain over .500 on the season at 11-9.