Missiles fall to Forreston
The Milledgeville Missiles had a pair of double-figure scorers, but a 3-for-10 shooting performance from the free-throw line did them in Wednesday night during a 42-37 NUIC East loss at Forreston.
Keali Engelkens scored a game-high 16 points and Andrea Herin added 11 for the Missiles (4-3, 1-1), who were outscored 19-14 after halftime.
Alex Ludwig had 13 points to lead the Cardinals (4-3, 1-0), and Stephanie Conkey added 12.
River Ridge-Scales Mound 46, Polo 26: The Marcos fell behind 30-13 by halftime and couldn’t catch up in a nonconference loss at Polo.
Julie Haye scored 12 points and Katelyn Grobe added 10 for Polo (3-4). Whitney Kieffer led all scorers with 14 for RRSM (4-1).
Wrestling
Byron 58, Polo 18: Drew Cheatham (171 pounds) and Zach Hagemann (152) recorded pins for the Marcos, who also won a forfeit in a nonconference dual at Polo.
Jake Peterson was Polo’s other winner, receiving a forfeit at 285.
Wednesday's stars
• Keali Engelkens, Milledgeville hoops, 16 points
• Julie Haye, Polo hoops, 12 points
• Drew Cheatham & Zach Hagemann, Polo wrestling, won by pin
