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Richwoods guards stop Rocks
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It's said that all good things must come to an end, and Peoria Richwoods put an end to Rock Island's perfect season. The Rocky girls basketball team fell in the semifinals of the State Farm Holiday Classic to the Knights, 75-54, and learned a lesson about how guards can change the game. Richwoods' two guards, Brenna Detra (19) and Olivia Elger (30), combined for 49 points and shot 70 percent from the field to lead the Knights.They also did an effective job of shutting down Rocky star, Shavonne Brewer, who ended with a team-high 12 points but only took four shots in the second half, making just one. Rocky (16-1) led 25-10 late in the first quarter, before Elger went off for eight points in the final 48 seconds. In the third quarter, Richwoods outscored Rock Island 24-6, putting their signature on the game. The Rocks will play at noon today in the third-place game against Springfield, which lost to Champaign Centennial, 60-54, in the nightcap. "That was our first time seeing a 1-3-1 zone, and when you get into a tournament like this you don't really have time to scout them," Rocky coach Thad Hoover said. "I'm not disappointed with the effort; we got beat by a good team." The Rocks shot just 36 percent from the floor, although Cairece Allen was 2-for-3 from the field and made both free throws she took for eight points. Mercedes Jackson added seven points and a team-high six rebounds, but there wasn't enough to stop Detra and Elger. "They made adjustments and made it tougher for us to get good looks," Hoover said. "That, and we didn't get into transition very well in the second half and that made it difficult for us to do what we do." The semifinals is still farther than any Rocky team has advanced at the State Farm Classic and the chance at a third-place trophy should be enough to get the Rocks fired up again. 
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Today is Tuesday, May 21, the 141st day of 2013. There are 224 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: On Monday the 11th inst. on Center Ridge in Mercer County,some citizens got out their cannon to celebrate the taking of Richmond. The gun wasoverloaded and burst. No one was injured, but one 30-pound piece went though thesecond story of a house.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The old folks concert at the Harper Theater last night to benefit St.Luke's Cottage Hospital, attracted a large audience.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Unless depredation by vandals in Rock Island parks is halted,special policemen will be assigned to night duty to protect the flowers and other property.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Station WHBF has received a special citation from Washington forits participation in Air Mail Week, which was observed this week throughout the nation.
1963 -- 50 years ago: A 10-year high in employment in the Quad-City area was reachedat the end of the last quarter, according to an industrial employment barometer releasedtoday.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Pee Wee teams will be able to play baseball and softball as usualon Diamond Three at Dorrance Park this summer, but after that, the ball field is doomed.County crews have put the diamond back in shape after heavy trucks marred the playingfield earlier this spring. Illinois Department of Transportation crews drove onto it to makeborings for the relocation of the junction of Illinois 84 and the Port Byron-Hillsdale road.
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