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Yahoo
13-04-2025
- Sport
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Area boys stars hold off NIC-10 stars at Rising Stars Classic, Daugherty MVP
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO/WQRF) — Rockford Christian's Elijah Daugherty scored 30 points leading the Area Boys Stars to a 110-107 win over the NIC-10 Boys Stars at the Rising Stars Classic at Rock Valley College Saturday scored 15 points in the first half and 15 more in the second half. His Rockford Chrisitan teammate Christian Cummings also came up big scoring 17 point and dishing out several big assists. A third player who came up big for the Area Stars was Pecatonica's Brody Black. He nailed five three-points in the second half to score 15 points. South Beloit's Ross Robertson scored 14 points. The Area Stars needed all of those Black three-balls to hold off the NIC-10 stars who made a furious rally down the stretch before coming up just East's Sterling Hoarde had an outstanding game for the NIC-10 Stars. He scored 30 points. Guilford's Jaden Websters was next with 18 points. Another Guilford player Je'Sean Frye scored 15 points. A third Guilford player Connor Doyle chipped in with ten points. Jefferson's Sebastian Bracius also finished in double figures with 12 highlights, watch the media player above. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
12-02-2025
- Sport
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Christian Cummings plays through pain; Rockford Christian wins at Byron
BYRON, Ill. (WTVO/WQRF) — It was a good night and a scary night for Rockford Christian's basketball team and their fans. The Royal Lions won a key Big Northern Conference game at Byron, but they also saw one of their star players go down with an guard Christian Cummings went down hard on a collision under the basket while driving to the hoop. He landed hard on his right hand, and he was in extreme pain. After a delay of a couple minutes Cummings walked off the court, and he was tended to by a the time of the injury, Cummings had 22 points and Rockford Christian led by eight with 4:51 remaining in the game. Cummings returned a couple minutes later. Flexing his right hand, he not only played through the pain, he scored another basket on a driving layup. He then assisted on a game-clinching basket by Chase told me after that game how his hand was feeling. 'Yeah, I'm in pain, but it comes down to it we finished through it. I mean, it's, it's hurting me right now, but we've battled through.' With the Royal Lions battling for a Big Northern Conference championship and a high seed in postseason play, Cummings told me he just had to return to the game. 'Man, it means a lot, man. Going into regionals, the seeding and everything, we want to be here. We wanted to have the top seed going into the regional. So, it means a lot. Just coming back in, I just want to be a motivation to my team that no matter what I'm about through, we all get better through this together.'Rockford Christian won 59-48 to improve to 23-2 overall and 7-0 in the Big Northern Conference. That clinches at least a tie for the Big Northern Championship for the Royal Lions because they have a two game lead with only two conference games remaining. Those games are at Winnebago this Friday and at Rockford Lutheran the following highlights, watch the media player above. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
