NIC-10 All-Stars sweep Rising Stars games at Rock Valley College

ROCKFORD — The NIC-10 all-stars swept the 26th annual Rising Stars senior all-star game at Rock Valley College Saturday night, with five Hononegah players sharing in the celebration.

The NIC-10 girls squad, which included Hononegah’s Olivia Robinson, Jordan Johnston and Allyson Niedfeldt, defeated a team of area stars 66-61.

Rockford Boylan’s Lily Esparza earned MVP honors as the 6-foot-3 University of Denver recruit finished with 11 points and 14 rebounds. She battled 6-4 Whitney Sullivan of Orangeville, a Tulsa recruit, who finished with 18 points.

The Indians’ Johnston finished with nine points, all on treys. Robinson and Niedfeldt each had six points as the NIC-10 girls improved to 15-11 in the all-time series by making a dozen threes compared to the Area girls’ three.

The NIC-10 dominated the boys game, 121-97. Rakim Chaney of Auburn earned MVP after scoring 29 points. Guilford’s Malachi Johnson added 23 points.

Cole Warren and Isaiah Houi of Hononegah both played for the winning NIC-10.