Game Balls: Top performances from the week in high school sports

Marvin Bateman

One of the top perimeter shooters in the metro-east, Bateman was automatic as he connected on 7-of-9 from beyond the 3-point line, scoring 21 points in leading Althoff past Mount Vernon 101-63 in a semifinal round game at the Class 3A Highland Sectional.

Brian Deterding

The senior center missed his first two shots before hitting on eight in a row to lead Gibault with 17 points against Liberty in the Class 1A Jacksonville Super-Sectional. Unfortunately, Deterding’s effort came in a losing cause. The Hawks, who earned a surprise sectional championship by beating state-ranked Okawville just five days earlier, fell to Liberty, 41-37.

Jordan Goodwin

The premier Class 3A player in southern Illinois, Goodwin was nothing short of brilliant as he scored 32 points and helped carry Althoff past Centralia 67-53 in the title game of the Class 3A Highland Sectional. Goodwin also totaled 20 points in the Crusaders 101-63 win over Mount Vernon earlier in the week.

Jonathan Holmes

Holmes was one of the few bright spots for the Eagles on Wednesday as he scored 13 points in a 59-37 loss to Centralia in the semifinals of the Class 3A Highland Sectional. The Eagles, who advanced to sectional play for the first time since the ‘11 season, finished 22-7.

Logan Kohrmann

The Cougars’all-state senior helped spin the disappointment of a Class 2A state semifinal loss into a determined third-place finish by scoring a game-high 31-points in a win over Hales Franciscan Saturday. With his performance — during which he shot 11-for-19 from the field with three 3-pointers — Kohrmann’s high school career ends as one of the best in Central history. His 1,645 career points is second only to another former all-stater, Brandon Book. Kohrmann also had scored 22 in Friday’s semifinal loss.

This story was originally published March 14, 2016 at 6:26 PM with the headline "Game Balls: Top performances from the week in high school sports."