Photo gallery: Central’s effort to cut Illini Bluffs down to size falls short in sectional title game

March 2, 2024 | By Matt Schuckman, Sports Editor

Camp Point Central boys basketball coach James Barnett talks to his team during a timeout Friday night during the Class 1A sectional championship game against Illini Bluffs in Abingdon, Ill. | Photo courtesy Mike Pritchard

ABINGDON, Ill. — The Camp Point Central boys basketball team knows just how big of a road block Illini Bluffs senior forward Hank Alvey can be. For the second year in a row in a sectional championship game, Alvey and the Tigers ended the Panthers’ season.

Friday night, in the Class 1A Abingdon-Avon Sectional title game, the 6-foot-9 Alvey scored 24 points and helped Illini Bluffs pull away in the second half for a 47-35 victory.

Photographer Mike Pritchard put together this gallery of images from the game: