Illini Central beats Mount Pulaski
57-52
[January 14, 2026]
Illini Central hosted Mount Pulaski on Tuesday night and the
Cougars avenged their earlier season loss by taking down the
Hilltoppers 57-52.
In the first game of the season back in November, the Hilltoppers
beat Illini Central 49-27. Mount Pulaski is without senior leading
scorer Eric Cooper, who is out with a back injury.
The Hilltoppers were in front 16-13 after the first quarter in Mason
City but the Cougars pulled ahead 31-30 at the half.
Illini Central poured on the points in the third quarter and Mount
Pulaski did not, proving to be the nail in the coffin for the
Hilltoppers. The Cougars were in front 44-36 as the third quarter
ended.
Mount Pulaski had a strong fourth quarter but it still wasn’t enough
as the Cougars won 57-52 in the Cougar Den.
Aaron Volle led Mount Pulaski with 14 points.
Brode Folkes led Illini Central with 19 points.
The Cougars won the JV game 42-39.
Reed Martin of Mount Pulaski was the leading JV scorer with 19
points.
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Varsity scoring
Mount Pulaski 52
Volle 14
Kretzinger 11
Wade 11
Martin 10
Charron 5
Olson 1
Illini Central 57
Folkes 19
Blair 17
Umbach 11
Clark 6
Claypool 4
JV scoring
Mount Pulaski 39
Martin 19
Deibert 6
Siebert 5
Olson 3
Hebenstreit 3
Matson 3
Illini Central 42
Bagby 15
Clark 8
Flairty 8
Durbin 7
McGlaughlin 2
DeWeese 2 |
