Photo by Jason Brown
Hannah Wallen laughs it up with teammate Hannah Rutledge of Unity on the bench.

•April 11, 2018•

By Jason Brown
NP Sports

The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond’s basketball program was well represented at the News Gazette’s 7th Annual All-Area Game at Parkland College’s Dodds Athletic Center in Champaign Sunday afternoon.

Seniors Hannah Wallen and Colton Romine participated in the all-star game with a focus on having fun.

“I expected to come and have fun, and it’s obvious these are tough girls; they’re good, players to be invited to play here,” said Wallen. “It was a lot of fun.”

Wallen scored eight points in the game, including a last-second deep 3-pointer to end the third quarter to help her gold team defeat the black team 62-47.

“Somebody started counting down and the clock said 1.7, so I just chucked it, and it went in,” she said.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.