In college baseball, Bradley blanked Illinois 2-0 in Urbana while Illinois State won its home opener over St. Louis 2-1.
On the high school softball diamonds, Pontiac edged El Paso-Gridley 1-0 in a pitcher’s duel, U-High trounced Prairie Central 16-3, PBL beat Tri-Point 23-1 and Woodland-Flanagan-Cornell topped Lowpoint-Washburn 18-7.
In prep baseball, Dwight defeated Cissna Park 14-0 on a combined six-inning no-hitter from Wesley Pulver and Logan Graham. Roanoke-Benson-Lowpoint-Washburn walked off with a 1-0 win over Woodland-Flanagan-Cornell.
In girls track, Pontiac’s Sarah Christopher took 1st in the 400 and 2nd in the 100 to lead the Indians in a quadrangular with Morton, Lincoln and Peoria Christian. She also was part of the 2nd-place 4 x 400 relay.
Illinois Wesleyan’s Maggie Graham is the CCIW Softball Player of the Week.
The Blackhawks visit Pittsburgh tonight while the Blues are in Arizona.
The U.S. men’s soccer team tied Panama 1-1 in a World Cup qualifier.
U.S. women’s hockey agreed to a new deal with USA Hockey to avoid a boycott of the World Championships that begin Friday.
