In high school basketball as heard here on WJEZ, Pontiac cruised to a victory over Coal City 63-44. Dwight was ousted by top-seed and host St. Anne in a Class 1A Regional semifinal 60-24.
In the Class 2A Regional at El Paso, host El Paso-Gridley rallied to score the game’s final seven points to top number 2 seed Westmont 50-47. In the other semifinal, Fieldcrest topped Chicago Christian 64-61, sending the Knights and Titans into Friday’s regional final.
El Paso-Gridley has earned its first dual team state tournament berth, edging Beardstown to take the Class 1A GCMS Sectional. The Titans will face Coal City in the state quarterfinals at Grossinger Motors Arena on Saturday.
The Fighting Illini played second ranked Michigan State within three points at the break, but the Spartans pulled away to an 81-61 win in East Lansing. Illinois will host Purdue tomorrow night.
It’s senior night for the Redbirds and a red-out night is planned as Illinois State hosts Drake tonight. ISU is jockeying for position in the Missouri Valley in the final week of the regular season. The Redbirds can tie Drake for 3rd in the MVC with a win tonight.
Illinois Wesleyan will only get to host one of the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin basketball tournaments this weekend. The Titan men lost to North Central 83-74 at Shirk Center, granting the top-seed to Augustana. Wesleyan will play North Central in the semifinals Friday in Rock Island.
The Titan women clinched an outright CCIW title with an 82-61 win over Elmhurst. IWU will host the women’s tournament this weekend. The Titans play Elmhurst again in the semifinals on Friday night in the semifinals.
El Paso-Gridley has earned its first dual team state tournament berth edged Beardstown to take the Class 1A GCMS Sectional. The Titans will face Coal City in the state quarterfinals at Grossinger Motors Arena on Saturday.
Team USA’s Lindsey Vonn took the bronze medal in what is likely her final Olympic downhill. The Czech Republic eliminated the United States men’s hockey team with a 3-2 victory in the quarterfinals. In women’s figure skating, the American trio of Mirai Nagasu, Karen Chen and Bradie Tennell struggled with early mistakes in each of their programs. A 15-year-old Russian is now in the lead.
