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(NOBLE) in girls high school basketball last night – in the Midland Trail Conference – Woodlawn beat Noble / Clay City, 65-52 – the Lady Wildcats were led by Deanna Michels & Erin Taylor who each had a double/double with 20 and 14 points respectively, plus 10 rebounds each – Noble / Clay City falls back to 6&13 on the year, now 1&4 in the MTC – the Lady Wildcats play tomorrow night down at Wayne City
(NEWTON) in other girls high school games last night : Cisne beat Wayne City, 42-34 : Fairfield beat Carmi, 38-31 : Neoga beat Effingham St Anthony, 35-28 : Paris beat Dieterich, 79-30
(NEWTON) in boys high school hoops : Charleston beat Urbana, 62-60 : Mattoon beat Mt Zion, 67-62
(NEWTON) in boys high school basketball – at the National Trail Conference Tournament : Teutopolis beat Cowden-Herrick, 87-30 : St Elmo beat Altamont, 64-49 : three more games tonight at Altamont – the matchups have Beecher City against Windsor at 5:00, Dieterich against Neoga at 6:30, and the nightcap has Effingham St Anthony against Stewardson-Strasburg at 8:00 : the tournament continues all week
(OLNEY) the LIC Conference Tournaments continued last night with winner’s bracket semi-final games :
* in Boys’ action at Red Hill High in Bridgeport : top-seeded Flora slipped by #5 Hutsonville-Palestine, 54-48 : 2nd-seeded Marshall held on to beat #3 Casey-Westfield, 51-45
* in Girls’ action at the Lawrenceville High School : top-seeded Marshall beat #4 Red Hill, 51-21 : #6 Lawrenceville upset 2nd-seeded Flora, 39-25
* the Boys’ tournament continues with two consolation semi-final games tonight in Bridgeport : #8 Lawrenceville plays #4 Oblong at 6:00 : #6 Red Hill plays #9 Edwards County at 7:30
* the Girls’ tournament continues with two consolation semi-final games tonight in Lawrenceville : #5 Palestine-Hutsonville plays #7 Oblong at 6:00 : #3 Cumberland plays #8 Casey-Westfield at 7:30
(OLNEY) in boys freshmen basketball last night : Olney defeated Edwards County, 64-25
(OLNEY) in jr college basketball – here’s the Great Rivers Athletic Conference results from Saturday :
* the OCC teams swept two from Kaskaskia : Blue Knights won, 88-71 : Lady Knights won, 85-72
* Wabash Valley swept two from Lincoln Trail : Warriors won, 99-82 : Lady Warriors won, 95-42
* Lake Land swept two from John A Logan : the Lakers won, 66-56 : Lady Lakers won, 77-60
* the other matchup was a split : Southeastern won the men’s game, 92-78 : Rend Lake won the women’s game, 72-66
(OLNEY) with a third of the GRAC schedule gone – here’s the conference matchups for men tonight :
* it’s a battle of conference leaders tonight as 6&0 Wabash Valley will host the 6&0 OCC Blue Knights
* third place Kaskaskia is idle tonight with a GRAC record of 4&2
* 4th place Southwestern Illinois, at 3&2, will host Lake Land as the 6th place Lakers are 1&3 in the GRAC
* 5th place Southeastern Illinois, at 2&4, is on the road to last place Lincoln Trail, now at 0&5
* 7th place John A Logan, at 1&4, will host 8th place Rend Lake, who are 1&5 in the GRAC
(OLNEY) here’s a look at the conference records and tonight’s GRAC matchups for women :
* unbeaten Wabash Valley, at 6&0, will host the 4th place OCC Lady Knights, who are 3&3 in the GRAC
* 2nd place Lake Land, at 4&1, plays at Southwestern Illinois as the 3rd place Lady Blue Storm are at 3&2
* fifth place Kaskaskia, at 3&3, is idle tonight
* 6th place Lincoln Trail, at 2&3, will host Southeastern Illinois as the last place Lady Falcons are at 1&4
* 8th place John A Logan, at 1&4, will host 9th place Rend Lake as the Lady Warriors are also at 1&4
(OLNEY) meanwhile, several area basketball teams are in the new Associated Press statewide rankings :
* Boy’s Class 2A : 16&2 Teutopolis is #5 : 19&2 Flora is #7 : 20&2 Olney is #8
* Boy’s Class 1A : 17&3 Woodlawn is #6 : Dieterich & St Elmo each received some votes
* Girl’s Class 3A : 20&3 Salem is #10
* Girl’s Class 2A : 20&4 Mt Carmel is #7 : 21&3 Pana is #10
* Girl’s Class 1A : 17&3 Cowden-Herrick / Beecher City is #3
* less than two weeks remain in the Girl’s Class 2A and 1A regular seasons
LOCAL AND AREA REMINDERS
(NEWTON) a note from Newton Community High School : next Monday night is “Pack the Place Night” in the NCHS Gym as The Peoples State Bank will donate money to the Athletic Booster Club & the Letterwomen’s Club for every fan who enters the gate – admission for the Monday night girls game between Newton & Robinson is free to all fans who wear orange or blue : meanwhile, a week from tomorrow, on Thursday, February 2nd, it will be “Senior Night” at the girls game as Newton will host Charleston – the Lady Eagle’s lone senior player, Amy Koebele, and Lady Eagle’s team manager, Jessica Cartright, will both be honored during their final regular season game at NCHS – all are urged to come out next week
(NOBLE) the Noble Community Youth League signups for both boys & girls, ages 4 thru 13, will be next Monday night & Tuesday night, January 30th & 31st, from 5:00 to 7:00 each night, at the Lion’s Club Building in Noble – for more information or if any questions, call anytime at 618-843-9317
(OLNEY) the final signup date for the Olney Little League & the Richland County Girls Softball League is this Saturday, from 9:00 to 1:00, at the Olney City Hall – various requirements must be met – for more info, check the little league website at www.allprosoftware.net/olneylittleleague.com or the softball website at www.rcgsoftball.com – for more on baseball, call 393-2153 – for more on softball, call 392-7066
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(OLNEY) on our Sports Broadcast Schedule : it’s OCC Blue Knights basketball tonight on Freedom 92.9 with game time at around 7:30 : and it’s the latest in sports, all day & night, on Fox Sports Radio 740
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