In girls high school buckets from Thursday night, U-High pulled past Pontiac 50-32, Dwight earned a big win over state-ranked Iroquois West 50-42, Heyworth defeated El Paso-Gridley 47-30, Fieldcrest slipped past Tremont 50-43, Prairie Central topped Olympia 36-29 and Flanagan-Cornell-Woodland hammered Blue Ridge 61-29.
Boys high school basketball comes your way tonight on 98.9 WJEZ as Fieldcrest travels to Ridgeview. We’re live from Colfax tonight at 6:45.
The Fighting Illini return to action tomorrow at Penn State, and it’s live on 98.9 WJEZ on the Illini Sports Network at 2:30.
The Illinois women lost to visiting Maryland 94-49.
Illinois State women’s basketball opens a four-game homestand tonight as the Purple Aces of Evansville visit Redbird Arena tonight at 7:00. The Redbird women host Southern Illinois on Sunday at 2:00. The Illinois Wesleyan men and women are off this weekend, and the Illinois State men are at Evansville Sunday afternoon at 3:00.
The Bloomington Thunder are at Green Bay tonight.
The Blackhawks gave up two goals in 32 seconds of the third period and lost to the Winnipeg Jets 5-3. The Blues lost at Minnesota 5-1.
The University of North Dakota is entering the Missouri Valley Football Conference in 2020. University presidents in the conference approved UND’s entry. The Fighting Hawks are leaving the Big Sky Conference after next school year and will play in The Summit League in all other sports.
Tiger Woods is back on the PGA Tour for the first time in 17 months. He shot a four-over-par 76 in the first round of the Farmers Insurance Open.
Michael Waltrip says the Daytona 500 next month will be his final NASCAR race. Waltrip has won the Daytona 500 twice.
The Cubs have agreed to a one-year contract worth $3.5 million with left-hander Brett Anderson.
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