The Illinois high school basketball post-season opened last night with girls regionals in Classes 1A and 2A. In 1A, Tri-Point picked up a 44-23 win over Illinois Lutheran at Gardner, while in 2A at El Paso-Gridley, host EPG beat Dee-Mack 44-27 and Flanagan-Cornell-Woodland advanced with a 52-17 win over Henry-Senachwine. EPG takes on Fieldcrest and FCW faces Peoria Christian tonight.
Pontiac girls edged Coal City 39-37. Prairie Central boys defeated Tri-Point 69-50.
Illinois men’s basketball tries to snap out of a three-game skid tonight at Northwestern. Illini Sports Network pre-game on 98.9 WJEZ begins tonight at 6 from Evanston.
Illinois State men’s basketball will try to rebound from Saturday’s first conference loss with a trip to Drake tonight.
Redbird football head coach Brock Spack has initiated the process to release recent signee Rashaun Woods from his National Letter of Intent. Woods last week was charged with three counts of rape in Jefferson City, Missouri.
Illinois Wesleyan’s Molly McGraw is the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Women’s Basketball Player of the Week for the second time this season. The Titan women visit North Park tomorrow night while the Titan men host Elmhurst.
The Bulls edged Sacramento 112-107.
The Blues shut out Philadelphia 2-0. The Blues are at Ottawa tonight while the Blackhawks are off.
