Girls high school regional basketball moves into championship mode in Classes 1A and 2A.
In girls regional title games tonight, Eureka faces Tremont in an all-Heart of Illinois Conference Class 2A final in Glasford, Fieldcrest and Peoria Christian meet for the 2A title in El Paso, and Ridgeview faces Cissna Park for the 1A regional crown at Armstrong. Central Catholic faces St.Thomas More for the Olympia Class 2A Regional title.
Tri-Point girls fell in a 1A semifinal to host Gardner 63-37.
In regular season boys play, Dwight beat Tri-Point 89-62 as Justin Fox and Blake Graham each scored 33 points to lead the Trojans.
Illinois Wesleyan men’s basketball survived a physical game and defeated Elmhurst 87-60. Andy Stempel led the Titans with 21 points.
Illinois Wesleyan women won at North Park 89-61 as Amanda Kelly scored a career high 19 points to lead five Titans in double figures. The Titan women remain tied with Wheaton at the top of the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin standings.
In the Big Ten from Wednesday, Minnesota beat Iowa 101-89 and Ohio State edged Rutgers 70-64.
In Missouri Valley Conference men’s play from Wednesday, Indiana State edged Bradley 56-54, Evansville blocked a layup with two seconds left to hold off Loyola 60-58 and Northern Iowa defeated Southern Illinois 49-41.
Jonathan Toews scored a power-play goal 3:09 into overtime to lift the Blackhawks over the Minnesota Wild 4-3.
Three-time defending champion Illinois Wesleyan was picked to win the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin softball title according to the conference’s coaches’ pre-season poll. Titan baseball was picked tied for second behind defending champion North Central College.
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