By Kevin Bessler
High School Football-
Pontiac will visit Rochester Saturday in the 2nd round of the high school football playoffs. The pregame on WJEZ begns at 5:25pm.
High School Volleyball-
Flanagan-Cornell faces Hartsburg-Emden tonight at 6:30 in Super-Sectional action at Lexington.
College Football-
The Fighting Illini will battle the Minnesota Gophers Saturday. Illinois is 3 & 5 on the season. Coverage on WJEZ begins at 1:30pm.
NFL-
San Fransisco 49ers 34 Oakland Raiders 3
The 49ers improve to 2 & 7 on the season…the Raiders fall to 1 & 7.
NBA-
The Chicago Bulls will host the Indiana Pacers tonight.
NCAA Basketball-
Illinois Wesleyan at Illinois Fighting Illini 7pm (Exhibition)
NHL-
Edmonton Oilers 4 Chicago Blackhawks 0
MLB-
Chicago Cubs outfielder Jason Heyward let the deadline pass for exercising an opt-out provision in his contract. Heyward keeps the $184 million, eight-year deal that pays him $106 million in the next five seasons.
