(OLNEY)  in mens college basketball last night – Illinois lost to Ohio State, 83-67 as the host Buckeyes shot 65% from the field and improve to 23&5 overall, now 11&4 in the Big Ten Conference – now at 16&12, 5&10 in the League, the Illini return to action this Sunday as they’ll host Iowa in Champaign

 
(NEWTON)  in boys high school basketball last night – Newton won its regional quarter-final game against Carmi, 73-52 as the Eagles advance to tonight’s second semi-final game at the Fairfield Class 2A Regional down in Wayne County – now at 23&5 on the year, the Eagles were led in scoring last night by Peyton Wyatt’s 20 points, while Dylan Davidson & Elijah Knepper each added 12 points apiece – the 2nd-seeded Eagles will now face 3rd-seeded Flora as the Wolves beat Lawrenceville in last night’s first game, 73-31 – top-seeded Olney will play the host Mules in the first game this evening at 6:00, then Newton & Flora hook up at 8:10 – the only Newton Eagle to advance in the three-point showdown was Elijah Knepper

 
(OLNEY)  in boys high school basketball lower class downstate regional action last night  :
* Class 1A @ Altamont  :  North Clay beat Patoka, 58-42  :  South Central beat Brownstown, 35-28
* Class 1A @ Hutsonville  :  Oblong beat Grayville, 62-45  :  Cisne beat Clay City / Noble, 37-32
* Class 1A @ Wayne City  :  Woodlawn beat Christ Our Rock Lutheran Centralia, 80-47
* Class 1A @ Strasburg  :  Cowden-Herrick beat Dieterich, 67-58  :  Stew-Stras beat Neoga, 61-52
* Class 2A @ Teutopolis  :  Effingham St Anthony beat Sullivan, 52-40
* Class 2A @ Pana  :  Litchfield beat Greenville, 42-35  :  Vandalia beat Hillsboro, 49-45
* Class 2A @ Casey  :  Georgetown-Ridge Farm beat Marshall, 70-59
* Class 2A @ Benton  :  the host Rangers beat Johnston City, 52-29

(NEWTON)  in girls high school basketball last night – the downstate upper class sectionals continued  :
* Class 3A @ Breese  :  East St Louis Senior beat Centralia, 51-46
* Class 4A @ Belleville  :  Edwardsville beat Belleville West, 56-27

 
(OLNEY)  in boys high school basketball tonight – here’s the downstate area matchups  :
* Class 2A @ Fairfield  :  Olney & Fairfield at 6:00  :  Newton & Flora at 8:10
* Class 2A @ Teutopolis  :  Moweaqua Central A & M & Teutopolis
* Class 2A @ Casey  :  Robinson & Casey-Westfield
* Class 2A @ Benton  :  Du Quoin & Hamilton County
* Class 2A @ Pinckneyville  :  Sparta & Pinckneyville  :  Campbell Hill Trico & Nashville
* Class 2A @ Vienna  :  Harrisburg & Carterville  :  Murphysboro & Massac County
* Class 2A @ Freeburg  :  Breese Central & Trenton Wesclin  :  Breese Mater Dei & Columbia
* Class 2A @ Pana  :  Litchfield & Pana  :  Carlyle & Vandalia
* Class 1A @ Altamont  :  St Elmo & North Clay  :  Altamont & South Central
* Class 1A @ Chrisman  :  Arcola & Villa Grove  :  Oakland & Chrisman
* Class 1A @ Hutsonville  :  Red Hill & Hutsonville-Palestine  :  Oblong & Cisne
* Class 1A @ Wayne City  :  Sandoval & Wayne City
all of the Class 1A and 2A regional championship games will be Friday night

 
 
(OLNEY)  in junior college basketball, it’s a full schedule in the Great Rivers Athletic Conference tonight  :
* Olney Central College is on the road to Kaskaskia College to battle the Blue Angels & the Blue Devils
* Lincoln Trail College will host Wabash Valley College up in Robinson
* Southeastern Illinois travels to near Ina to play at Rend Lake College
* Lake Land College will host John A Logan up just south of Mattoon
* Southwestern Illinois is in non-conference action hosting Lewis & Clark in Belleville

                                                 LOCAL AND AREA REMINDERS

(OLNEY)  Olney Tigers regional tickets are on sale today in the ERHS Office – for the general public from 8:30 this morning until 2:00 this afternoon – the Fairfield High School doors will open at 5:00 this evening with the Tiger game at 6:00 tonight – the gym will then be cleared after the Olney game before the Newton & Flora game – Olney fans can buy tickets for tonight’s second game if they present their Olney / Fairfield game ticket stub, that is if tickets are still available for the second game tonight

(NEWTON)  Newton Eagle regional tickets are currently on sale at the NCHS Office – for the general public from now until 12 noon – the limit is at four tickets per person – after 12 noon, folks can buy as many tickets as they’d like – the tickets are for the second game tonight only between Newton & Flora

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(OLNEY)  on our Sports Broadcast Schedule  :  it’s back-to-back basketball tonight on Freedom 92.9 with Olney Tiger basketball at 6:00, followed by OCC Blue Knights basketball at around 7:30  :  it’s Newton Eagle basketball tonight on 103.5 “The Eagle” with game time at 8:10  :  and it’s the latest in sports, all day & night, on Fox Sports Radio 740 WVLN

(OLNEY)  in junior college baseball – OCC won their season opening doubleheader Saturday in Tennessee  :
* the Blue Knights beat Roane State, 5-3  :  the winning pitcher was Myles Scott, with T.J. Hill picking up a save  :  top hitters were Kollin Dowdy, Derek Peterson, Jarret Young, & Trevor McCarthy
* the Blue Knights beat Roane State, 8-0  :  the winning pitcher was Jaden Widdersheim  :  OCC’s top hitters were Jeremy Cline, Casey Robinson, Derek Peterson, Russ Morse, & Kollin Dowdy
* while rained out yesterday & Sunday, the Blue Knights play a doubleheader today against Cumberlands College down in Williamsburg, Kentucky

 
(NEWTON)  in girls high school basketball, statewide finals continued – here’s some downstate results  :
* Class 1A Super-Sectional @ Salem  :  Cowden-Herrick / Beecher City beat Goreville, 57-46
* Class 2A Super-Sectional @ Salem  :  Breese Central beat Pana, 48-44
* Class 3A Sectional Semi-Final @ Breese  :  Salem beat Highland, 51-45

 
 
(OLNEY)  in boys high school basketball, statewide lower class regional began – some area results  :
* Class 1A @ Hutsonville  :  Red Hill beat Edwards County, 43-40
* Class 1A @ Wayne City  :  Christ Our Rock beat Odin, 60-50  :  Sandoval beat Webber, 74-23
* Class 1A @ Strasburg  :  Cowden-Herrick beat Beecher City, 67-52  :  Neoga beat Ramsey, 69-32
* Class 2A @ Fairfield  :  Fairfield beat Mt Carmel, 58-56
* Class 2A @ Teutopolis  :  Central A & M beat Shelbyville, 52-45
* Class 2A @ Casey  :  Georgetown-Ridge Farm beat Paris, 75-64 
* Class 2A @ Casey  :  Casey-Westfield beat Cumberland, 68-54
* Class 2A @ Benton  :  Johnston City beat Eldorado, 45-34 
* Class 2A @ Benton  :  Hamilton County beat West Frankfort, 46-32
* Class 2A @ Pinckneyville  :  Sparta beat Red Bud, 54-48  :  Nashville beat Chester, 66-49
* Class 2A @ Vienna  :  Carterville beat Anna-Jonesboro, 63-53  :  Massac County beat Vienna, 79-45

 
(NEWTON)  in girls high school basketball tonight – the downstate upper class sectionals continue  :
* Class 3A @ Breese  :  Centralia plays East St Louis Senior
* Class 4A @ Belleville  :  Edwardsville plays Belleville West

 
 
(OLNEY)  in boys high school basketball tonight – the lower class regionals continue in the area  :
* Class 2A @ Fairfield  :  the Newton Eagles begin postseason play – an 8:10 game against Carmi
* Class 1A @ Altamont  :  North Clay plays Patoka  :  South Central plays Brownstown
* Class 1A @ Chrisman  :  Hume Shiloh plays Villa Grove  :  Martinsville plays Chrisman
* Class 1A @ Hutsonville  :  Oblong plays Grayville  :  Clay City / Noble plays Cisne
* Class 1A @ Strasburg  :  Dieterich plays Cowden-Herrick  :  Stewardson-Strasburg plays Neoga
* Class 1A @ Wayne City  :  Woodlawn plays Christ Our Rock Lutheran
* Class 2A @ Fairfield  :  Flora plays Lawrenceville 
* Class 2A @ Teutopolis  :  Effingham St Anthony plays Sullivan
* Class 2A @ Casey  :  Marshall plays Georgetown-Ridge Farm
* Class 2A @ Benton  :  Benton plays Johnston City
* Class 2A @ Pana  :  Greenville plays Litchfield  :  Vandalia plays Hillsboro

(NEWTON)  in mens college basketball – Illinois is in Columbus, Ohio to battle the Buckeyes tonight in another Big Ten battle – Ohio State will be looking to avenge a loss earlier this year to the Fighting Illini at the Assembly Hall in Champaign, but Illinois is on a five game skid – the Buckeyes enter tonight’s game with an overall record of 22&5, 10&4 in the Big Ten – Illinois enters at 16&11 overall, 5&9 in the league

                                                 LOCAL AND AREA REMINDERS

(OLNEY)  Olney Tigers regional tickets go on sale today & tomorrow at the ERHS Office  :  for parents of ball players & cheerleaders this morning from 8:30 to 9:15  :  for ERHS students & faculty from 9:15 to 10:00  :  and for the general public from 10:00 to 3:00 today  :  then also tomorrow from 8:30 to 2:00  :  the doors at Fairfield High School will open at 5:00 tomorrow evening with the Tiger game at 6:00 tomorrow night – the gym will then be cleared after the Olney game before the second game that night and separate tickets must be purchased for that game, either at the door, if available, or in advance

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(OLNEY)  on our Sports Broadcast Schedule  :  it’s Fighting Illini basketball tonight on Freedom 92.9 with our pregame at 5:30 and tipoff at 6:00  :  it’s Newton Eagle basketball tonight on 103.5 “The Eagle” with our broadcast time at around 8:00  :  and it’s the latest in sports, all day & night, on Fox Sports Radio 740

(NEWTON)  in mens college basketball Saturday – Illinois lost to Nebraska, 80-57 as the Illini have now dropped five in a row – the Cornhuskers improve to 12&13 overall, now 4&10 in the Big Ten – Illinois falls to 16&11, now 5&9 in the Big Ten – the Fighting Illini play at Ohio State tomorrow night

 
(OLNEY)  in junior college basketball Saturday – the OCC teams lost a GRAC doubleheader  :
* the Blue Knights lost to Southwestern Illinois, 80-60 – the OCC men stay atop the GRAC standings at 11&2, now 22&4 overall – Noah Stewart & Trivante Bloodman led OCC in scoring with 17 & 13 points
* the Lady Knights lost to Southwestern Illinois, 75-50 – the OCC women fall to 17&9 on the year, now 8&5 in the GRAC – the Lady Knights were led in scoring by Kelsee Ennis & Alecia Tally with 15 & 12
* the OCC teams are back in action this Wednesday night, traveling to Kaskaskia College

 
(OLNEY)  the IHSA Class 1A State Wrestling Tournament ended Saturday – some area results  :
* Cumberland’s Nathan Day finished second in the state in the 113 pound class
* Shelbyville's Alex Jones finished fourth in the state in the 132 pound class
* Vandalia’s Levi Ulmer finished in the top eight of the state in the 195 pound class
* top ten finishers : Cumberland’s Evan Casey : Mt Carmel’s Sam Wampler : Vandalia’s Daniel Edwards

 
(NEWTON)  the ISHA Class 2A State Wrestling Tournament ended Saturday – some area results  :
* Mahomet-Seymour’s Austin Armetta finished second in the 160 pound class
* Mt Zion’s Dalton Coleman finished fourth in the 145 pound class
* Mt Vernon’s Alex Vosburgh finished in the top ten in the 160 pound class

 
(OLNEY)  a handful of area wrestlers made it to the second day of action but was eliminated on Friday  :
* Class 1A  :  Robinson’s Payton Stifle & Zack Higgins  :  Vandalia’s Dalton Blankenship & Seth Purcell
* Class 2A  :  Mt Zion’s Jake Eckenrod, Rob Lane, & Griff McQuality  :  Mt Vernon’s Blake Stricklin

 
(NEWTON)  the two lower class IHSA Girls Super-Sectioals are tonight – the downstate matchups  :
* Class 1A @ Salem  :  Cowden-Herrick / Beecher City plays Goreville at 6:00
* Class 2A @ Salem  :  Pana plays Breese Central at 8:10
tonight’s winners go straight to the Class 1A and 2A State Tournaments this coming weekend in Normal

 
(OLNEY)  the two upper class IHSA Girls Sectionals begin tonight with semi-finals  :
* Class 3A @ Breese  :  Salem plays Highland at 7:30

 
(NEWTON)  the two lower class IHSA Boys Regionals start tonight – here’s some downstate matchups  :
* Class 2A @ Fairfield  :  the host Mules play Mt Carmel
* Class 2A @ Teutopolis  :  Central A & M plays Shelbyville
* Class 2A @ Casey  :  Georgetown-Ridge Farm plays Paris  :  Casey-Westfield plays Cumberland
* Class 1A @ Hutsonville  :  Edwards County plays Red Hill
* Class 1A @ Strasburg  :  Cowden-Herrick plays Beecher City  :  Neoga plays Ramsey
* Class 1A @ Altamont  :  North Clay plays Patoka  :  South Central plays Brownstown
* Class 1A @ Wayne City  :  Centralia Christ Our Rock plays Odin  :  Sandoval plays Webber
all of these regionals continue almost each night this week with the championships on Friday night

                                                 LOCAL AND AREA REMINDERS

(OLNEY)  Olney Tigers regional tickets go on sale tomorrow & Wednesday at the ERHS Office  :  for parents of ball players & cheerleaders tomorrow morning from 8:30 to 9:15  :  for ERHS students & faculty from 9:15 to 10:00  :  and for the general public from 10:00 to 3:00 tomorrow  :  then also on Wednesday from 8:30 to 2:00  :  the doors at Fairfield High School will open at 5:00 Wednesday with the Tiger game at 6:00 that night – the gym will then be cleared after the Olney game before the second game that night and separate tickets must be purchased for that game, either at the door that night, if available, or in advance

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(OLNEY)  on our Sports Broadcast Schedule : it’s the latest in sports on Fox Sports Radio 740 WVLN

(OLNEY)  in boys high school basketball last night – Olney ended its regular season with a sweep of Salem in Ron Herrin Gym  :  the Tigers won the varsity game, 61-34 led by Brook Pampe with 18 points, Michael Fehrenbacher with 17 points, and Joel Eagleson with 11 points – Olney ends the regular season with a mark of 25&4 and win the Apollo Title at 12&2   :  Olney won the junior varsity game, 60-34 as the junior varsity Tigers finish the season at 8&8  :  the Apollo Conference Champions from Olney get a first round bye at next week’s Fairfield Regional, playing their first post-season game next Wednesday night at 6:00

 
(NEWTON)  in boys high school basketball last night – Newton split their final Apollo games with Paris  :  the Eagles won the varsity game, 65-47 – Newton was led by Peyton Wyatt with 22 points, Dylan Davidson with 17 points, & Mitch Mammoser with 11 points – the Eagles end the regular season with an overall mark of 22&5 and finish fourth in the Apollo at 9&5  :  Paris won the junior varsity game, 52-50  :  the Eagles begin regional play at Fairfield next Tuesday night, an 8:10 quarter-final game against the Carmi Bulldogs

 
(OLNEY)  also in the Apollo  :  Robinson beat Mt Zion, 54-44  :  Effingham beat Charleston, 61-55

 
(NEWTON)  other area games last night  :  Flora beat Lawrenceville, 66-45  :  Fairfield beat Carmi, 60-50  :  Mt Carmel beat Washington, Indiana, 58-46  :  Marshall beat Neoga, 54-43  :  St Anthony beat Casey-Westfield, 63-55  :  Teutopolis beat Madison, 62-48  :  Woodlawn beat Edwards County, 85-42  :  Wayne City beat Waltonville, 47-44  :  Cisne beat Webber, 56-16  :  Stewardson-Strasburg beat Altamont, 66-54  :  Arthur beat Martinsville, 65-47  :  Harrisburg beat Benton, 60-52  :  Nashville beat Du Quoin, 53-45

(OLNEY)  the Apollo Conference Boys Freshman Basketball Tournament will end today in Effingham  :
*  Charleston plays Salem in the 5th place game this morning at 10:00 
*  Olney plays Robinson in the 3rd place game at 11:30 this morning 
*  Mt Zion plays Effingham in the championship game this afternoon at 1:00

(OLNEY)  the IHSA Boys Individual Wrestling Tournament will end today on the University of Illinois campus up in Champaign – best of luck to area wrestlers from Robinson, Lawrenceville, Cumberland, Vandalia, & other regional schools – the IHSA Dual Wrestling Tournament will be next weekend

 
(OLNEY)  it’s back to junior college basketball today in the Great Rivers Athletic Conference  :
* the OCC teams are at Southwestern Illinois – the Lady Knights play at 1:00, the Blue Knights at 3:00
* Kaskaskia is in Robinson to battle Lincoln Trail – it’s the women’s game at 2:00, the men at 4:00
* Southeastern Illinois will host Lake Land, south of Eldorado with game times at 5:30 and 7:30
* John A Logan is in Mt Carmel to battle Wabash Valley College, also at 5:30 and 7:30 as well

(OLNEY)  the OCC baseball & softball teams are scheduled to begin action this weekend
* the OCC Blue Knights have doubleheaders scheduled for today & tomorrow in Tennessee and games next Monday & Tuesday in Kentucky
* the Lady Knights have had their season opener in Tennessee moved back from tomorrow to Monday due to bad weather conditions – then back for two more twin-bills next Friday & Saturday, also in Tennessee

 
 
(OLNEY)  in mens college basketball – Illinois is on the road out in Nebraska to take on the Cornhuskers in Big Ten Basketball – while the Fighting Illini enter at 16&10 overall, Nebraska is at 11&13 on the year – Illinois is 5&8 in the Big Ten while Nebraska sits at 3&10 in its first year in the Big Ten Conference

                                                 LOCAL AND AREA REMINDERS

(OLNEY)  with the Olney Tigers having their first regional game at Fairfield next Wednesday night, the East Richland High School office will have ticket sales next Tuesday & Wednesday  :  that’s for parents of ball players & cheerleaders next Tuesday morning from 8:30 to 9:15  :  for ERHS students & faculty from 9:15 to 10:00  :  and for the general public from 10:00 to 3:00 next Tuesday  :  then also on Wednesday from 8:30 to 2:00 in the ERHS office  :  the doors at Fairfield High School will open at 5:00 with the Tiger game at 6:00 – the gym will then be cleared after the Olney game before the second game that night and separate tickets must be purchased for that game, either at the door that night, if available, or in advance

(OLNEY)  the Richland County Girls Softball League will hold “closed session” tryouts today at Veteran’s Hall, just north of East Richland High School – it’s for all girls advancing to a new division or those being placed back into the draft – girls need to bring helmets, softball gloves, and bats to the tryouts coming up today in Olney – League officials have announced the following schedule for this morning and afternoon  :
* T-Ball Coach’s meeting & draft at 9:00 am
* Minor League Coach’s meeting & draft at 10:00 am
* Major League tryouts at 11:00 am
* Major League Coach’s meeting & draft at 12:00 pm
* Senior League tryouts at 2:00 pm
* Senior League Coach’s meeting & draft at 3:00

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(OLNEY)  on our Sports Broadcast Schedule  :  it’s OCC Blue Knights basketball today on Freedom 92.9 with game time at around 3:00  :  it’s Fighting Illini basketball today on Fox Sports Radio 740 with our pregame at 3:30 and tipoff at 4:00 – we’ll switch it over to Freedom 92.9 after Blue Knights basketball at around 4:45  :  and tune in for the latest in sports all weekend long on Fox Sports Radio 740 WVLN