Wednesday scoreboard, Thursday schedule

Posted on April 3, 2019

Wednesday’s scoreboard is sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan

College Softball–
Illinois 2, Illinois State 1

College Baseball–
Illinois State 11, Iowa 6

High School Softball–
Metamora 10, Bloomington 5
U-High 10, Sacred Heart-Griffin 0
Normal West 8, Mattoon 2
Fieldcrest 4, Eureka 1
LeRoy 17, El Paso-Gridley 5
Fieldcrest 4, Eureka 1
Tremont 1, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley 0
Tri-Valley 13, Deer Creek-Mackinaw 1

High School Baseball–
Sacred Heart-Griffin 4, U-High 0
Eureka 7, Fieldcrest 0
LeRoy 13, El Paso-Gridley 2
Bishop McNamara 13, Dwight 2
Heyworth 13, Ridgeview 0
Woodland 8, Lexington 4

Girls High School Soccer–
Central Catholic 4, St. Thomas More 0
Sacred Heart-Griffin 2, Normal West 1

Thursday:

High School Softball–
Pontiac at Central Catholic, 4:30 p.m.
Normal Community at Peoria Richwoods, 4:30 p.m.

High School Baseball–
Pontiac at Central Catholic, 4:30 p.m.
Bloomington at U-High, 6 p.m.

Girls High School Soccer–
Central Catholic at Olympia, 4:30 p.m.
Champaign Central at Normal West, 6 p.m.
Peoria Richwoods at Normal Community, 6 p.m.

 

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