Wednesday scoreboard, Thursday schedule

Posted on April 24, 2019

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

College Baseball–
Illinois Wesleyan 6, Augustana 5
Southeastern 5, Heartland 4

College Softball–
Heartland 3, Rock Valley 2; Rock Valley 8, Heartland 0

High School Baseball–
Rochester 2, U-High 0
Deer Creek-Mackinaw 11, Heyworth 1
Fieldcrest 15, El Paso-Gridley 0
Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley 5, Rantoul 4
Tremont 2, Eureka 1

High School Softball–
Normal West 16, Champaign Centennial 0
Rochester 2, U-High 0
Clinton 5, Sullivan 3
Heyworth 5, Deer Creek-Mackinaw 1
Olympia 13, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley 0
LeRoy 22, Lexington 2
Pekin 5, Lincoln 4
Tremont 5, Eureka 0
Herscher 15, Dwight 3

Girls High School Soccer–
Normal West 7, Peoria Manual 0
U-High 4, Central Catholic 0

Thursday:

High School Baseball–
Normal West at Peoria Richwoods, 4:30 p.m.
Peoria Notre Dame at Normal Community, 4:30 p.m.
Central Catholic vs. Tri-Valley (Michael Collins Invitational, Corn Crib), 6:30 p.m.

High School Softball–
Rantoul at Central Catholic, 4:30 p.m.
Normal Community at Danville, 4:30 p.m.
Bloomington at Peoria Manual, 4:30 p.m.
Champaign Central at Normal West, 4:30 p.m.
Bloomington at Peoria, 6 p.m.

Girls High School Soccer–
Whitefish Bay, Wis. at Normal Community, 4 p.m.
Olympia at Central Catholic, 4:30 p.m.
Bloomington at Peoria Notre Dame, 6 p.m.

 

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