Friday scoreboard, Saturday schedule

Posted on March 1, 2019

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

Boys High School Basketball–
Class 2A Sectional Championship at Tolono–Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley 58, Central Catholic 53
Class 2A Sectional Championship at Peotone– Chicago Corliss 63, Fieldcrest 55
Class 2A Sectional Championship at Riverton–Pleasant Plains 61, Tremont 41
Class 3A Regional Championship at Fairbury–U-High 42, Kankakee 37
Class 4A Regional Championship at Champaign Centennial–Danville 66, Bloomington 64

Women’s College Basketball–
NCAA Division III First Round at St. Paul, Minn.–Wisconsin Lutheran 48, Illinois Wesleyan 40

Men’s College Basketball–
NCAA Division III First Round at Lincoln, Neb.–Nebraska Wesleyan 101, Eureka 75

College Softball–
Purple & Gold Challenge, Baton Rouge, La.–Illinois State 6, Stephen F. Austin 0; USC Upstate 3, Illinois State 0

College Baseball–
Illinois State 4, Murray State 3

Junior College Baseball–
Frontier 4, Heartland 2; Heartland 5, Frontier 4

United States Hockey League–
Central Illinois Flying Aces 3, Cedar Rapids Roughriders 2

Saturday’s schedule:

Men’s College Basketball–
Illinois State at Southern Illinois, 1 p.m. (LIVE WJBC-AM 1230 & WJBC.com 12 p.m.)

College Baseball–
Illinois State at Murray State, 1 p.m.

College Softball–
Purple and Gold Challenge, Baton Rouge, La.–Illinois State vs. Indiana, 2:30 p.m.; Illinois State at LSU, 7:30 p.m.

United States Hockey League–
Central Illinois Flying Aces at Green Bay Gamblers, 7:05 p.m.

 

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