Weekend scoreboard and schedule

Posted on March 22, 2019

Weekend scoreboard is sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan

Saturday:

College Baseball–
Illinois 4, Illinois State 2
Washington University in St. Louis (DH) 6, Illinois Wesleyan 0; WashU 2, Illinois Wesleyan 1

College Softball–
Illinois State 8, Indiana State 1; Illinois State 14, Indiana State 2 (5 inn.)
Washington University in St. Louis 1, Illinois Wesleyan 0
Illinois Wesleyan 3, Coe 2
Heartland 5, Parkland 3; Parkland 8, Heartland 0

High School Baseball–
Wilmington 8, Dwight 0
Clinton 11, Ridgeview 1; Clinton 5, Ridgeview 1

High School Softball–
Southern Warrior Classic, Murfreesboro, Tenn.–
Evansville Reitz 11, Bloomington 5
Huntley 12, Normal Community 0; Huntley 13, Normal Community 5
LeRoy 12, Argenta-Oreana; Argenta-Oreana 12, LeRoy 3
Heyworth 9, Pleasant Plains 7

Girls High School Soccer–
Spring Cup Tournament, Blackburn College, Carlinville (3rd Place)–
Carlinville 2, Central Catholic 1
Peoria Notre Dame 2 U-High 0
Granite City 1, Normal Community 1

United States Hockey League–
Fargo Force 5, Central Illinois Flying Aces 2

Women’s College Basketball–
NCAA First Round at Ames, Ia.–Missouri State 89, DePaul 78

Sunday:

College Baseball–
Illinois 12, Illinois 1
Washington University in St. Louis 6, Illinois Wesleyan 2
Heartland at Danville Area (DH), postponed to 1 p.m. Monday

College Softball–
Illinois State at Indiana State, ppd.
Illinois Wesleyan 3, Coe 0
Washington University in St. Louis 7, Illinois Wesleyan 6
Heartland at Louis & Clark (DH), ppd.

 

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