Monday scoreboard, Tuesday schedule

Posted on March 25, 2019

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

High School Softball–
Normal West 2, Phenix City Central (AL) 0 (Normal West coach April Schermann records 400th career win)
Normal West 5, Oak Mountain (AL) 0
Central Catholic 11, Saks (AL) 1
Central Catholic 12, Andrean (IN) 0
Olympia 15, Pontiac 0
Prairie Central 6, Dwight 5
Tremont 11, Deer Creek-Mackinaw 1
Lincoln 11, Morton 10

High School Baseball–
Normal Community 10, Rogers (AL) 0
Normal Community 14, Lexington (AL) 0
Normal West 9, Spanish Fort (AL) 4
Revere 10, Central Catholic 2
Bloomington 13, Belle Plaine 10
Herscher 8, Dwight 6
Pontiac 15, El Paso-Gridley 4
Coal City 9, Prairie Central 3

Girls High School Soccer–
Normal West 1, U-High 1

College Softball–
Illinois Wesleyan 8, Monmouth 0; Illinois Wesleyan 4, Monmouth 1

College Baseball–
Heartland 10, Danville Area 1; Danville Area 3, Heartland 2

Women’s College Basketball–
NCAA Second Round at Ames, Ia.–Missouri State 69, Iowa State 60 (11th-seeded Bears advance to Sweet 16 Sat. in Chicago)

Tuesday:

College Baseball–
Milwaukee at Illinois State, 5 p.m.

High School Softball–
Central Catholic at Southern Warrior Classic, Murfreesboro, TN
Normal West at Gulf Coast Classic, Gulf Shores, AL
Chatham Glenwood at U-High, 4:30 p.m.

High School Baseball–
Normal Community, Normal West in Alabama
U-High at Chatham Glenwood, 4:30 p.m.

 

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