Weekend sports schedule

Posted on March 29, 2019

Scoreboard is sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan

Saturday:

College Baseball–
Creighton 17, Illinois State 3
Illinois Wesleyan 5, North Central 2; North Central 16, Illinois Wesleyan 9

College Softball–
Southern Illinois at Illinois State, cancelled

United States Hockey League–
Muskegon Lumberjacks 5, Central Illinois Flying Aces 2

Women’s College Basketball–
NCAA Regional Semifinal at Chicago–Stanford 55, Missouri State 46

Sunday:

College Baseball–
Creighton 8, Illinois State 7 (11 inn.); Creighton 7, Illinois State 3
Illinois Wesleyan 7, North Central 2

United States Hockey League–
Dubuque Fighting Saints 6, Central Illinois Flying Aces 4

Monday:

LIVE ON WJBC-AM 1230–
St. Louis Cardinals at Pittsburgh Pirates, 11:10 a.m.

College Softball–
Lincoln Land at Heartland (DH), 3 p.m.

High School Softball–
Rock Island at Normal Community (DH), 3:30 p.m.
Bloomington at East Peoria, 4 p.m.

High School Baseball–
Moline at Normal Community, 4:30 p.m.
Normal West at Sacred Heart-Griffin, 4:30 p.m.

Girls High School Soccer–
Normal Community at Bloomington, 4:30 p.m.
Central Catholic at U-High, 4:30 p.m.

 

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