(OLNEY)  in boys high school basketball last night – the Olney Tigers won the Fairfield Regional Championship game, with a 45-40 victory over Flora – Olney’s Brook Pampe led both teams in scoring with 19 points, while Michael Fehrenbacher’s 13 points pushed him over the 1,000-point plateau for his high school career – Flora’s all-time leading scorer, Paul Knapp, led the Wolves with 18 points, with fellow senior Nick Painter adding 10 – while Flora ends a successful season at 27&4, Olney improves to 27&4 and moves on to a Sectional Semi-Final matchup with Pinckneyville down at Eldorado next Tuesday night

 
(NEWTON)  elsewhere in the other Class 1A & 2A Regional Title games in our downstate area last night  :
* Class 2A @ Pinckneyville  :  Pinckneyville beat Trico, 50-45
* Class 2A @ Benton  :  Benton beat Du Quoin, 52-34
* Class 2A @ Vienna  :  Harrisburg beat Massac County, 59-50
* Class 2A @ Freeburg  :  Breese Central beat Breese Mater Dei, 45-29
* Class 2A @ Pana  :  Pana beat Vandalia, 57-43
* Class 2A @ Teutopolis  :  Teutopolis beat Effingham St Anthony, 51-38
* Class 2A @ Tuscola  :  Tolono Unity beat Champaign St Thomas More, 57-47
* Class 2A @ Casey  :  Robinson beat Georgetown-Ridge Farm, 57-41
* Class 1A @ Altamont  :  St Elmo beat Altamont, 43-34
* Class 1A @ Chrisman  :  Arcola beat Chrisman, 63-41
* Class 1A @ Edinburg  :  Nokomis beat Edinburg, 64-34
* Class 1A @ Hutsonville  :  Oblong beat Red Hill, 62-52
* Class 1A @ Strasburg  :  Cowden-Herrick beat Stewardson-Strasburg, 53-46
* Class 1A @ Wayne City  :  Woodlawn beat Sandoval, 58-28
* Class 1A @ Norris City  :  Gallatin County beat Carrier Mills-Stonefort, 57-48
* Class 1A @ Steeleville  :  Sesser-Valier beat New Athens, 44-34
last night’s championship winners move on to sectional action next week

 
(OLNEY)  the two lower class IHSA Girls State Tournaments began with Quarter-Final action yesterday  :
* Class 1A  :  Freeport beat LeRoy, 56-42
* Class 1A  :  Cowden-Herrick / Beecher City beat Glasford Illini Bluffs, 63-54
* Class 2A  :  Quincy Notre Dame beat Aurora Central Catholic, 74-36
* Class 2A  :  Breese Central beat Stillman Valley, 44-29
the Class 1A finals are this afternoon with the Class 2A finals later tonight in Redbird Arena in Normal

 
(NEWTON)  several area girls competed in the State 1A and 2A 3-point showdown in Normal yesterday  :
* Class 2A  :  a Carlyle junior, Paige Rakers, won the final four shootout yesterday afternoon, hitting 11 three pointers in the first round, then nailing three out of four in a shoot-off  :  Mt Carmel’s sophomore, Tyra Buss, hit 6 three-balls to come up short  :  Rakers will now move on to represent Class 2A in the Queen of the Hill competition next weekend  :  other area girls who made it into the final top 32 shooters were freshman Janelle Gebben of Teutopolis and junior Amber Bruno of Vandalia
* Class 1A  :  an Arlington Heights freshman, Jessica Moriarty from Christian Liberty Academy, won the final four competition and advances to represent Class 1A in the showdown next weekend  :  other area girls who made it into the final top 32 shooters were sophomore Morgan Walker of North Clay / Louisville, sophomore Amanda Geiger of Christ Our Rock Centralia, and junior Tiffany Shull of Cumberland

(OLNEY)  it’s back to junior college basketball in the Great Rivers Athletic Conference today  :
* the OCC teams are at home to host Wabash Valley College for their Coaches versus Cancer “White Out” event in the Olney Central College Gym – with everyone encouraged to wear white, various prizes will be awarded at halftime of the men’s game – it’s Lady Knights at 5:30 and Blue Knights at around 7:30
* with only three more GRAC dates remaining, here’s the other Saturday matchups  :  Rend Lake will host John A Logan this afternoon  :  Lincoln Trail plays at Southeastern Illinois tonight  :  and Lake Land will host Southwestern Illinois just south of Mattoon

                                                     LOCAL AND AREA REMINDERS

(OLNEY)  a reminder that it’s Live Pro Wrestling every Sunday afternoon at 531 Whittle Avenue in Olney, just above the Knights of Columbus Hall – the doors open at 3:30, with wrestling at 4:00 – admission at $5 – for more, logon at www.iwaunlimited.com or call 837-0662 – proceeds to the Calhoun Civic Center

(OLNEY)  here’s the ticket information for Olney Tiger basketball and next Tuesday’s sectional semi-final game at Eldorado  :  the $5 general admission tickets will be on sale in the East Richland High School Office Monday morning from 8:30 to 9:15 for parents of Olney Tiger players & cheerleaders  :  then Monday morning from 9:15 to 10:00 for ERHS students & faculty  :  then for the general public Monday from 10:00 to 4:00 in the ERHS Office  :  any remaining tickets will then be sold next Tuesday morning from 7:30 to 12 noon  :  all ticket sales at the East Richland High School Office

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(OLNEY)  on our Sports Broadcast Schedule  :  it’s another OCC doubleheader tonight on Freedom 92.9 with Lady Knights action at 5:30, followed by Blue Knights basketball at around 7:30  :  and it’s the latest in sports, all day, all night, and all weekend long, on Fox Sports Radio 740 WVLN

(OLNEY)  in girls high school hoops last night – the upper class Sectionals were finished up  :
* Class 3A @ Breese  :  Salem beat East St. Louis Senior, 54-43
* Class 3A @ Taylorville  :  Springfield High beat Chatham Glenwood, 83-46
* Class 4A @ Bloomington  :  Edwardsville beat Moline, 59-30
the Class 3A and 4A Super-Sectionals are next Monday

 
 
(OLNEY)  there were only two games last night in the Richland County Mens 4-on-4 Basketball League as the regular season schedule came to a close  :  Friday Nite Lites beat The Bulls, 83-34  :  The Zoolanders beat The Salukis, 89-71  :  the League’s year-ending tournament will begin next Thursday, March 1st, at the Claremont Recreation Center – there will be no games next Monday night in preparation of the tournament

 
(NEWTON)  the IHSA Girls Class 1A and 2A State Tournaments begin today & tonight up in Normal  :
* Class 1A Semi-Final  :  LeRoy plays Freeport Aquin this afternoon at 12:00 noon
* Class 1A Semi-Final  :  Cowden-Herrick / Beecher City plays Glasford Illini Bluffs at 2:00
* Class 2A Semi-Final  :  Quincy Notre Dame plays Aurora Central Catholic at 6:30 tonight
* Class 2A Semi-Final  :  then Breese Central plays Stillman Valley at 8:15 later tonight
the 3rd place & championship games are tomorrow & tomorrow night – watch live online at www.IHSA.TV

 
(OLNEY)  the two lower class 3-Point Showdown Preliminaries were last night at Redbird Arena  :
* Class 1A  :  none of the top four shooters were from our area  :  a tip of the hat to those from our area who advanced to take part on the state level – they included junior Tiffany Shull of Cumberland, sophomore Morgan Walker of North Clay / Louisville, & sophomore Amanda Geiger of Centralia Christ Our Rock
* Class 2A  :  among the four advancing to this afternoon’s finals is sophomore Tyra Buss of Mt Carmel  :  others from our area that also took part, but did not advance include freshman Janelle Gebben of Teutopolis and junior Amber Bruno of Vandalia   :   the Class 1A and 2A showdown finals are this afternoon at 1:30

 
(OLNEY)  the boys two lower class regional championship games are tonight – here’s the area matchups  :
* Class 2A @ Fairfield  :  Olney & Flora
* Class 2A @ Teutopolis  :  Effingham St Anthony & Teutopolis
* Class 2A @ Casey  :  Robinson & Georgetown-Ridge Farm
* Class 2A @ Benton  :  Du Quoin & Benton
* Class 2A @ Pinckneyville  :  Campbell Hill Trico & Pinckneyville
* Class 2A @ Vienna  :  Harrisburg & Massac County
* Class 2A @ Freeburg  :  Breese Central & Breese Mater Dei
* Class 2A @ Pana  :  Vandalia & Pana
* Class 1A @ Altamont  :  St Elmo & Altamont
* Class 1A @ Hutsonville  :  Oblong & Red Hill
* Class 1A @ Wayne City  :  Sandoval & Woodlawn
* Class 1A @ Strasburg  :  Cowden-Herrick & Stewardson-Strasburg
tonight’s winners move on to sectional semi-final action next week 

                                                     LOCAL AND AREA REMINDERS

(OLNEY)  a reminder that it’s Live Pro Wrestling every Sunday afternoon at 531 Whittle Avenue in Olney, just above the Knights of Columbus Hall – the doors open at 3:30, with wrestling at 4:00 – admission at $5 – for more, logon at www.iwaunlimited.com or call 837-0662 – proceeds to the Calhoun Civic Center

(OLNEY)  it's been announced that as of 9:00 this morning (Friday), all Olney Tigers regional tickets have been sold out - some tickets will be available at the door tonight – the Fairfield High School doors open at 6:30, with game time at 7:30 – all Tiger fans are encouraged to wear black to tonight’s game for an Olney Tiger “black-out” at the Regional Championship game

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(OLNEY)  on our Sports Broadcast Schedule  :  it’s Olney Tiger basketball on Freedom 92.9 with game time tonight at 7:30  :  and it’s the latest in sports, all day & all night, on Fox Sports Radio 740 WVLN

(OLNEY)  in junior college basketball last night – the OCC teams dropped a doubleheader at Kaskaskia  :
* the Blue Knights lost, 83-72 – now 22&5 on the year, they’re still in first place in the GRAC at 11&3
* the Lady Knights lost, 80-70 – now at 17&10 overall, they fall back to fifth place in the GRAC at 8&6
* OCC’s back in play with a Coaches vs Cancer doubleheader at home with Wabash Valley Saturday night

 
(NEWTON)  in boys high school basketball last night – at the IHSA Class S Regional in Fairfield  :
* Olney won the first semi-final game, turning away a stubborn Fairfield team, 47-37 – improving to 26&4 on the year, the Tigers were led in scoring by Michael Fehrenbacher with 18 points & Joel Eagleson with 13 points – the Mules finish the year at 21&10, led in scoring by senior Tyler Hutcheson with 15 points – the Olney Tigers return for the championship game tomorrow night at 7:30, back at “The Mule Barn”
* Newton had its successful season end with a 70-50 loss to Flora – the Eagles were led in scoring by senior Peyton Wyatt with 21 points, while Elijah Knepper added 13 points – Newton finishes the year with an overall record of 23&6 – the Wolves move into tomorrow night’s championship game against Olney

 
(OLNEY)  in boys high school basketball last night – here’s some other downstate regional results  :
* Class 2A @ Teutopolis  :  the host Wooden Shoes beat Central A & M, 79-43
* Class 2A @ Casey  :  Robinson beat the host Warriors, 78-58
* Class 2A @ Benton  :  Du Quoin beat Hamilton County, 44-42
* Class 2A @ Pinckneyville : Campbell Hill Trico beat Nashville, 53-51 : Pinckneyville beat Sparta, 71-38
* Class 2A @ Vienna  :  Harrisburg beat Carterville, 59-42  :  Massac County beat Murphysboro, 51-44
* Class 2A @ Freeburg  :  Breese Central beat Trenton Wesclin, 70-41 : Mater Dei beat Columbia, 51-27
* Class 2A @ Pana  :  Vandalia beat Carlyle in overtime, 55-52  :  the host Panthers beat Litchfield, 57-48
* Class 1A @ Altamont  :  St Elmo beat North Clay, 68-40  :  the host Indians beat South Central, 50-38
* Class 1A @ Chrisman  :  Arcola beat Villa Grove, 48-36  :  Chrisman beat Oakland, 44-42
* Class 1A @ Hutsonville  :  Red Hill beat Hutsonville-Palestine, 52-50  :  Oblong beat Cisne, 51-24 
* Class 1A @ Wayne City  :  Sandoval beat the host Indians, 65-42
all of the Class 1A and 2A regional championship games will be tomorrow night

 
 
(NEWTON)  in junior high volleyball from the past week  :
* Newton Jasper County swept a pair of matches from Hutsonville-Palestine during 8th Grade Recognition Night this past Tuesday  :  winning the 8th grade match in two games  :  winning the 7th grade match in two
* also swept a pair of matches from Olney at the Jasper County Junior High School  :  winning the 8th grade match in two games, 27-25 & 25-22  :  winning the 7th grade game in three games, 20-25, 25-12, & 25-23
* at the Charleston 8th Grade Tournament last Saturday – Newton Jasper County lost three matches  :  to Charleston in two games  :  to Pana in three games  :  and to Danville North Ridge in two games
* and sweeping two matches last Thursday against Sigel St Michael’s  :  winning the 8th grade match in two games, 25-15 & 25-11  :  winning the 7th grade match in three matches, 25-14, 19-25, & 15-12
* the Newton Jasper County girls return to volleyball action this afternoon traveling to Robinson

 
(OLNEY)  in junior high wrestling action from last Sunday up at Tolono  :
* the Olney Cubs Wrestling Club had 15 young men competing
* the three champions were Kitch St. Pierre, Zach Shoulders, & Kyle Beasley
* second place finishers were Hunter Summitt, Ean Pottorff, Aidan McDowell, & Noah Egleston
* finishing with the lone third place was Login Martin
* the Olney Wrestling Cubs will travel to Herrin this coming Saturday for their regional tournament

(OLNEY)  in action earlier this week in the Richland County Mens 4-on-4 Basketball League  :  it was Berryville Vineyards with a 90-51 upset victory over Repeat or Bust to win the regular season title  :  also, The Heels beat The Zoolanders, 106-80  :  The Salukis beat The Bulls, 117-47  :  the League’s regular season schedule ends tonight at the Claremont Recreation Center – the tournament begins on March 1st

 
(NEWTON)  in girls high school basketball – the upper class Sectional Championships are tonight  :
* Class 3A @ Breese  :  Salem plays East St Louis Senior
* Class 4A @ Bloomington  :  Edwardsville will play Moline
the winners advance to Super-Sectional action next Monday night

                                                 LOCAL AND AREA REMINDERS

(OLNEY)  a reminder that it’s Live Pro Wrestling every Sunday afternoon at 531 Whittle Avenue in Olney, just above the Knights of Columbus Hall – the doors open at 3:30 with wrestling at 4:00, all for the low price of $5 per person – for more, logon at www.iwaunlimited.com or call the Richland County Athletic Association at 618-837-0662 – all proceeds go to the Calhoun Civic Center to help keep its doors open

(OLNEY)  Olney Tigers regional tickets are on sale today in the ERHS Office – for parents of players & cheerleaders this morning from 8:30 to 9:15 – for ERHS students & faculty this morning from 9:15 to 10:00 – and for the general public today from 10:00 to 3:00 – tickets will also be on sale for the general public tomorrow from 8:30 to 2:00 – doors open at 6:30 tomorrow night, with game time at 7:30 at Fairfield - Olney Tiger fans are encouraged to wear "black" to tomorrow night's championship game

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(OLNEY)  on our Sports Broadcast Schedule  :  it’s the latest in sports on Fox Sports Radio 740 WVLN

(OLNEY)  in mens college basketball last night – Illinois lost to Ohio State, 83-67 as the host Buckeyes shot 65% from the field and improve to 23&5 overall, now 11&4 in the Big Ten Conference – now at 16&12, 5&10 in the League, the Illini return to action this Sunday as they’ll host Iowa in Champaign

 
(NEWTON)  in boys high school basketball last night – Newton won its regional quarter-final game against Carmi, 73-52 as the Eagles advance to tonight’s second semi-final game at the Fairfield Class 2A Regional down in Wayne County – now at 23&5 on the year, the Eagles were led in scoring last night by Peyton Wyatt’s 20 points, while Dylan Davidson & Elijah Knepper each added 12 points apiece – the 2nd-seeded Eagles will now face 3rd-seeded Flora as the Wolves beat Lawrenceville in last night’s first game, 73-31 – top-seeded Olney will play the host Mules in the first game this evening at 6:00, then Newton & Flora hook up at 8:10 – the only Newton Eagle to advance in the three-point showdown was Elijah Knepper

 
(OLNEY)  in boys high school basketball lower class downstate regional action last night  :
* Class 1A @ Altamont  :  North Clay beat Patoka, 58-42  :  South Central beat Brownstown, 35-28
* Class 1A @ Hutsonville  :  Oblong beat Grayville, 62-45  :  Cisne beat Clay City / Noble, 37-32
* Class 1A @ Wayne City  :  Woodlawn beat Christ Our Rock Lutheran Centralia, 80-47
* Class 1A @ Strasburg  :  Cowden-Herrick beat Dieterich, 67-58  :  Stew-Stras beat Neoga, 61-52
* Class 2A @ Teutopolis  :  Effingham St Anthony beat Sullivan, 52-40
* Class 2A @ Pana  :  Litchfield beat Greenville, 42-35  :  Vandalia beat Hillsboro, 49-45
* Class 2A @ Casey  :  Georgetown-Ridge Farm beat Marshall, 70-59
* Class 2A @ Benton  :  the host Rangers beat Johnston City, 52-29

(NEWTON)  in girls high school basketball last night – the downstate upper class sectionals continued  :
* Class 3A @ Breese  :  East St Louis Senior beat Centralia, 51-46
* Class 4A @ Belleville  :  Edwardsville beat Belleville West, 56-27

 
(OLNEY)  in boys high school basketball tonight – here’s the downstate area matchups  :
* Class 2A @ Fairfield  :  Olney & Fairfield at 6:00  :  Newton & Flora at 8:10
* Class 2A @ Teutopolis  :  Moweaqua Central A & M & Teutopolis
* Class 2A @ Casey  :  Robinson & Casey-Westfield
* Class 2A @ Benton  :  Du Quoin & Hamilton County
* Class 2A @ Pinckneyville  :  Sparta & Pinckneyville  :  Campbell Hill Trico & Nashville
* Class 2A @ Vienna  :  Harrisburg & Carterville  :  Murphysboro & Massac County
* Class 2A @ Freeburg  :  Breese Central & Trenton Wesclin  :  Breese Mater Dei & Columbia
* Class 2A @ Pana  :  Litchfield & Pana  :  Carlyle & Vandalia
* Class 1A @ Altamont  :  St Elmo & North Clay  :  Altamont & South Central
* Class 1A @ Chrisman  :  Arcola & Villa Grove  :  Oakland & Chrisman
* Class 1A @ Hutsonville  :  Red Hill & Hutsonville-Palestine  :  Oblong & Cisne
* Class 1A @ Wayne City  :  Sandoval & Wayne City
all of the Class 1A and 2A regional championship games will be Friday night

 
 
(OLNEY)  in junior college basketball, it’s a full schedule in the Great Rivers Athletic Conference tonight  :
* Olney Central College is on the road to Kaskaskia College to battle the Blue Angels & the Blue Devils
* Lincoln Trail College will host Wabash Valley College up in Robinson
* Southeastern Illinois travels to near Ina to play at Rend Lake College
* Lake Land College will host John A Logan up just south of Mattoon
* Southwestern Illinois is in non-conference action hosting Lewis & Clark in Belleville

                                                 LOCAL AND AREA REMINDERS

(OLNEY)  Olney Tigers regional tickets are on sale today in the ERHS Office – for the general public from 8:30 this morning until 2:00 this afternoon – the Fairfield High School doors will open at 5:00 this evening with the Tiger game at 6:00 tonight – the gym will then be cleared after the Olney game before the Newton & Flora game – Olney fans can buy tickets for tonight’s second game if they present their Olney / Fairfield game ticket stub, that is if tickets are still available for the second game tonight

(NEWTON)  Newton Eagle regional tickets are currently on sale at the NCHS Office – for the general public from now until 12 noon – the limit is at four tickets per person – after 12 noon, folks can buy as many tickets as they’d like – the tickets are for the second game tonight only between Newton & Flora

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(OLNEY)  on our Sports Broadcast Schedule  :  it’s back-to-back basketball tonight on Freedom 92.9 with Olney Tiger basketball at 6:00, followed by OCC Blue Knights basketball at around 7:30  :  it’s Newton Eagle basketball tonight on 103.5 “The Eagle” with game time at 8:10  :  and it’s the latest in sports, all day & night, on Fox Sports Radio 740 WVLN