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(OLNEY) in junior college basketball last night at Olney Central College – the OCC teams split their GRAC home openers with the teams from Lake Land College, from just south of Mattoon :
* the Blue Knights beat the Lakers, 81-73 – OCC was led in scoring by Trivante Bloodman’s 26 points, while Jordan Mitchell had 25 points – the Blue Knights improve to 2&0 in the GRAC, now 12&2 overall
* the Lady Knights lost a tough one to Lake Land, 97-95 – OCC’s Alyssa Like had 31 points, while Jessica Zavoral & Tara Wornica combined for 42 points – the Lady Knights are 9&4 overall, 1&1 in the GRAC
* the OCC teams are back in GRAC action tomorrow night hosting John A Logan at 5:30 and 7:30
(NEWTON) in girls high school basketball last night – Olney took two from Newton : the Lady Tigers won the varsity game, 56-49 – the leading scorers were Morgan Swingler with 11 points for Newton and Jennifer Luna with 14 points for Olney – the Lady Tigers improve to 14&7 overall, 8&1 in the Apollo – the Lady Eagles drop to 11&8 overall, 3&6 in the Apollo : Olney won the jv game, 47-27 : both teams are back at it Thursday night – Newton will host Salem & Olney will host Mt Zion, both in Apollo action
(OLNEY) elsewhere in the Apollo Conference from last night : Robinson beat Charleston, 48-34 : Paris beat Mt Zion, 54-38 : and league-leading Salem defeated Effingham, 54-45
(NOBLE) in girls high school hoops last night – Noble / Clay City lost to Red Hill, 47-22 – the Lady Wildcats were led by Erin Taylor with 12 points, while Deanna Taylor added 7 points – now at 6&9 on the year, the Lady Wildcats will host Palestine-Hutsonville in Noble this Thursday night
(NEWTON) other girls basketball from last night : Effingham St Anthony beat Flora in overtime, 46-44 : Casey-Westfield beat Edwards County, 63-31 : Oblong beat Dieterich, 39-31 : Carmi beat Johnston City, 41-20 : Hamilton County beat Fairfield, 41-28 : Carlyle beat Altamont, 48-41 : North Clay beat South Central, 58-34 : and at the Sandoval Tournament – the host Lady Blackhawks beat Ramsey, 59-16 – it was Brownstown / St Elmo over Webber, 37-21 – there will be two more games there tonight
(OLNEY) it was three more games last night in the Richland County Men’s 4-on-4 Basketball League : The Zoolanders beat The Redbirds, 61-44 : Repeat R Bust beat The Bulls, 80-58 : Berryville Vineyards beat The Salukis, 80-57 : it’s three more games Thursday night at the Claremont Recreation Center
(NEWTON) in boys high school basketball tonight – it’s another full schedule in the Apollo Conference – the Newton Eagles are at home tonight to host the Olney Tigers – the other Apollo matchups this evening have Mt Zion at Paris, Charleston at Robinson, and Salem at Effingham – it’s jv action starting at 6:15
(OLNEY) in mens college basketball – Illinois will host Ohio State in the Assembly Hall at Champaign tonight – another Big Ten battle as both teams enter at 3&1, tied for 2nd place in the conference standings
LOCAL AND AREA REMINDERS
(OLNEY) the Olney Lady Tiger Softball team & the Olney FFA are again this year selling smoked baby back ribs for Super Bowl Sunday – orders can be placed now thru Tuesday, January 31st, and the ribs will be ready for pickup on Saturday, February 4th – the cost is $20 for the first slab and $17.50 for each slab thereafter – to order call Jamie at 843-5488, Jessica at 843-3188, or see any softball player or FFA member
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(OLNEY) on our Sports Broadcast Schedule : it’s Boys Apollo Conference basketball tonight with game time at around 7:30 – the Newton Eagles on 103.5 “The Eagle” and the Olney Tigers on Freedom 92.9 : it’s Fighting Illini basketball tonight starting on Fox Sports Radio 740, then switching to Freedom 92.9 after Tiger basketball : and the latest in sports all day and all night, on Fox Sports Radio 740 WVLN
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(OLNEY) in men’s college basketball from the weekend – Illinois won its Big Ten battle at home against Nebraska, beating the Cornhuskers at the Assembly Hall, 59-54 – the Fighting Illini improve to 14&3 overall, now 3&1 in the Big Ten – Nebraska drops to 8&7 overall, still winless in the Big Ten at 0&4 – Illinois now prepares for a huge Big Ten matchup at home, coming up tomorrow night against Ohio State
(NEWTON) also in men’s Big Ten college basketball over the weekend : Ohio State beat Iowa, 76-47 : Indiana beat Penn State, 88-82 : Michigan beat Wisconsin, 59-41 : Purdue beat Minnesota, 79-66
(OLNEY) in men’s junior college basketball Saturday night – the OCC Blue Knights won their GRAC opener, with an 82-63 victory over Southeastern Illinois – with four men in double figure scoring, the OCC men are now 11&2 on the year – the Blue Knights have their GRAC home opener tonight with Lake Land
(OLNEY) in women’s junior college basketball Saturday night – the OCC Lady Knights also won their GRAC opener, beating Southeastern Illinois, 78-63 – the OCC Ladies improve to 9&3 on the year and now prepare for their GRAC home opener tonight against Lake Land – game time this evening at 5:30 at OCC
(OLNEY) (OLNEY) also in junior college basketball Saturday in the Great Rivers Athletic Conference :
* Wabash Valley swept two from Lake Land - the men won, 89-87 in overtime – the women won, 62-55
* Southwestern Illinois took two from Rend Lake – the men won, 62-57 – the women won, 69-53
* Kaskaskia swept two from John A Logan – the men won, 86-82 – the women won in overtime, 72-67
(OLNEY) in boys high school basketball from Saturday night – Olney swept to non-conference games from Red Hill : the Tigers won the varsity game, 61-34 as Brook Pampe & Michael Fehrenbacher teamed up for 36 points – Olney improves to 13&2 on the year : Olney also won the junior varsity game, 46-7 : the Tigers return to Apollo Conference action tomorrow night traveling to Newton to battle the Eagles
(NEWTON) in other boys high school action from Saturday night : Mt Carmel beat Wayne City, 48-37 : Carmi beat Vienna, 49-37 : Cisne beat Edwards County, 62-56 : Flora beat Alton Marquette, 43-40 : Vandalia beat Pinckneyville, 72-66 : Harrisburg beat Cairo, 75-56 : Oblong beat New Harmony, Indiana, 77-38 : Cumberland beat Lawrenceville, 64-56 : Tolono Unity beat Casey-Westfield, 65-55
(NOBLE) in girls high school hoops Saturday night – the Midland Trail Conference Tournament finals were at Cisne : Noble / Clay City beat Webber for the Consolation Championship, 37-29 : Wayne City beat Woodlawn for 3rd place, 46-41 : North Clay / Louisville beat Sandoval for the MTC Title, 60-49
(OLNEY) in boys junior high basketball Saturday – Olney swept two from Newton Jasper County : the Cubs won the 8th grade game, 52-23 – the varsity improves to 5&8 on the year : Olney won the 7th grade game, 46-41 – the jv is now 6&6 overall : the Cubs play tonight at Vincennes Clark – first game at 5:30
(OLNEY) in girls 7th grade basketball Saturday – Olney won its first two games in the Jr NEC Tournament – the Lady Cubs beat Salem, 37-33 in the first round, then upset top-seeded Flora, 28-26 in a semi-final – in the other bracket, Mt Carmel beat Fairfield, 38-31 and Carmi beat Mt Carmel, 43-13 – the final games are next Saturday in Mt Carmel : Salem plays Fairfield at 10:30 for the Consolation Championship : Flora plays Mt Carmel at 11:45 for third place : then Olney plays Carmi in the Championship Game at 1:00
(NEWTON) in girls high school basketball – it’s another full schedule in the Apollo Conference – the Newton Lady Eagles are at home tonight to host the Olney Lady Tigers – the other Apollo matchups this evening have Mt Zion at Paris, Charleston at Robinson, and league-leading Salem at Effingham
(OLNEY) in junior college basketball – it’s a full schedule tonight in the Great Rivers Athletic Conference : the OCC Lady Knights & Blue Knights have their home openers with Lake Land : the other matchups have John A Logan at Lincoln Trail, Rend Lake at Wabash Valley, and Southwestern Illinois at Kaskaskia
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(OLNEY) on our Sports Broadcast Schedule : it’s an Olney Central College basketball doubleheader tonight on Freedom 92.9 with the Lady Knights at 5:30 and the Blue Knights at 7:30 : it’s Girls Apollo Conference basketball tonight on 103.5 “The Eagle” as the Olney Lady Tigers play the Lady Eagles at Newton : and the latest in nationwide sports all day and all night, on Fox Sports Radio 740 WVLN
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(OLNEY) in boys high school basketball last night – Olney split a pair of games with Robinson : the Tigers won the varsity game, 50-37 led by Brook Pampe’s 18 points, while Joel Eagleson and Michael Fehrenbacher combined for 25 points – Olney improves to 12&2 overall, still undefeated in the Apollo at 5&0 : Robinson won the jv game, 64-47 : the Tigers are back in action tonight at Red Hill High School
(NEWTON) in boys high school basketball last night – Newton dropped two games to Effingham : the visiting Hearts won the varsity game, 52-45 despite 18 points from Newton’s Peyton Wyatt & 10 points from Dylan Davidson – the Eagles are now 13&2 overall, 3&2 in the Apollo : Effingham also won the jv game, 66-50 : Newton returns to action next Tuesday when they’ll host the Olney Tigers in the NCHS gym
(OLNEY) also in the Apollo last night : Mt Zion beat Charleston, 69-63 : Salem beat Paris, 77-65
(NEWTON) other area games last night : Flora beat Edwards County, 58-54 : Hutsonville-Palestine beat Red Hill, 53-35 : Cumberland beat Lawrenceville, 64-56 : Casey-Westfield beat Neoga, 74-66 : Oblong beat Mt Carmel, 75-73 : Dieterich beat Altamont, 76-63 : St Elmo beat Stewardson-Strasburg, 61-51 : Centralia beat Carbondale, 55-42 : Christ Our Rock beat Beecher City, 53-46 : Woodlawn beat Sandoval, 68-55 : South Central beat Webber, 48-30 : Wayne City beat North Clay, 57-45 : Carmi beat Eldorado, 51-48 : Harrisburg beat West Frankfort, 66-44 : Pinckneyville beat Du Quoin, 52-38
(OLNEY) in boys junior high basketball last night – the Junior Midland Trail Conference Tournament ended with the final three games in Kinmundy : top-seeded Olney St Joe was beaten by North Clay in the championship game : South Central won the third place game over Cisne : and Noble won the fifth place game with a win over Clay City : the cheerleading award went to the cheerleaders from Cisne as well
(NOBLE) in girls high school basketball – the Midland Trail Conference Tournament will finish up tonight down in Cisne : Noble / Clay City plays Webber Township for the consolation championship at 4:30 – Woodlawn plays Wayne City for third place at 6:00 – and it’s North Clay / Louisville against Sandoval for the championship at 7:30 – that’s the girls MTC Tournament finals, down at the Cisne High School tonight
(OLNEY) in junior college basketball – the OCC teams begin Great Rivers Athletic Conference play this evening as they travel south to Southeastern Illinois, just south of Eldorado – it’s Lady Knights action at 5:30 and the Blue Knights play at 7:30 – the other GRAC matchups tonight for both men & women have Wabash Valley at Lake Land, Kaskaskia at John A Logan, and Rend Lake at Southwestern Illinois
(OLNEY) in mens college basketball – Illinois returns to Big Ten action this afternoon as they will host Nebraska at the Assembly Hall in Champaign – it’s a 12 noon tipoff for the Fighting Illini later today
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(OLNEY) on our Sports Broadcast Schedule : it’s our Coach’s Corner Show this morning at 9:00 on Fox Sports Radio 740 : it’s Fighting Illini basketball today on Freedom 92.9 with our pregame at 11:30 and tipoff from the Assembly Hall at 12 noon : it’s Olney Tiger basketball tonight on Fox Sports Radio 740 with game time at around 7:30 : and it’s OCC Blue Knights basketball tonight on Freedom 92.9 at around 7:30 : and the latest in sports all day, all night, and all weekend long, on Fox Sports Radio 740 WVLN
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(OLNEY) in girls high school basketball last night – Olney swept two from Robinson : the Lady Tigers won the varsity game, 45-26 led by Heather Ernst with 16 points, while Marley Miller & Kelsey Shipman combined for 21 points – Olney improves to 13&7 overall, now 7&1 in the Apollo : Olney also won the jv game, 41-34 : the Lady Tigers return to conference action next Monday night, traveling to Newton
(NEWTON) in girls high school basketball last night – Newton dropped two games to Effingham : the Lady Eagles lost the varsity game, 59-47 despite 17 points from Morgan Swingler and 12 points from Amy Koebele – Newton drops to 10&7 on the year, now 3&5 in the Apollo Conference : Effingham also won the jv game, 49-31 : the Lady Eagles are back in action Monday night when they host Olney at NCHS
(NEWTON) also in the Apollo last night : Mt Zion beat Charleston, 59-48 : Salem beat Paris, 56-40
(NOBLE) in girls high school basketball at the Midland Trail Conference Tournament in Cisne : Noble / Clay City beat Cisne in overtime, 45-39 : Sandoval beat Woodlawn, 51-46 : that sets up the final night of action tomorrow – Noble / Clay City plays Webber Township for the consolation championship at 4:30 – Woodlawn plays Wayne City for third place at 6:00 – and it’s North Clay / Louisville against Sandoval for the championship at 7:30 – that’s the girls MTC Tournament finals, all down at the Cisne High School
(NEWTON) in other area girls basketball last night : Cumberland beat Flora, 33-25 : Effingham St Anthony beat Shelbyville / Stewardson-Strasburg / Windsor, 50-26 : Lawrenceville beat Edwards County, 66-23 : Cowden-Herrick / Beecher City beat Sullivan, 48-43 : Mt Vernon, Indiana beat Mt Carmel, 63-47 : Teutopolis beat Neoga, 49-10 : Pana beat Hillsboro, 62-57 : Breese Central beat Highland, 52-46 : Christ Our Rock Lutheran beat Metro East Lutheran, 46-42 : and Centralia beat Carbondale, 50-49
(OLNEY) in boys high school wrestling this week – Olney split a pair of matches with Lawrenceville :
* the Indians beat the Tigers in varsity action, 40-29 : Olney won 6 of the 14 matches : the winners were Aaron Foerster, Mitchell Harmon, Jake Schmitt, Steven Burgener, Colton Carmody, and Jacob Cecil
* Olney won the junior varsity match, 30-12 : the jv Tigers won six of the eight wrestling matches
(OLNEY) in boys freshman basketball last night – Olney lost to Robinson, 42-23
(OLNEY) in boys junior high basketball last night – it was semi-final action at the Junior Midland Trail Conference Tournament in Kinmundy : top-seeded Olney St Joe beat Cisne, 35-20 : and North Clay beat South Central, 42-34 : this sets up the final three games tonight at the South Central Junior High School : Clay City plays Noble for fifth place at 5:30 : Cisne plays South Central for third place at 6:45 : and the 14&0, undefeated St Joe Wildcats play North Clay in the championship game at around 8:00
(OLNEY) also in boys junior high basketball last night – Olney split two with Lawrenceville : the Cubs lost the 8th grade game, 56-18 as the varsity falls to 4&8 on the year : Olney won the 7th grade game, 51-30 as the jv squad is now 5&6 : the Cubs host Newton Jasper County at 10:00 tomorrow morning at OCC
(OLNEY) in girls junior high hoops last night – Olney split two with Mt Vernon : the Lady Cubs won the 8th grade game, 56-28 as the varsity improves to 14&4 on the year : Mt Vernon won the close 7th grade game, 25-24 : while the varsity plays again next Monday, the 7th Grade NEC Tournament is tomorrow
(NEWTON) in junior high volleyball action this week – Newton Jasper County dropped a pair of season opening matches to Charleston, losing the 8th grade match in three games and losing the 7th grade match in two games – both squads are 0&1 and they return to action a week from today at Stewardson-Strasburg
(OLNEY) it was a night full of upsets in the Richland County Men's 4-on-4 Basketball League last night : The Heels upset Berryville Vineyards, 81-73 : The Redbirds upset Repeat Or Bust, 90-82 : and Friday Nite Lites beat The Salukis, 73-60 : the current standings show a three way tie for first place – all with records of 9&2 are Repeat Or Bust, Berryville Vineyards, & Friday Nite Lites : it’s back to another night of three games next Monday evening at the Claremont Recreation Center starting at 6:30 – free admission
(NEWTON) it’s back to a full schedule for Apollo Conference boys basketball tonight – while the Newton Eagles are at home to host Effingham, the Olney Tigers are at home to host Robinson – elsewhere, it’s Paris at Salem and Charleston at Mt Zion – all the action begins with the junior varsity games at 6:15
SPORTS REMINDERS AND UPDATES
(OLNEY) the Richland County Athletic Association is looking for teams & players for it’s “Dodgeball League” each Tuesday night, January 10th thru March 13th at the Calhoun Civic Center : plus a “3-on-3 Basketball Tournament” tomorrow at the Claremont Recreation Center – call at 618-837-0662 to signup
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(OLNEY) on our Sports Broadcast Schedule : it’s Apollo Conference boys basketball tonight with game times at around 7:30 – the Olney Tigers on Freedom 92.9 and the Newton Eagles on 103.5 “The Eagle” : and it’s the latest in sports, all day, all night, all weekend long, on Fox Sports Radio 740 WVLN
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(OLNEY) in mens college basketball last night – Illinois held on to beat Northwestern, 57-56 – while the Illini improve to 13&3 overall, the Wildcats fall back to 11&4 on the year – in the Big Ten, Illinois is now 2&2, Northwestern drops to 1&2 – the Illini will host Nebraska in Big Ten action this Saturday afternoon
(OLNEY) in womens junior college basketball last night – Olney Central College beat Illinois Central College, 74-63 – the Lady Knights were led by Tara Wornica with 19 points – Alyssa Like scored 18 points & pulled down 11 rebounds – the Olney Central College Ladies improve to 8&3 on the year – the Lady Knights will open their 2012 GRAC schedule this Saturday night at Southeastern Illinois
(NOBLE) in girls high school basketball last night at the Midland Trail Conference Tournament : Woodlawn beat Cisne in the final first round game, 40-19 : top-seeded North Clay beat Wayne City in a semi-final game, 50-40 : and Webber Township eliminated South Central in the nightcap, 40-28 : there are two games on tap tonight with an elimination round game at 6:00 between Noble / Clay City and Cisne – then a 7:30 semi-final game with Sandoval against Woodlawn : the tournament’s final three games will be Saturday evening at 4:30, 6:00, and 7:30, all down at the North Wayne High School in Cisne
(OLNEY) in girls junior high basketball – Olney swept two games from Jasper of Wayne County : the Lady Cubs won the 8th grade game, 43-12 led by Taylor Rauch & Blake Nohren – the varsity’s now 13&4 on the year : Olney won the 7th grade game, 25-7 : the Lady Cubs will host Mt Vernon tonight at ERMS
(NEWTON) in boys junior high basketball from Tuesday night – Newton Jasper County split two with Dieterich : the Junior Eagles won the 7th grade game, 42-24 : Dieterich won the 8th grade game, 54-20 : the Newton Jasper County boys are back in action tonight at Cumberland
(OLNEY) in boys high school wrestling from last Saturday’s Argenta-Oreana Bomber Classic :
* the Olney Tigers finished 13th out of the 17 teams – Mt Vernon Rams was a 29.5 point winner over 2nd place Quincy Notre Dame – the host Bombers were 3rd – Illini Bluffs was a half point back in 4th place
* out of the 14 classes, Olney had five two match winners and five one match winners
* Colton Carmody finished 4th in the 120 pound class with a 2&2 record on the day
* Dallas Peck finished 6th in the 126 pound class with 2 wins and 2 losses on the day
* Aaron Foerster finished 6th in the 220 pound class with a 2&3 record on the day
* Chris Ford finished 6th in the 285 pound class with a record of 1&2 on the day
* Jesse Jared finished 7th in the 138 pound class with a 2&2 mark on the day
* Jacob Cecil finished 7th in the 106 pound class with a record of 1&2 on the day
* Jake Schmitt finished 8th in the 145 pound class with a 2&2 record on the day
* Derek Novak finished 8th in the 113 pound class with a mark of 1&2 on the day
* Mitchell Harmon & Tim Sturm each won a match in their respective classes
(NEWTON) in girls high school basketball – it’s back to a full schedule tonight in Girls Apollo Conference action – the Newton Lady Eagles are at home hosting Effingham, while the Olney Lady Tigers are at home to host Robinson – the other matchups have Paris at Salem and Charleston at Mt Zion
(OLNEY) in boys junior high basketball – the Junior Midland Trail Conference Tournament continues with semi-final action tonight at South Central Junior High up in Kinmundy – the top-seeded Wildcats from St. Joseph School in Olney plays tonight – the tournament’s final games will be played tomorrow night
SPORTS REMINDERS AND UPDATES
(OLNEY) the 2012 Cardinals Caravan schedule has been announced with several midwestern stops planned for next month in January : Caravan 1 will include four stops in Missouri : Caravan 2 will include three stops in Illinois – during the day Friday, January 13th, in Champaign, and later that Friday night, in Decatur – then during the following Saturday night, January 14th, in Quincy : Caravan 3 will include four stops in Missouri : Caravan 4 includes stops in Missouri, Arizona, & Tennessee : & Caravan 5 will include three stops in Illinois – during the day Sunday, January 15th, in Mattoon, and later that Sunday night in Peoria – then during the next night, Monday, January 16th, in Springfield : we’ll have more information available in the days ahead or check the Cardinals website at www.cardinals.com
(OLNEY) the Richland County Athletic Association is looking for teams & players for it’s “Dodgeball League” each Tuesday night, January 10th thru March 13th at the Calhoun Civic Center : plus a “3-on-3 Basketball Tournament” this Saturday at the Claremont Recreation Center – call at 618-837-0662
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(OLNEY) on our Sports Broadcast Schedule : it’s Apollo Conference girls basketball tonight with game times at around 7:30 – the Olney Lady Tigers on Freedom 92.9 and the Newton Lady Eagles on 103.5 “The Eagle” : and it’s the latest in sports, all day & all night, on Fox Sports Radio 740 WVLN in Olney
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