The final day stage is set for the Waverly Holiday Tournament.
Top rated Routt, and 6th seeded North Mac made it to the title game. Routt ripped Pawnee 65-40, and North Mac had little trouble with Triopia 55-37.
Two more upsets in the tournament occurred yesterday. 14th ranked Lutheran will play New Berlin in the consolation title game. Lutheran upended 4th seeded South County 53-51, while New Berlin held off Auburn 42-35.
West Central, seeded 2nd was upset by Athens 66-50, and Athens meets Pawnee for 5th place. Pawnee stopped North Greene 38-36.
We begin our broadcast from Waverly this morning about 10:45, with Lutheran and New Berlin for the consolation title, followed by Pawnee and Athens for 5th place, and Carrollton and Triopia for 3rd place.
We will return tonight about 6:10, for the Routt North Mac title game.
Meanwhile, Jacksonville had little trouble with Limestone, winning 72-52 at Taylorville. JHS plays at 9 this morning against Mount Zion. Our pregame on WEAI will start about 8:45. JHS returns to play Marion at 7 tonight, and that game will be carried on WLDS.
Calhoun lost to Staunton at Carlinville 86-57. MacArthur takes the Collinsville Tournament title, easily stopping Mount Vernon 61-32. Beardstown fell to Illini Central at Williamsville 49-46.
Springfield was a 52-41 winner over Pekin at Pekin. Rochester downed Harlem 63-37 at the State Farm Classic. Lanphier fell to Leo 56-36 up north. Southeast wins its first game of the year at DeKalb 55-43 over Intrinsic, and then loses to Naperville Central 71-51. Eisenhower tripped Quincy 49-22. Lincoln beat Belleville East 47-35. Glenwood was stopped by Metea Valley 53-37 at Bloomington. Pleasant Plains fell to Teutopolis 57-27 at T Town. Porta/AC held off IVC at Williamsville 58-40. Pittsfield held off Peoria Christian 49-44 and Brown County was eliminated by Illini West 45-41 at Macomb.
On the girls’ side, Carrollton was throttled by West Hancock 72-40 at Beardstown. South County beat Athens 58-51.
Today at Beardstown, Triopia plays West Prairie at 12:30, West Central and Canton meet at 2. And, Carrollton and Illinois Bluffs square off at 5:30.