ON THE SCHEDULE TODAY AT FCHS:
Lady Mules Basketball vs. Edwards County at the Mule Barn 6pm
OTHER AREA SPORTS FOR TODAY:
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL:
Wayne City-Cisne at Webber
JR HIGH BOYS BASKETBALL:
Fairfield at Olney
Jasper vs. Bethel
Cisne at Woodlawn
Wayne City at Hamilton County
JR HIGH GIRLS BASKETBALL:
SIJHSAA GIRLS CLASS M REGIONALS:
Wayne City vs. Patoka-Odin
Fairfield vs. Woodlawn
SIJHSAA GIRLS CLASS L REGIONALS:
Mt. Carmel vs. Carmi
Flora vs. Olney
AREA SPORTS RESULTS FROM WEDNESDAY:
HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING
BLACK DIAMOND CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP MEET:
On Wednesday night, The Fairfield Mules and Lady Mules Wrestling teams were in action at the Black Diamond Conference Championship Meet at Johnston City. On the Boys side, the Mules lost to Johnston City 52-27. During the match Fairfield got Pinfall victories from Lane Witucki and Braxton Marshel and a 21-14 Decision victory from Jedd Wellen. The Mules also lost to Carmi 53-28. The Mules picked up Technical Fall victories from Carter Pool, 5-0, and Jedd Wellen, 21-4, while Vance Vanway and Grant Jennette both picked up Pinfall wins. Fairfield got the win over Goreville by a score of 65-11. The Mules picked up Pinfall victories from Jedd Wellen and Vance Vanway and a 16-0 Technical Fall win from Grant Jennette. On the Girls side, the Lady Mules defeated Johnston City 30-24. Addison Churchill picked up a Pinfall victory in the win.
Earning All-Conference honors for the Mules and Lady Mules were: Carter Poole (his 3rd consecutive year), Jedd Wellen, Remi Taylor, Addison Churchill, Macy McCulley, Brinna Fox-Cook, and Ashlyn Blevins.
JR HIGH GIRLS BASKETBALL:
SIJHSAA GIRLS CLASS S REGIONALS:
New Hope 65, Bluford 23
St. Joe Olney 43, Cisne 36
Summersville 60, Raccoon 13
Rome 50, Waltonville 43
Field 41, Spring Garden 19
St Mary-MTV 40, OBR 19
BOYS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL FROM WEDNESDAY:
Cobden 69, Galatia 55
Century 63 ,Pope Co 40
Murphysboro 58, Cairo 47
West Frankfort 51, Eldorado 37
GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL FROM WEDNESDAY:
Sesser Valier Waltonville 63, Goreville 34
Pinckneyville 35,Waterloo 21
Carlyle 60, Father McGivney 51
***NATIONAL SPORTS***
WEDNESDAY’S SCOREBOARD
NBA
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Chicago Bulls 128, Utah Jazz 126
Nikola Vucevic [[ KNEE-coal-uh VOOCH-uh-vitch ]] scored a late bucket to push the Bulls past the Jazz 128-126 from Chicago. The center also rejected a key shot down the stretch and finished with a team-high 35 points. Chicago has won two of its last three games. The Bulls are in tenth place in the Eastern Conference at 19-and-21. They visit the Nets tomorrow night.
Toronto Raptors 115, Indiana Pacers 101
Cleveland Cavaliers 133, Philadelphia 76ers 107
New Orleans Pelicans 116, Brooklyn Nets 113
Denver Nuggets 118, Dallas Mavericks 109
Sacramento Kings 112, New York Knicks 101
LA Clippers 119, Washington Wizards 105
NHL
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New Jersey Devils 3, Seattle Kraken 2 (OT)
Buffalo Sabres 5, Philadelphia Flyers 2
Ottawa Senators 8, New York Rangers 4
Vegas Golden Knights 3, Los Angeles Kings 2 (OT)
The St. Louis Blues are gearing up for their game against the Tampa Bay Lightning at Enterprise Center tomorrow night. The Blues are coming off a 3-0 win over the Carolina Hurricanes at home on Tuesday. St. Louis is in seventh place in the Central Division with 44 points. Tomorrow’s game begins at 7:00PM.
The Chicago Blackhawks look to get back in the win column when they host the Calgary Flames at United Center tonight. The Hawks are coming off a 4-1 loss to the Edmonton Oilers at home on Monday night. Chicago is in sixth place in the Central Division with 45 points. Tonight’s game starts at 7:30PM.
Men’s College Basketball (Top-25 Coaches’ Poll)
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#13 Illinois 79, Northwestern 68
The number-13 Illinois Fighting Illini are on a six-game winning streak after a 79-68 win over Northwestern at Welsh-Ryan Arena. The Wildcats were within four points with under five minutes left in regulation before Illinois went on a 12-5 run to end the game. Keaton Wagler scored 22 points for the Illini, who improved to 5-and-1 in Big Ten play and 14-and-3 overall. Jayden Reid had 28 points off the bench in the losing effort. Northwestern dropped to 0-and-6 in conference action and 8-and-9 overall.
#5 Purdue 79, Iowa 72
Ole Miss 97, #22 Georgia 95 (OT)
Texas 80, #8 Vanderbilt 64
Stanford 95, #15 North Carolina 90
#14 Texas Tech 88, Utah 74
#17 Arkansas 108, South Carolina 74
#24 Utah State 71, Nevada 62
#1 Arizona 89, Arizona State 82
#3 Michigan 82, Washington 72
#6 Duke 71, California 56
#11 BYU 76, TCU 70
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