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SPORTS FOR SATURDAY JANUARY 31ST

By Mark Wells Jan 31, 2026 | 6:55 AM

LOCAL SPORTS SCORES FOR SATURDAY, JANUARY 31ST

 

ON THE SCHEDULE TODAY AT FCHS:

Mules Basketball vs. Greenville at the Panther Showcase at Pinckneyville

Mules Wrestling at the IHSA Regionals at Robinson

Competition Cheerleading at the IHSA Sectionals at Edwardsville

 

OTHER AREA SPORTS FOR TODAY:

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL:

The Wayne City Indians Boys Basketball team will play Madison High School on Saturday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis after the Indiana Pacers and Atlanta Hawks NBA game.

 

JR HIGH BOYS BASKETBALL:

SIJHSAA JR HIGH BOYS CLASS M REGIONAL AT FAIRFIELD:

Fairfield vs. Wayne City

Woodlawn vs. Albion

Championship Game: Monday, February 2nd

 

7TH GRADE BOYS JR NEC TOURNAMENT:

Fairfield vs. Flora

Albion vs. Carmi

Mt. Carmel vs. W[Fairfield vs. Flora]

Olney vs. W[Albion vs. Carmi]

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME:

 

CLAY CITY BOYS 6TH GRADE TOURNAMENT:

Clay City vs. Albion

Cisne vs. St. Joe-Olney

West Salem vs. North Clay

Allendale-St. Mary’s vs. St. Thomas

 

JR HIGH GIRLS BASKETBALL:

SIJHSAA JR HIGH GIRLS CLASS L STATE TOURNAMENT SEMIFINALS:

DuQuoin vs. Herrin

Wesclin vs. Hamilton County

 

AREA SPORTS RESULTS FROM FRIDAY:

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL:

After a week of games being postponed due to the weather, the Lady Mules Basketball team was finally back in action on Friday night at the Mule Barn versus conference rival the Carmi-White County Lady Bulldogs. The Lady Mules JV started off the night with a dominating 31-4 victory over the Lady Bulldogs. Maci Ray led the JV squad with 7 points. In the Varsity contest, after struggling to score early and being down by 15 at one point, the Lady Mules battled back to take the lead early in the 4th Quarter. Fairfield was eventually able to close out the game with a 49-47 victory over Carmi. The Lady Mules were led in scoring by Bentli Belva with 13 points. They will be back in action Monday at Eldorado.

 

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL:

The Cisne vs. Patoka game scheduled for last night was postponed to Saturday, February 14th

Wayne City 70, Edwards County 61

Webber 88, Goreville 78

Waltonville 49, Marion 47

Eldorado 62, Hamilton County 59

Grayville 64, Carmi 56

Carlyle 65, Sparta 44

Centralia 51, Mt Vernon 40

Nashville 82, Anna-Jonesboro 50

Teutopolis 64, Breese Mater Dei 50

 

LITTLE ILLINI TOURNEY

Lawrenceville 42, Casey-Westfield 31 (1st Place)

Marshall 55, Mt Carmel 48 (3rd Place)

Robinson 60, Olney 45 (Consolation)

 

JR HIGH GIRLS BASKETBALL:

New Hope 42, Meridian 20

New Hope moves on to the Class S State Semifinals versus Albers-Damiansville, this Monday, February 2nd at 3:30 pm

Albers-Damiansville 47, New Simpson Hill 37

Holy Childhood 41, St. Peter and Paul Catholic 15

Summersville 36, Trinity St. John-Immanuel Lutheran 22

 

Men’s College Basketball Friday:

St. Louis  102  Dayton  71

Michigan  83  Michigan State  71

Illinois plays Nebraska at 3 p.m. Sunday.  The game can be heard on WFIW AM 1390 and 103.3 FM with coverage beginning at 2 p.m.

 

NBA:

New Orleans  114  Memphis  106

Detroit  131  Golden State  124

LA Lakers  142  Washington  111

Orlando  130  Toronto  120

Boston  112  Sacramento  93

New York  127  Portland  97

Phoenix  126  Cleveland  113

Denver  122  LA Clippers  109

Brooklyn  109  Utah  99

 

NHL:

Columbus  4   Chicago  2

St. Louis plays Columbus at 6 p.m. tonight

 

NASCAR:

The 2026 racing season opens Sunday with the Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium, scheduled for 7 p.m. on Fox.