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.