ON THE SCHEDULE TODAY AT FCHS:
NO EVENTS SCHEDULED
OTHER AREA SPORTS FOR TODAY:
JR HIGH BOYS BASKETBALL:
ROME TOURNAMENT:
CONSOLATION CHAMPIONSHIP:
Waltonville vs. Spring Garden
3RD PLACE GAME:
Wayne City vs. Woodlawn
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME:
Bluford vs. Raccoon
JR HIGH GIRLS BASKETBALL:
Wayne City at Field
AREA SPORTS RESULTS FROM THURSDAY:
HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS:
IHSA CLASS 1A ST. ELMO SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP:
Okawville over South Central in 2 Sets: 25-22 and 25-15
IHSA CLASS 1A CRAB ORCHARD SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP:
NCOE over Trico in 2 Sets: 25-19 and 25-15
IHSA CLASS 2A CARTERVILLE SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP:
Red Bud over Pinckneyville in 3 Sets: 28-26, 17-25, and 25-12
IHSA CLASS 2A VANDALIA SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP:
Breese Central over Wesclin in 2 Sets: 25-17 and 25-22
JR HIGH BOYS BASKETBALL:
Cisne 51, Fairfield 15
JV: Cisne 36, Fairfield 10
C-Game: Cisne 34, Fairfield 14
New Hope 60, West Salem 30
JV: New Hope 31, West Salem 21
Geff 46, Allendale-St. Mary’s 6
ROME TOURNAMENT:
Raccoon 57, Wayne City 44
Bluford 49, Woodlawn 36
Waltonville 40, Rome 30
JR HIGH GIRLS BASKETBALL:
Jasper 30, Grayville 6
New Hope 41, St. Joe 39
JV: New Hope 46, St. Joe 2
C-Game: New Hope 17, St. Joe 5
***NATIONAL SPORTS***
THURSDAY’S SCOREBOARD
NFL
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Jacksonville Jaguars 33, Baltimore Ravens 10
NBA
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Phoenix Suns 117, Orlando Magic 104
Golden State Warriors 120, Miami Heat 100
NHL
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Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Chicago Blackhawks 1
The Blackhawks got dominated by the Lightning 4-1 from Tampa. Roman Kantserov spoiled the shutout late in the third period. Chicago has dropped five in-a-row and will visit Carolina tomorrow night.
New Jersey Devils 5, St. Louis Blues 4 (OT)
The Blues overcame a three-goal deficit in the third period, but fell to the Devils 5-4 in overtime. Dalibor Dvorsky tied things up for St. Louis, which has dropped back-to-back games. The team visits Nashville tomorrow afternoon.
Montreal Canadiens 5, Utah Mammoth 4 (OT)
Vegas Golden Knights 2, Detroit Red Wings 1
Carolina Hurricanes 5, New York Islanders 3
New York Rangers 3, Philadelphia Flyers 2
Boston Bruins 6, Pittsburgh Penguins 2
Columbus Blue Jackets 2, Dallas Stars 1 (SO)
Winnipeg Jets 6, Vancouver Canucks 2
Anaheim Ducks 5, Edmonton Oilers 4
Nashville Predators 3, Colorado Avalanche 2 (OT)
Men’s College Basketball (Top-25 Coaches Poll)
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#21 Vanderbilt 74, Wake Forest 51
#1 Florida 88, Jacksonville 57
#2 Duke 113, Coastal Carolina 52
#6 Michigan State 91, Toledo 61
#7 Texas 98, Gardner-Webb 50
#3 Illinois 112, Penn 70 (Illinois at #16 Texas Tech Tuesday)
#16 Texas Tech 76, Bethune-Cookman 58
#4 Arizona 104, Cal Poly 84
Other scores: Indiana blew out Bellarmine 92-69. Notre Dame knocked off Mercyhurst 83-56. Michigan State mauled Toledo 91-61. Purdue is 0-and-1 and hosts Valparaiso tonight. 1-and-0 Michigan battles UConn tonight. Butler is 2-and-0 and visits Boise State on Sunday.
PGA
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World Wide Technology Championship (at Cabo San Lucas, Mexico)
1. Chris Kirk (-9)
T2. Nick Dunlap (-8)
T2. Zac Blair (-8)
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