Friday scoreboard, weekend schedule

Posted on December 14, 2018

 

Friday scoreboard:

Boys High School Basketball–
Danville 57, Normal West 50 (OT)
Bloomington 75, Champaign Central 42
U-High 55, Jacksonville 33
Normal Community 51, Peoria 46

United States Hockey League–
Central Illinois Flying Aces 3, Des Moines Buccaneers 2 (SO)

Saturday schedule:

ON WJBC-AM 1230–
NFL–Houston Texans at New York Jets, 3 p.m.
Boys High School Basketball–Central Catholic at Jacksonville in Jacksonville Showcase, 6 p.m. (Click here to listen)
NFL–Cleveland Browns at Denver Broncos, in progress after basketball

Girls High School Basketball–
U-High at Chatham Glenwood, 12:30 p.m.
Bloomington at Champaign Centennial, 2:30 p.m.
Eureka at Central Catholic, 2:30 p.m.
Normal Community at Rock Island, 6:30 p.m.

Boys High School Basketball–
Central Catholic at Jacksonville (Jacksonville Showcase), 6 p.m.
Springfield at U-High, 6 p.m.
Normal Community at Morton, 6:30 p.m.
Country Club Hills Hillcrest at Bloomington, 7:30 p.m.

Women’s College Basketball–
Carroll at Illinois Wesleyan, 5 p.m.

Men’s College Basketball–
East Tennessee State at Illinois, 1 p.m.
Carroll at Illinois Wesleyan, 7 p.m.

United States Hockey League–
Central Illinois Flying Aces at Cedar Rapids Roughriders, 7:05 p.m.

Sunday schedule:

ON WJBC-AM 1230, 93.7 Nash Icon & WJBC.com–
Men’s College Basketball–Cleveland State at Illinois State, 12 p.m.
ON WJBC-AM 1230 & WJBC.com–
Women’s College Basketball–Maryville at Illinois State, 3:30 p.m.
ON WJBC-AM 1230:
NFL–Philadelphia Eagles at Los Angeles Rams, 6:30 p.m.

Coaches and athletic directors–please report scores by tagging @SportsWJBC and/or Sports Director Greg Halbleib @Gregoradio or reporting to IHSA ScoreZone. 

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