Wednesday tournament scoreboard

State Farm Holiday Classic
(Logo courtesy State Farm Holiday Classic)

Scoreboard sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan:

Wednesday’s high school basketball scores:

State Farm Holiday Classic (complete tournament scores and schedule here):

Small School Boys–
Central Catholic 67, Tri-Valley 53
Providence St. Mel 80, Olympia 25
El Paso-Gridley 64, Winnebago 55
Fieldcrest 59, Kankakee Bishop McNamara 47
Large School Boys–
U-High 54, Zion-Benton 52
Normal Community 50, Mahomet-Seymour 36
Large School Girls–
Richwoods 58, U-High 35
Rock Island 75, Bloomington 40
Chicago Simeon 61, Normal West 37
Chicago St. Ignatius 58, Normal Community 33
Small School Girls–
El Paso-Gridley 55, Annawan 49
Central Catholic 63, Rockford Lutheran 38

Thursday’s schedule:

State Farm Holiday Classic, Large School Boys at Shirk Center–
U-High vs. Machesney Park Harlem, 5:30 p.m.
Normal Community vs. Joliet Central, 7 p.m.
State Farm Holiday Classic, Small School Boys at Normal West–
Central Catholic vs. Rock Falls, 7 p.m.
State Farm Holiday Classic, Large School Girls at Normal Community–
Normal West vs. Wheaton Warrenville South, 9:30 a.m.
Normal Community vs. Canton, 11 a.m.
Bloomington vs. Springfield, 12:30 p.m.
State Farm Holiday Classic, Small School Girls at Bloomington–
El Paso-Gridley vs. Central Catholic, 5:30 p.m.

Boys At Pontiac–
Bloomington vs. Warren, 4 p.m.
Pontiac vs. Bloom Township, 7:30 p.m. (live WJEZ 98.9 & WJEZ.com)
Boys At Pekin–
Normal West vs. Mt. Carmel, 9:30 p.m.

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