Saturday scoreboard: Redbirds lose, Titans win, area wrestlers earn state titles

Posted on February 16, 2019

Saturday’s scoreboard is sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan

Women’s College Basketball–
Illinois Wesleyan 63, Carroll 48

Men’s College Basketball–
Illinois Wesleyan 86, Carroll 80
Bradley 65, Illinois State 59

College Baseball–
Illinois State 14, Belmont 3

College Softball–
Utah State 13, Illinois State 8

United States Hockey League–
Tri-City Storm 3, Central Illinois Flying Aces 1

Boys High School Basketball–
Olympia 60, Clinton 55
Lincoln 60, Decatur Eisenhower 49

High School Wrestling Individual State Finals–
Class 2A:
106-pound championship–Chad Bellis (Bloomington) over Josh Glover (Woodstock Marian), 9-1
138-pound 3rd place–Jacquez Stewart (Springfield) over Ryan Gardner (Bloomington), 7-3
Class 1A:
113-pound championship–Levi Neuleib (Heyworth) over Cameron Clark (Illini Bluffs), fall 1:24
120-pound championship–Gabe Spencer (Heyworth) over Paul Keane (Peotone), 5-4
138-pound championship–Ezra Elliott (Hoopeston) over Andrew Sims (Heyworth), 11-4
160-pound championship–Logan Deacetis (Prairie Central) over Mason Ajster (Oakwood), 7-2
182-pound championship–Micah Downs (Clinton) over Cade Scott (Tolono Unity), 8-4
195-pound championship–Brandon Hoselton (Prairie Central) over Bryan Caves (Riverdale), fall 4:33
106-pound 3rd place–Billy Tay (Ridgeview) over Andrew Herbst (Oregon), 4-2
126-pound 3rd place–Caleb Magruer (Kankakee Bishop McNamara) over Asher Wiegand (Eureka), 13-3
170-pound 3rd place–Jacob Conaty (LeRoy) over Jake Erslon (Wood River), 6-0
152-pound 5th place–Jackson Beene (Seneca) over Wes Girardi (Deer Creek-Mackinaw), 5-2
160-pound 5th place–Michael Carpenter (Cumberland) over Kolby Winter (Clinton), fall 1:31
170-pound 5th place–Cameron Klingler (Dwight) over Joey Braunagel (Belleville Althoff), 7-4
182-pound 5th place–Jake Woodrey (Prairie Central) over Tyler Lanning (Pontiac), 9-0

Sunday’s schedule:

Women’s College Basketball–
Illinois State at Southern Illinois, 2 p.m. (LIVE WJBC-AM 1230 & WJBC.com 1:50)

College Softball–
Illinois State vs. San Diego (Littlewood Classic, Tempe, Ariz.), 12:15 p.m.

College Baseball–
Illinois State at Belmont, 1 p.m.

 

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