Weekend scoreboard

Posted on April 12, 2019

Scoreboard is sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan

Saturday:

College Baseball–
Illinois State 7, Missouri State 5; Illinois State 5, Missouri State 3
Heartland 7, Lincoln Land 0; Heartland 4, Lincoln Land 0

College Softball–
Missouri State 9, Illinois State 5; Missouri State 6, Illinois State 2
UW-Eau Claire 5, Illinois Wesleyan 3
Illinois Wesleyan 5, Chicago 0

High School Baseball–
Bloomington 8, Peoria 4
Normal Community 12, Danville 0; Normal Community 8, Danville 4
Normal West 5, Champaign Central 0
Central Catholic 10, Heyworth 1
Bradley-Bourbonnais 25, Pontiac 6
Gardner-South Wilmington 7, Lexington 5; Gardner-South Wilmington 6, Lexington 3
Dwight 11, Ridgeview 1
Fieldcrest 22, Serena 1
Woodland 6, El Paso-Gridley 3

High School Softball–
Central Catholic 3, U-High 1
Pontiac 9, St. Charles East 2
Pontiac 10, Huntley 0
Pontiac 12, Marengo 10
El Paso-Gridley 5, Delavan/Hartsburg-Emden 2
Eureka 9, Putnam County 6
Lincoln 7, Mattoon 5; Mattoon 11, Lincoln 1
Prairie Central 12, Coal City 3; Prairie Central 20, Coal City 5
Clinton 8, Altamont 5

Girls High School Soccer–
Normal Community 1, Edwardsville 0

United States Hockey League–
Cedar Rapids Roughriders 3, Central Illinois Flying Aces 0

Sunday:

LIVE ON WJBC-AM 1230–
St. Louis Cardinals vs. Cincinnati Reds (at Monterrey, Mexico), 2:10 p.m.

College Softball–
Missouri State at Illinois State, cancelled
UW-Eau Claire at Illinois Wesleyan, cancelled
Chicago at Illinois Wesleyan, cancelled

Monday:

LIVE ON WJBC-AM 1230–
St. Louis Cardinals at Milwaukee Brewers, 5:45 p.m.

College Baseball–
Lincoln Land at Heartland (DH), 3 p.m.

High School Baseball–
Central Catholic at Olympia, 4:30 p.m.

High School Softball–
Central Catholic at Olympia, 4:30 p.m.

Girls High School Soccer–
Pleasant Plains at Central Catholic, 4:30 p.m.

 

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