Category: Sports

Men’s NCAA basketball tournament, first four, rounds of 64, 32

Tuesday, March 14 (First Four in Dayton, Ohio.)SE Missouri State vs. Texas A&M CC, 5:30 p.m., truTVPitt vs. Mississippi St., 8 p.m., truTV Wednesday, March 15 (First Four in Dayton, Ohio.)Fairleigh Dickinson vs. Texas Southern, 5:30 p.m., truTVNevada vs. Arizona State , 8 p.m., truTV Thursday, March 16 (Round of

Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament results

Wednesday, March 8 (First Round)Ohio State 65, Wisconsin 57Minnesota 78, Nebraska 75 Thursday, March 9 (Second Round)Rutgers 62, Michigan 50Ohio State 73 Iowa 69Penn State 79 Illinois 76Maryland 70, Minnesota 54 Friday, March 10 (Quarterfinals)Purdue 70, Rutgers 65Ohio State 68, Michigan State 58Penn State 67, Northwestern 65, otIndiana 70, Maryland

High school boys basketball IHSA playoff results March 9-11

IHSA State Tournament Class 4ASaturday, March 11ChampionshipMoline 59, Benet 42Friday, March 10SemifinalsBenet 64, New Trier 49Moline 50, Benet 36Third PlaceNew Trier 53, Downers Grove North 34 IHSA State Tournament Class 3ASaturday, March 11ChampionshipMetamora 46, Simeon 42, otFriday, March 10SemifinalsSimeon 60, St. Ignatius 42Metamora 50, East St. Louis 43Third PlaceEast St.

March Madness for fans contagious for good reasons

March Madness! Generations, many years, expectations. All add up to what we call March Madness, first used as a term in Illinois high school basketball 85 years ago. The fruition of tournament triumph during culmination of basketball tournaments follows many aspects. Heartbreak, sudden joy or sudden deflation, culminate quickly. Benet

Waubonsee Community College cheerleaders to Chicago Nationals

Waubonsee Community College’s competitive co-ed cheerleading squad secured a bid to the Chicago Nationals Grand Finale competition April 29-30 at Elgin Community College after taking first place in the Intermediate College Division at Xtreme Spirit’s Holiday Classic at the College of Lake County. The squad’s first-place, high-energy, two-and-a-half-minute routine was

‘Lexi’ Janiak second in D-III wrestling

With best wishes and a prayer, Alexis “Lexi” Janiak was sent off by Aurora University AU) students, faculty and staff members Wednesday, March 1 to the National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling Championship. The event was held March 3-4 at Alliant Energy Powerhouse in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Janiak finished in second place

Select high school girls basketball IHSA playoff results March 2-4

State Tournament Class 4AFriday, March 3SemifinalsO’Fallon 77, Hersey 60Benet Acad. 50, Geneva 48Third placeGeneva 72, Hersey 61Saturday, March 4ChampionshipO’Fallon 62, Benet Academy 57State Tournament Class 3AFriday, March 3SemifinalsNazareth Academy 48, Peoria 35Lincoln 76, Deerfield 56Third placePeoria 86, Deerfield 67Saturday, March 4ChampionshipNazareth Academy 63, Lincoln 52State Tournament Class 2AThursday, March 2SemifinalsByron

High school boys basketball IHSA playoff schedule March 9-11 and results Feb. 28 – March 6

Thursday, March 9IHSA State Tournament Class 1ASemifinalsGibault vs. Cornerstone Christ., 10 a.m.Tuscola vs. Scales Mound, 11:45 a.m.Third Place, 7IHSA State Tournament Class 2ASemifinalsTeutopolis vs. DePaul, 2:30Rockridge vs. Bloomington Cath., 4:15Third Place, 8:45Friday, March 10IHSA State Tournament Class 3ASemifinalsSt. Ignatius vs. Simeon, 10 a.m.Metamora vs. East St. Louis, 11:45 a.m.Third Place,

Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament results

Wednesday, March 1 (First Round)Game 1: Penn State 72, Minnesota 67Game 2: Rutgers 63, Northwestern 59Thursday, March 2 (Second Round)Game 3: Michigan State 67, Nebraska 64Game 4: Michigan 63, Penn State 61Game 5: Purdue 57, Wisconsin 55Game 6: Illinois 81, Rutgers 55Friday, March 3 (Quarterfinals)Game 7: Indiana 94, Michigan State

Benet Academy girls force State double overtime

By Bobby Narang Lenee Beaumont entered the final weekend of the girls high school basketball season with one goal left to accomplish. The Benet Academy senior point-guard already had etched her name among the best in the State, and in program history, with a prolific career. The Indiana University recruit

Revived Northwestern in Big 10 men’s basketball success

By Woodrow Carroll For a team that lost three of its final four regular-season games, Northwestern University’s men’s basketball team ended up very well. Faced with a four-game losing streak entering this week’s Big Ten Conference tournament, Northwestern closed out regular-season play with a 65-53 victory at Rutgers Sunday, March