Tune in tonight for Marquette high School basketball when the Crusaders take on Pontiac in the Colmone Classic at Spring Valley. Game time is at 7pm with Isaac Missel and Andrew Evola with the call of the game on 93.5 and 1430 Wcmy and online at 1430 WCMY DOT COM.
Tonight in girls basketball: Marquette will host Seneca at Bader Gym and Streator is on the road to face Wilmington.
The St Bede game at home to face Newman Catholic has been postponed due to positive tests of COVID-19.
Over the weekend in girls basketball
Ottawa were winners at Morris 43-16. Gabi Krueger and Zoe Harris each scored nine points, Brooke Waddell had eight and Cheyanne Joachim finished with seven for the Lady Pirates.
Seneca lost on the road at Annawan 62-53. Leading the way for the Lady Irish was Kennedy Hartwig with a game high 35 points.
Earlville won at home over Yorkville Christian 61-35. Elizabeth Browder had a double-double and finished with 16 points and 12 rebounds for the Lady Raiders.
Newark won at Lisle 56-38. Kellie Snyder also had a double-double with 11 points and 15 rebounds for Newark.
The Ottawa girl’s bowling team went on the road and defeated Rochelle in a conference matchup. Leading the way for the Lady Pirates were McKenzie Lewis with a 528 series score and a high game of 206.
Junior High Sports
The Shepherd 8th Grade girls basketball team won the IESA 4A Regional Championship by defeating Joliet Dirksen 40-26. Mary Stisser had 16 points and Aubrey Sullivan added 8 points for the Lady Rams. The girls will now advance to the IESA Sectional on Wednesday in Romeoville.
The Marquette Academy girls defeated Danville Schlarman 34-31 in the IESA state semi-finals. Anna Hjerpe led the Lady Knights with 13 points. Marquette will play Thursday in the championship game.
Both Shepherd boys basketball teams competed at LaSalle Lincoln. The 8th grade Rams lost 47-32. Jax Addis had 13 points for Shepherd.
The 7th graders won 40-9. Leading the way for the Rams were Griffin Dobberstein and Landon Mangold each with 8 points and Sean Brink had 7 rebounds.