Quincy High explodes past Dunlap. Alex Fitch continues his Bloomington-Normal Brilliance. The West Central Boys and Girls carry the torch for Tri State Small School Championship hopes. And the MVIT gets off to a rousing start, thanks to the high rising heroics of Gage Klitz. All your scores and highlights are within....
TOURNAMENT SCOREBOARD FOR DECEMBER 27TH
Mens College Basketball
OAKLAND 63
WESTERN ILLINOIS 73
Leathernecks (9-3) win their sixth straight, beat Oakland for just the 6th time in 31 tries
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Boys High School Basketball
Schnucks Collinsville Holiday Classic
QUINCY HIGH 52
DUNLAP 43
Cole Abbey: 16 pts
Blue Devils face Springfield Southeast Friday at 6:30pm
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State Farm Classic
QND 74
BCC 47
Alex Fitch: 23 pts
Nick Dietrich: 16 pts
QND faces Minook Fieldcrest Friday at 7:30pm
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Centralia Holiday Tournament
JACKSONVILLE 89
BLUE ISLAND 55
Brendan Barlow: 23 pts
Jacksonville vs Centralia on Friday
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Carrollton Tournament
GRIGGSVILLE-PERRY 61
ROXANA 59
Tornados rally from 21 point deficit to win, improve to 2-0 in pool Saturday
Dryden Craven: 21 pts
BEARDSTOWN 66
CALHOUN 63
Gus Vermillion: 24 pts
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Macomb-Western Holiday Tournament
CENTRAL 58
FARMINGTON 39
Austin Kramberg: 15 pts
Marcus Landes: 14 pts
PITTSFIELD 56
ILLINI BLUFFS 52 (2 OT)
Ethan Borrowman: 17 pts
LEWISTOWN 37
MACOMB 32
Bombers held to just 8 points in 2nd half
ABINGDON 66
BROWN COUNTY 54
Michael Scoggan: 20 pts, 7 rbs
METAMORA 50
WEST HANCOCK 46 (OT)
Paxton Harmon: 21 pts
EUREKA 63
ILLINI WEST 40
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Waverly Holiday Tournament
LUTHERAN 40
TRIOPIA 36
Tanner Huddleston: 15 pts
ROUTT 37
NORTH MAC 52
Second seeded Rockets ousted from Championship picture
Brent Long: 14 pts
WEST CENTRAL 49
GREENFIELD 30
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MVIT
WEST PRAIRIE 51
PAYSON SEYMOUR 90
Indians open on a 23-3 run
LIBERTY 68
WEST CENTRAL 59
Eagles face Unity in Friday's Semifinals
SOUTHEASTERN 53
QND JV 33
Suns face Payson in Friday's Semifinals
UNITY 77
BPCA 46
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Girls High School Basketball
State Farm Holiday Invitational in Jeff City
QUINCY HIGH 67
JEFF CITY 54
Blue Devils earn third straight victory
Arai'ya Dade: 19 pts
Hannah Reller: 12 pts
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State Farm Holiday Classic in Bloomington
ALLEMAN 41
CSE 19
NEWMAN 40
CSE 30
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Beardstown Lady Tiger Classic
Championship Quarterfinals
HAVANA 40
ILLINI WEST 39
Graci Bastert: 10 pts (7 in 4th quarter) steal with 3.9 seconds left to give IW a 1 point lead
Jordyn Hughes: went length of the floor with 3.9 seconds to hit a game winning runner as time expired
WEST HANCOCK 40
WEST CENTRAL 52
Lady Cougars open on a 20-7 run
Kaydee Carmody: 16 pts
Allison Dewald: 13 pts
MACOMB 48
CANTON 63
Yanni Saddler: 20 pts
ILLINI BLUFFS 65
LIBERTY/PAYSON 41
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R/I 52
ILLINI CENTRAL 20
ROUTT 40
PITTSFIELD/PH 34
BEARDSTOWN 50
G/P 17
Jill Harris: 16 pts
PLAINS 51
UNITY 44
BROWN COUNTY 48
NORTH FULTON 35
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High School Wrestling
Central Super Duels
QND goes 2 and 1 on the day with wins over Rochester, Illini West
Gage Stephens (3-0)
Jeffery Haley: (2-0 plus a forfeit win)
Dolan Eickelschulte: 2 pinfall wins
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