Scoreboard–Thursday, March 19

Posted By: austinb
March 20, 2026 @ 12:00 am
Local Sports

Men’s Basketball:

NCAA Tournament

South First Round

3 Illinois 105, 14 Penn 70 (David Mirkovic, Illinois: 29 pts, 17 rebs/Keaton Wagler, Illinois: 18 pts, 7 rebs, 7 asts/Illini now 25-8, vs 11 VCU Sat)

11 VCU 82, 6 North Carolina 78 (OT)

10 Texas A&M 63, 7 St. Mary’s 50

2 Houston 78, 15 Idaho 47

5 Vanderbilt 78, 12 McNeese St. 68

4 Nebraska 76, 13 Troy 47

Midwest 1st Round

1 Michigan 101, 16 Howard 80

9 St. Louis 102, 8 Georgia 77

East First Round

1 Duke 71, 16 Siena 65

9 TCU 66, 8 Ohio St. 64

6 Louisville 83, 11 S. Florida 79

3 Michigan St. 92, 14 N. Dakota St. 67

West 1st Round

12 High Point 83, 5 Wisconsin 82

4 Arkansas 97, 13 Hawaii 78

11 Texas 79, 6 BYU 71

3 Gonzaga 73, 14 Kennesaw St. 64

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Women’s Basketball:

NCAA Tournament–First Four

10 Virginia 57, 10 Arizona St. 55

16 Southern 65, 16 Samford 53

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Baseball:

High School

Metro East Kickoff Classic

Mt. Vernon 2, Champaign Central 1 (Maxwell Nowak, MTV: WP, 4IP, 0R, 3H, 4K, 1-2, Ty Pierce, MTV: Save, 3IP, 1ER, 4K, 1-3, SB, R/Cale Maurer, MTV: 2-3, 2RBI, SB)

St. Joseph-Ogden 11, Fairfield 4

Belleville East 5, Quincy 5 (F/10)

Champaign Central 8, Highland 1

Collinsville 8, Bradley-Bournonnais 6

Edwardsville 13, East Moline United 3

Normal Comm. 5, O’Fallon 4

Triad 14, Effingham 0

Gateway Metro

Metro-East Lutheran 6, Christ Our Rock Lutheran 5

Midland Trail

Cisne 9, Webber 3

Non-Conference

Carbondale 12, Anna-Jonesboro 2

Carterville 19, Carmi-White Co. 0 (F/4)

Centralia 13, Odin/Patoka/Sandoval 2

Du Quoin 6, Marion 5

Flora 4, Lawrenceville 0

Gallatin Co. 16, Sparta 4 (F/5)

Goreville 14, Elverado 4 (F/6)

Harrisburg 11, Johnston City 1 (F/5)

Herrin 13, Pinckneyville 11

Massac Co. 7, Hardin Co. 4

Okawville 6, Lebanon 5

Trico 9, Wesclin 8 (Ty Doerner, Trico: 2-run HR)

Vienna 10, Crab Orchard 1

ZRC 4, NCOE 1

Arthur/Lovington/Atwood/Hammond 7, Altamont 6

Bunker Hill 18, Dupo 9

Dieterich 9, Paris 8

Father McGivney 6, Henry Co. (TN ) 4

First Assembly Christian (TN) 17, Althoff 12

Hillsboro 11, East Alton/Wood River 1 (F/5)

Litchfield 8, Piasa SW 2

Mascoutah 19, Newton 9 (F/6)

Richland Co. 8, Cumberland 7

College

Juco

Frontier 18, SIC 3 (F/7)

John A. Logan 18, Kaskaskia 5 (F/8)

Lake Land 27, Shawnee 3 (F/7)

Lincoln Trail at Olney Central

SWIC 4, Rend Lake 1

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Softball:

High School

Midland Trail

Webber 18, Cisne 0 (F/4)

National Trail

Cumberland 18, St. Elmo/Brownstown 0 (F/4)

Non-Conference

Anna-Jonesboro 16, Johnston City 6 (F/6)

Centralia 15, Odin/Patoka/Sandoval 0

Chester 14, Freeburg 7

Crab Orchard 8, Vienna 4

Fairfield 7, Pope Co. 0

Galatia/Thompsonville 14, Agape Christian 0

Harrisburg 12, Carrier Mills/Stonefort 2

Lawrenceville 5, Grayville 1

Marion 17, ZRC 0 (F/5)

Massac Co. 14, Hardin Co. 4 (F/5)

Mt. Carmel 13, Hamilton Co. 0 (F/5)

Nashville 6, Marissa/Coulterville 1

North Clay/Clay City 6, Wayne City 5

Pinckneyville 10, Herrin 6 (Ella Keene, Pinckneyville: 3-4, 4RBI/Kendall Cleland, Pinckneyville: 3-4, RBI/Madison Bruns, Pinckneyville: 2-3, 2RBI)

Salem 8, Benton 7 (Marah Johnson, Salem: 3H, 2B, HR, 3RBI)

Trico 12, Wesclin 3 (Zoe Bennett, Trico: WP, 4IP, 2R, 2-4, RBI/Emma Williams, Trico: 2-4, 2 2B, 2RBI, R/Aubrey Cotter, Trico: 2-2, 2RBI, 2R/Jaelyn Kranawetter, Trico: 2-3, RBI, 3R)

West Frankfort 2, Century 1

Windsor/Stew-Stras 5, Flora 3

Belleville West 17, Highland 0 (F/4)

Carlyle 19, Father McGivney 6 (F/5)

Casey-Westfield 14, Arthur/Lovington/Atwood/Hammond 1 (F/5)

Hillsboro 11, East Alton/Wood River 1

Hutsonville/Palestine 7, Neoga 1

Marshall 2, Oakwood 1

Mascoutah 11, Collinsville 0 (F/5)

Newton 15, Vandalia 0 (F/5)

O’Fallon 12, Granite City 1

Piasa SW 2, Jerseyville 1