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Championship games are slated tonight in Class A and 2A Illinois High School Association high school girls basketball regionals.
At Marshall, the 24-1 Lions will battle Newton for a 2A title. Other games will be played at the Class A Neoga site and at the 2A Tuscola site. Finalists were determined in semifinal games played Wednesday.
IHSA Class 2A
At Marshall
Monday — Lawrenceville 48, Robinson 43
Tuesday — Marshall 60, Lawrenceville 30; Newton 69, Casey 39
Today — Marshall vs. Newton, championship, 7:30 p.m.
At Tuscola
Monday — Paris 60, Arthur 52; Macon Meridian 46, Tuscola 40
Wednesday — Paris vs. Pana, Macon Meridian vs. Sullivan
Today — championship, 7:30 p.m.
IHSA Class A
At Neoga
Monday — Palestine-Hutsonville 41, Oblong 40
Wednesday — Palestine-Hutsonville vs. Dieterich, Effingham St. Anthony vs. Neoga
Thursday — championship, 7:30 p.m.
Boys basketball
n Casey 77, Paris 50 — At Casey, Ill., Trivette Scales led the Warriors with 33 points and Brandon Wolfe had 12.
Casey had a 32-9 lead after one period and led 50-25 at halftime to improve to 16-6. Paris dropped to 6-15 and was led by Zack Lueken with 15 points and Austin Temples with 11.
Casey will play Hutsonville-Palestine on Friday. Former standout David Collins will be inducted into the Casey Basketball Wall of Fame.
Paris 9 16 12 13 — 50
Casey 32 18 18 9 — 77
Next — Both teams have home games Friday. Casey (16-6) plays Hutsonville-Palestine and Paris (6-15) meets Charleston.
n Martinsville 73, Atwood-Hammond 69 — At Martinsville, Ill., the Bluestreaks won their second straight game in Little Okaw Valley Conference action after snapping an 18-game losing streak last week.
Zach Mulkins led the host team with a career-best 45 points. He had 43 against Cerro Gordo last week. Chris Lee added 12 points to the Martinsville totals.
Martinsville took a 24-20 lead after one period and was up 39-37 at halftime.
Atwood-Hammond 20 17 14 18 — 69
Martinsville 24 15 14 20 — 73
Next — Martinsville (2-16, 1-8 LOVC) is host to Shiloh on Friday.
