Earl Austin Jr: Metro East teams advance to Final Four

Metro East teams advance to Final Four
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Earl  Austin on 10/03/2010 18:06:00
 
THE COUGARS WILL FACE PEORIA MANUAL IN THE STATE SEMIFINALS ON FRIDAY NIGHT AT
6:30 P.M. AT CARVER ARENA IN PEORIA. ROBINSON WILL TAKE ON CHICAGO HALES
FRANSISCAN IN THE OTHER SEMIFINAL MATCHUP.
The third-place game will be played on Saturday at 6:15 p.m. with the
championship game to follow at 8:15 p.m.
Madison advanced to the Class 1A semifinals with a thrilling 48-45 victory over
Lewistown in the Jacksonville Supersectional..
The Trojans are looking for their first state championship since 1981 when
then-coach Larry Graham and former stars Morris Hughes, Patrick Hatter and
Charles Claggett led Madison to the Class A state championship.
Madison will take on Sesser-Valier in the state semifinals on Friday at 2 p.m.
Catlin and Lanark will meet in the other semifinal game at 12:15 p.m. The
winners will meet for the state championship on Saturday at 2 p.m. with the
third-place game coming before at 12:15 p.m.
In Class 3A action, Cahokia advanced to the Centralia Sectional championshp game
with a 57-37 victory over Effingham. The Comanches will face either Centralia or
Jerseyville on Friday night for the title. Centralia and Jerseyville will meet
on Wednesday night.
In Class 4A, O’Fallon defeated Edwardsville 55-51 in the semifinals of the
Pekin Sectional in a game played at Belleville East High. Junior Roosevelt Jones
scored a game-high 25 points to lead the Panthers. O’Fallon will face either
Normal Community or East Moline on Friday night for the Sectional title at Pekin
High.