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Thursday’s High School Hoops Scores
IN HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL YESTERDAY… ACTION CONTINUED IN SEVERAL HOLIDAY TOURNAMENTS ON THE ILLINOIS SIDE OF THE RIVER…
WEST HANCOCK LOST TO METAMORA 50-46 IN OVERTIME… ILLINI WEST FELL TO EUREKA 63-TO-40… AND WEST CENTRAL LOST TO LIBERTY 68-59. ON THE GIRLS SIDE, HAVANA DEFEATED ILLINI WEST 40-39 IN OVERTIME, WHILE WEST CENTRAL BEAT WEST HANCOCK 52-TO-40.
IN MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL LAST NIGHT, TERELL PARKS HAD 19 POINTS TO HELP WESTERN ILLINOIS DEFEAT OAKLAND, 73-TO-63. THE LEATHERNECKS ARE NOW 9-AND-3 ON THE SEASON.
NFL -
THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS CAN CLINCH A PLAYOFF SPOT WITH A HOME WIN SUNDAY AGAINST THE GREEN BAY PACKERS… HOWEVER, IF THE VIKINGS LOSE AND THE CHICAGO BEARS WIN ON THE ROAD AGAINST DETROIT, THEN THE BEARS GET IN THE N-F-C PLAYOFFS AS A WILD CARD. ELSEWHERE… THE SAINT LOUIS RAMS ARE AT SEATTLE AND KANSAS CITY IS AT DENVER. BOTH THE RAMS AND CHIEFS ARE ELIMINATED FROM PLAYOFF CONSIDERATION.










