The SIJHSAA Regionals began in middle school basketball last night. In Class S, Trinity St John beat Oakdale 48-17 and will play in the semifinals tomorrow against Pinckneyville 204. Tamaroa/St Bruna plays Elverado in the other semifinal.
At Central City, New Horizon opened with a 40-14 win over Willow Grove/St Mary. They will play Germantown tonight at 6pm. Bartelso beat Trinity Hoffman 54-26 and will get Central City at 7:30.
Tonight Sandoval will take on Odin/ACA with the winner to play Patoka in the semifinals on Friday. Selmaville and Iuka will play in the other semifinal.
Tonight at Rome, Irvington/North Wamac takes on Kell with the winner getting top seed Raccoon on Friday. Rome and Field will be in the other semifinal.
At Summersville, the hosts beat Ashley 75-22 and Waltonville over Bethel 48-32. They will play for the title on Thursday.
In Class M at Pinckneyville, the hosts beat Sesser 55-27 and Christopher over Zeigler 44-16.
Tonight at Breese All Saints, Nashville takes on Okawville followed by All Saints against Breese District 12.