The Salem Wildcats picked up a hard fought win on the road last night over Roxana 40-34. Salem trailed after the opening quarter 13-11 but held a 28-21 lead at the break and extended that to 10 points in the 3rd quarter but Roxana would not go away. No Cats finished in double figures. Caden Bee and Rolen Adams had 8 points each with 7 from Jakob Koehnke and 6 each from Seth Bailey and Charlie Fehrenbacher. Salem improves to 9-8 on the season and will have a week off before hosting Breese Central next Friday.
Also in the Cahokia Conference last night, Breese Central 71-40 over Wood River, Carlyle beat Okawville 44-29, in overtime it was Freeburg over Columbia 59-50, Red Bud beat Sparta 61-47
The SC Cougars improved to 13-5 with a good home win over Cisne 45-44. Aidan Dodson finished with 15, Keenin Willshire 13 and Spencer Johannes added 12. The JV also earned a win for SC 60-27. The Cougars will play Lawrenceville tonight.
The Sandoval Blackhawks earned a 62-41 home win over Woodlawn.
Centralia bounced back from their loss to Breese Central with an easy 56-35 South 7 home win over Carbondale.
Friday Boys Scores:
- Altamont 52 Dieterich 47
- Alton Marquette 62 Granite City 48
- Belleville East 59 Belleville West 42
- Bluford Webber 71 Waltonville 39
- Breese Central 71 Wood River 40
- Carlinville 56 Gillespie 36
- Carlyle 44 Okawville 29
- Casey 51 Paris 45
- Centralia 56 Carbondale 35
- Charleston 53 Mattoon 46
- Collinsville 56 Edwardsville 34
- East St Louis 47 O’Fallon 44
- Effingham 58 Mt Zion 52
- Fairfield 54 Lawrenceville 40
- Flora 52 Edwards County 46 (OT)
- Freeburg 59 Columbia 50 (OT)
- Goreville 49 Trico 39
- Herrin 63 West Frankfort 39
- Lincoln 47 Mahomet Seymour 33
- Marion 45 Mt Vernon 42
- Mt Carmel 44 Robinson 43
- Mulberry Grove 50 Ramsey 33
- Murphysboro 61 Harrisburg 35
- Newton 61 Red Hill 47
- North Clay 67 CHBC 34
- Olney 44 Marshall 31
- Pana 61 Piasa 38
- Pinckneyville 54 Carterville 30
- Red Bud 61 Sparta 47
- Sandoval 62 Woodlawn 41
- Red Bud 61 Sparta 47
- Sandoval 62 Woodlawn 41
- Triad 51 Jerseyville 45
- Vandalia 53 Greenville 49
- Waterloo 56 Highland 40
- Wayne City 65 Patoka/Odin 35
- Windsor/Stew Stras 61 Brownstown/St Elmo 43