Illinois High School Basketball - North Mac can't hold off Southwestern
January 21, 2017: Virden, IL 62690 The North Mac Panthers basketball team (Virden, IL), was nudged 46-41 in Saturday's non-league battle with the visiting Southwestern Piasa Birds (Piasa, IL)
The Piasa Birds now possess a 12-8 record. They put it on the line next when they host Gillespie for a South Central battle on Tuesday, January 24. Southwestern will battle a Miners team coming off a 62-50 non-league win over Bunker Hill (Bunker Hill, IL). The Miners record now stands at 10-9.
The Panthers (9-7) will now prepare for their battle against South County (Franklin, IL). The Vipers come into the non-league battle with a 8-5 record. In their last battle, South County was nudged by Pawnee (Pawnee, IL), 51-40, in a league battle.