Illinois High School Basketball - Pearl City can't hold off Eastland
December 9, 2011: Pearl City, IL 61062 The Eastland Cougars basketball team scored 45 points and restricted the host Pearl City Wolves to 40 in the Cougars league victory on Friday.
The Cougars now sport a 3-6 record. They play next when they travel to Lena-Winslow for a Northwest Upstate Illini - West contest on Saturday, December 10. Eastland will meet a Panthers team coming off a 48-22 league loss to River Ridge/Scales Mound (Hanover, IL). The Panthers record now stands at 1-3.
The Wolves (1-5) will now prepare for their contest against Forreston (Forreston, IL). The Cardinals come into the non-league contest with a 9-4 record. In their last contest, Forreston was nudged by Oregon (Oregon, IL), 61-52, in a non-league contest.