Illinois High School Basketball - East Alton-Wood River thwarts Litchfield
January 11, 2022: Wood River, IL 62095 The East Alton-Wood River Oilers (Wood River, IL) basketball knocked off the visiting Litchfield Purple Panthers (Litchfield, IL), 61-50 in Tuesday's non-league test.
The Oilers (5-11) will now prepare for their test against Columbia (Columbia, IL). The Eagles go into the Cahokia - Mississippi test with a 12-6 record. In their last test, Columbia went down by Metro-East Lutheran (Edwardsville, IL), 53-51, in a non-league test.
The Purple Panthers now own a 8-7 record. They play next when they travel to North Mac for a non-league test on Friday, January 14. Litchfield will encounter a Panthers squad coming off a 53-50 non-league loss to Hillsboro (Hillsboro, IL). The Panthers record now stands at 6-8.