Illinois High School Basketball - Pleasant Plains thwarts Athens
January 23, 2023: Pleasant Plains, IL 62677 The Pleasant Plains Cardinals (Pleasant Plains, IL) basketball knocked off the visiting Athens Warriors (Athens, IL), 41-27 in Monday's league test.
The Cardinals (15-6) will now prepare for their test against New Berlin/Franklin/Waverly (New Berlin, IL). The Vipers go into the non-league test with a 13-11 record. In their last test, New Berlin/Franklin/Waverly went down by Staunton (Staunton, IL), 52-43, in a non-league test.
The Warriors now own a 16-6 record. They play next when they host Auburn for a Sangamo test on Thursday, January 26. Athens will encounter a Trojans squad coming off a 44-41 league win over Illini Central/Greenview (Mason City, IL). The Trojans record now stands at 13-13.