Illinois High School Basketball - Richland County knocks off Fairfield
January 18, 2025: Fairfield, IL 62837 The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Richland County Tigers (Olney, IL) and the host Fairfield Mules (Fairfield, IL), observed Richland County's basketball team overcome Fairfield by a margin of 56-41.
The Tigers (11-7) will now prepare for their challenge against Casey-Westfield (Casey, IL). The Warriors come into the Little Illini challenge with a 12-4 record. In their last challenge, Casey-Westfield defeated Marshall (Marshall, IL), 59-45, in a league challenge.
In their next game, the Mules battle the Evansville Day Eagles (Evansville, IN) in a non-league challenge, on Wednesday, January 22. Fairfield will attempt to better on its 8-8 season record. The Eagles come into the challenge with a 2-9 record after their 59-55 non-league win over Carmi-White County (Carmi, IL).