Illinois High School Basketball - Pleasant Plains trounces Athens
January 22, 2024: Athens, IL 62613 The Pleasant Plains Cardinals (Pleasant Plains, IL) basketball crushed the host Athens Warriors (Athens, IL), 51-17 in Monday's league test.
The Cardinals (17-6) will now prepare for their test against Rochester (Rochester, IL). The Rockets go into the non-league test with a 10-15 record. In their last test, Rochester walloped Lanphier (Springfield, IL), 58-27, in a league test.
The Warriors now own a 8-16 record. They play next when they travel to Auburn for a Sangamo test on Thursday, January 25. Athens will encounter a Trojans squad coming off a 52-40 non-league win over Athens (Athens, IL). The Trojans record now stands at 13-12.