Illinois High School Basketball - Illini Bluffs topples Athens
January 8, 2022: Athens, IL 62613 In Saturday's league outing, the Illini Bluffs Tigers (Glasford, IL) basketball squad beat the host Athens Warriors (Athens, IL), by a count of 44-30.
The Tigers (14-7) will now prepare for their outing against Elmwood (Elmwood, IL). The Trojans go into the Prairieland outing with a 16-3 record. In their last outing, Elmwood defeated Ridgewood [AlWood/Cambridge] (Woodhull, IL), 63-29, in a non-league outing.
The Warriors now hold a 8-12 record. They play next when they travel to Pleasant Plains for a Sangamo outing on Monday, January 10. Athens will play a Cardinals squad coming off a 37-12 league win over Illini Central/Greenview (Mason City, IL). The Cardinals record now stands at 6-6.