Illinois High School Basketball - Routt Catholic winner over Southwestern
December 12, 2023: Jacksonville, IL 62650 In Tuesday's non-league outing, the Routt Catholic Rockets (Jacksonville, IL) basketball squad felled the visiting Southwestern Piasa Birds (Piasa, IL), by a margin of 62-53.
The Rockets (5-3) will now prepare for their outing against Pleasant Hill (Pleasant Hill, IL). The Wolves go into the Western Illinois Valley outing with a 1-4 record. In their last outing, Pleasant Hill was beaten by Seymour (Payson, IL), 64-44, in a non-league outing.
The Piasa Birds now own a 6-5 record. They play next when they host North Mac for a South Central outing on Friday, December 15. Southwestern will clash with a Panthers squad coming off a 43-33 non-league loss to Nokomis (Nokomis, IL). The Panthers record now stands at 3-6.