Illinois High School Basketball - Effingham nudges Taylorville
January 22, 2018: Taylorville, IL 62568 In Monday's league outing, the Effingham Flaming Hearts (Effingham, IL) basketball squad edged the host Taylorville Tornadoes (Taylorville, IL), by a margin of 63-62.
The Flaming Hearts (20-1) will now prepare for their outing against Lincoln (Lincoln, IL). The Railsplitters go into the Apollo outing with a 16-7 record. In their last outing, Lincoln held off Riverdale (Port Byron, IL), 53-36, in a non-league outing.
The Tornadoes now own a 9-12 record. They play next when they travel to Mt. Zion for a Apollo outing on Thursday, January 25. Taylorville will clash with a Braves squad coming off a 66-47 league loss to Charleston (Charleston, IL). The Braves record now stands at 5-17.