Illinois High School Basketball - Southwestern nudges Beardstown
December 26, 2013: Piasa, IL 62079 In Thursday's non-league outing, the Southwestern Piasa Birds (Piasa, IL) basketball squad edged the visiting Beardstown Tigers (Beardstown, IL), by a margin of 56-51.
The Piasa Birds (3-5) will now prepare for their outing against Carrollton (Carrollton, IL). The Hawks go into the non-league outing with a 7-0 record. In their last outing, Carrollton held off Calhoun (Hardin, IL), 68-58, in a league outing.
The Tigers now own a 2-5 record. They play next when they travel to Brussels for a non-league outing on Friday, December 27. Beardstown will clash with a Raiders squad coming off a 63-48 non-league loss to Griggsville-Perry (Griggsville, IL). The Raiders record now stands at 1-4.