The Pleasant Plains Cardinals (Pleasant Plains, IL) basketball edged the visiting PORTA/Ashland-Chandlerville Central Bluejays (Petersburg, IL), 67-63 in Tuesday's league bout.

The Cardinals now possess a 16-10 record. They play next when they travel to Olympia for a Sangamo bout on Friday, February 14. Pleasant Plains will play a Spartans team coming off a 61-58 league loss to Illini Central (Mason City, IL). The Spartans record now stands at 8-16.

With the loss, PORTA/Ashland-Chandlerville Central falls to 22-5 on the campaign. The Bluejays host Williamsville (Williamsville, IL) to play the Bullets in a Sangamo bout on Friday, February 14. The Bullets go into the bout with a record of 24-2. Williamsville won 54-44 in their recent league bout against Maroa-Forsyth (Maroa, IL)