EHS Girls Head to Regional Play at Rantoul

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Published on February 9 2018 12:55 pm
Last Updated on February 9 2018 2:14 pm
Written by Millie Lange

The Effingham High School girls will begin basketball regional play Wednesday at the Class 3A Rantoul Regional.

The Hearts are seeded second and will take on the winner of game one, either eighth-seeded Urbana or ninth-seeded Tolono Unity.

Opening games Monday include the Urbana vs. Tolono Unity contest at 6 p.m. followed by sixth-seeded Champaign Central against 11th-seeded Rantoul at 7:30.

Effingham's game Wednesday will be followed by No. 3-seeded Paris against the winner of the Champaign Central vs. Rantoul contest at 7:30.

The championship game is scheduled for Thursday at 7 p.m.

Coach Jeff Schafer's crew come into the regional with a 26-2 record after just winning the Apollo Conference regular season title Thursday with an 11-1 mark.