Lake Land, Parkland Open NJCAA Tourney Play

Lake Land will play host to Spoon River at 2 p.m. while Parkland opens play at East Peoria at 4 p.m. against John Wood.

Area members of the Lake Land team at Abigayle Weis (Effingham), Olivia Niemerg (Teutopolis) and Joanna Schultz (Altamont).

An area member of the Parkland squad is Claire Wilhour (St. Elmo/Brownstown).

The winners advance to play at 2 p.m. Saturday and the winners of those two contests will advance to the NJCAA Division II National Tournament.

NJCAA Tournament

Friday, April 9

At Mattoon

Game 1 -- Lake Land vs. Spoon River, 2 p.m.

Game 2 -- North Central vs. Lincoln Land, 4 p.m.

At East Peoria

Game 1 -- Parkland vs. John Wood, 2 p.m.

Game 2 -- Illinois Central College vs. Metropolitan, 4 p.m.

Saturday, April 10

At Mattoon

Game 3 -- Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 2 p.m.

At East Peoria

Game 3 -- Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 2 p.m.