{"id":29103,"date":"2026-01-28T17:13:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T23:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=29103"},"modified":"2026-01-29T07:09:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T13:09:36","slug":"basketball-1-28-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/sports\/basketball\/29103-basketball-1-28-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Basketball 1-28-26"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><strong>National Trail Conference Tournament<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Game 4- Cumberland\u00a0 63,\u00a0 \u00a0 Neoga\u00a0 30\u00a0 (Final)<\/p>\n<p>Game 5-\u00a0 St Anthony\u00a0 72,\u00a0 South Central 25\u00a0 (Final)<\/p>\n<p>Game 6-\u00a0 Altamont\u00a0 75,\u00a0 North Clay\u00a0 65\u00a0 (Final)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Little Illini Conference Tournament<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Game 7- Lawrenceville 65, Marshall 37<\/p>\n<p>Game 8- Casey-Westfield\u00a0 68, Mount Carmel 53<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Girls Basketball<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Neoga\u00a0 56,\u00a0 Cowden-Herrick\/Beecher City\u00a0 44 (Final)<\/p>\n<p>North Clay\u00a0 vs\u00a0 Brownstown\/St Elmo<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Jr High Basketball\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Class 8-1A Effingham Sacred Heart Regional<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Game 6-\u00a0 Effingham Sacred Heart 36,\u00a0 Sigel St. Michael 26 <strong>(Championship)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Class 8-2A Casey-Westfield Regional<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Villa Grove\u00a0 39,\u00a0 Hutsonville\u00a0 25<\/p>\n<p>Casey-Westfield\u00a0 50,\u00a0 Neoga\u00a0 32<\/p>\n<p><strong>Class 8-2A Stewardson-Strasburg Regional<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Game 6-\u00a0 Stewardson-Strasburg\u00a0 38,\u00a0 St. Anthony\u00a0 37\u00a0 <strong>(Championship)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Class 8-4A Effingham Regional<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Game 5-\u00a0 Stephen Decatur\u00a0 62,\u00a0 Mount Zion\u00a0 34\u00a0 <strong>(Championship)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Trail Conference Tournament Game 4- Cumberland\u00a0 63,\u00a0 \u00a0 Neoga\u00a0 30\u00a0 (Final) Game 5-\u00a0 St Anthony\u00a0 72,\u00a0 South Central 25\u00a0 (Final) Game 6-\u00a0 Altamont\u00a0 75,\u00a0 North Clay\u00a0 65\u00a0 (Final) Little [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[49],"class_list":["post-29103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-basketball","tag-sports-featured"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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