The Monticello Sages boy's basketball team opens postseason play tonight at the GCMS Regional taking on Paxton-Buckley-Loda.
The Sages finished the regular season 27-3 overall and won the Illini Prairie Conference title with a 9-1 conference mark. The only blemish in conference action was a road loss at Prairie Central, who is the fourth seed in the Clifton Central sub-sectional.
Monticello toppled PBL 59-43 back on January 21 at the Sievers Center at Monticello High School. The Panthers rolled Clifton Central 59-35 Saturday in Regional quarterfinal action.
The winner of tonight's semifinal game takes on the winner of the second semifinal matchup tonight between Prairie Central and Iroquois West.
Game time tonight from GCMS High School is 6 pm and can be heard on 95.9 FM WEZC and online at dewittdailynews.com.
Class 2A Regional semifinal action tonight:
At Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond
Teutopolis 6:00pm
Shelbyville
Newton 7:30pm
Paris
At Beardstown
Pleasant Plains 6:00pm
Warsaw
At Bloomington Central Catholic
Warrensburg-Latham 6:00pm
Tri-Valley
Bloomington Central Catholic 7:30pm
Olympia
At Maroa-Forsyth
Normal U-High 6:00pm
Riverton
Maroa-Forsyth 7:30pm
Williamsville
At Tolono Unity
St. Joseph-Ogden 6:00pm
Fithian-Oakwood
Tolono Unity 7:30pm
Bismarck-Henning
At Wilmington
El Paso-Gridley 6:00pm
Braidwood Reed-Custer
Pontiac 7:30pm
Seneca
Class 1A Regional semifinal action tonight:
At Arcola
Tuscola 6:00pm
Georgetown Notre Dame de La Salette
Bethany Okaw Valley 7:30 pm
Arcola
At Brimfield
Peoria Christian 6:00pm
Elmwood
Brimfield 7:30pm
Abingdon-Avon
At Champaign St. Thomas More
Champaign St. Thomas More 6:00pm
Georgetown-Ridge Farm
Decatur LSA 7:30pm
Salt Fork
At Decatur St. Teresa
Cerro Gordo 6:00pm
Argenta-Oreana
Decatur St. Teresa 7:30pm
Mt. Pulaski
At Kewanee Wethersfield
Peoria Quest Charter Academy 7:30pm
Woodhull AlWood
At Illini Central
Augusta Southeastern 6:00pm
Illini Central
Delavan 7:30pm
Havana
At Milford
LeRoy 7:30pm
Watseka
At Roanoke-Benson
Flanagan-Cornell 6:00pm
Heyworth
Bloomington Cornerstone Christian Academy 7:30pm
Lexington
At Stewardson-Strasburg
Meridian 6:00pm
Casey-Westfield
Class 3A Regional semifinal action tonight:
At Limestone
Peoria Notre Dame 6:00pm
East Peoria
Galesburg 7:30pm
Peoria Manual
At Chatham-Glenwood
Chatham-Glenwood 6:00pm
Bethalto Civic Memorial
Taylorville 7:30pm
Jacksonville
At Decatur MacArthur
Decatur MacArthur 6:00pm
Decatur Eisenhower
Springfield Southeast 7:30pm
Charleston
At Mahomet-Seymour
Lincoln 6:00pm
Urbana
Mahomet-Seymour 7:30pm
Danville
At Morton
Morton 6:00pm
Bloomington
Champaign Centennial 7:30pm
Normal West
At Peoria Richwoods
Metamora 6:00pm
Peoria Richwoods
Washington 7:30pm
Peoria
At Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin
Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin 6:00pm
Springfield
Mt. Zion 7:30pm
Springfield Lanphier
Class 4A Regional semifinal action tonight:
At Normal Community
Normal Community 6:00pm
Pekin
Girl's Class 1A Sectional semifinal action Tuesday:
At Blue Ridge
Mt. Pulaski 43
Ridgeview 48
Watseka 29
Champaign St. Thomas More 32
At Tuscola
Neoga 41
Tuscola 34
Class 2A Sectional semfinal action:
At Illinois Valley Central
Sherrard 47
Normal U-High 49
At Monticello
Pana 54
Marshall 36
Teutopolis 33
Paris 39
At Peotone
St. Joseph-Ogden 58
Prairie Central 48
At Peotone
Fieldcrest 56
Paxton-Buckley-Loda 33
Class 3A Section semifinal action Tuesday:
At Lincoln
Decatur MacArthur 57
Lincoln 72
Mahomet-Seymour 34
Rochester 33
Class 4A Sectional semifinal action:
At Joliet Central
Normal Communit) 66
Joliet West 35