Metro East Sun

With the Illinois High School Association boys basketball postseason underway, here's the upcoming schedule to keep an eye on.

First, on Monday, Feb. 20, fifth-seeded Chester takes on eight-seed Campbell Hill at 7:30 p.m. in the Campbell Hill Regional at Campbell Hill.

Then on Tuesday, Feb. 21, Marquette Catholic High School, which earned themselves a bye in the first-round due to their second seed, will take on the winner of the Dupo versus Sparta preliminary match up. That game is at 7 p.m. in the Waterloo Regional at Gibault Catholic.

Wednesday, Feb. 22 sees fourth-seeded Marissa/Coulterville High School take on the winner of Valmeyer versus Lovejoy in the Valmeyer Regional.

 

The action then really picks up next week with a slew of games happening on Monday, Feb. 27. First, O'Fallon High School, an eight seed, takes on sixth-seeded Althoff Catholic in the Ottawa Sectional at Ottawa Township. That game tips off at 6 p.m.

There's another 6 p.m. start that night over at Mater Dei for the Breese Regional, where ninth-seeded Waterloo battles eighth-seeded Freeburg, and also on the 27, seventh-seeded Columbia battles 10-seeded Jerseyville in the Bethalto Regional taking place at Civic Memorial. 

Later on that same evening, fifth-seeded Belleville East gets a first-round match at home when they take on Collinsville in the Belleville East Regional. That game tips off at 7:30 p.m. The winner of that matchup will then meet top-seeded Breese Central High on February 28 at 7 p.m., also taking place at Belleville East.

Then on March 1 at 7 p.m., Mater Dei High School, who earned the third seed, plays their first potseason game of the year against the winner of a preliminary game between Highland and Mascoutah. That 7 p.m. game takes place at Mater Dei.

Also on March 1, third-seeded Belleville West will get the victor of the Belleville East/Collinsville game taking place on Feb. 27. That 7 p.m. game will be back at Belleville East.