Ridgeview defeats Fieldcrest on Monday in MCT Qtr Final

A span of 8 days every January in McLean County is reserved for the McLean County Basketball Tournament.  The tournament has been held 103 times in the last 104 years.  Through several iterations as time moves on, the tournament now includes several county schools and several non-county schools but all are a part of the Heart of Illinois Conference.  The tournament is co-ed with brackets for girls as well as boys.

On the boys bracket this year, the Mustangs of Ridgeview got a first round by as the number one seed.  They took on the Knights of Fieldcrest in the first of 4 quarter finals on Monday January 20th.  The two teams have been rivals for several years.  This year, the number one seeded and undefeated Mustangs grabbed the win notch and move to a semi final game later this week.

Brackets can be found on Alan Look Photography website.

20140120 Fieldcrest Knights v Ridgeview Mustangs boys basketball photos - Images by Alan Look

2013 McLean County Tournament Semi-Final, boys

The Ridgeview Mustangs pulled off an upset on Friday night in the first boys semi-final game of the 102nd McLean County Tournament defeating number one seed Fieldcrest Knights.  In the second game, Tri-Valley Vikings walked off the court all smiles after defeating the Knights of Blue Ridge.  The two wins set up an in county HOIC rivalry championship game between the Vikings and Mustangs.

Fieldcrest Knights will meet the Knights of Blue Ridge in the boys consolation game.

In the Girls bracket today, #1 seed El Paso - Gridley will take on the Turks of Tremont for the title match and the consolation game will be between the Le Roy Panters and the Tri-Valley Vikings.

Click to view all the 2013 102nd McLean County photo galleries by Alan Look Photography. Be sure to check out the Normalite Newspaper Group editions for coverage and the next issue of Best Look Magazine.

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