East St. Louis routs Jacksonville 82-50; Crimsons' season ends 23-9

East St. Louis rolled past Jacksonville 82-50 in the Class 3A Waterloo sectional semifinal, leaving Jacksonville with a 23-9 final record after Wednesday’s loss at the Waterloo sectional. A truncated wire recap identified East St. Louis as the No. 2 seed and credited the Flyers with a dominant offensive performance in the March 4 game.

Channel1450’s game account described a decisive late first-quarter run, reporting, "After a dunk by Troy DeFrates, the Flyers went on a 10-0 run to end the first quarter and never looked back." That sequence is presented as the turning point that pushed East St. Louis firmly ahead entering the second quarter.

Channel1450 also listed individual scoring totals: Alex Johnson with 30 points and Jamison White with 25 for East St. Louis. The same account named Troy DeFrates as a leading scorer with 18 points but contained conflicting phrasing about his team affiliation; the dunk that triggered the Flyers’ run and the line that "DeFrates led the Crimsons with 18" cannot both be true as written. The inconsistency in the Channel1450 text means DeFrates’ team and the official box score require confirmation from the Waterloo sectional office or the two schools’ athletic departments.

According to Channel1450, East St. Louis will meet Centralia Friday for the Sectional title. The wire and Channel1450 together confirm East St. Louis advances to the sectional final, but the sectional game time, venue name in Waterloo, and official officiating crew were not supplied in the initial accounts and remain to be verified.

For Jacksonville, Channel1450 noted the Crimsons’ season ended at 23-9 and characterized the night as the end of a regional breakthrough, adding that it was "their first Regional title since 2000." That historical claim is reported in the Channel1450 piece and should be checked against Jacksonville High School and IHSA records before being cited as an established fact in long-form histories of the program.

Key game details still needing official confirmation include the complete box score (points by quarter, rebounds and assists for Alex Johnson and Jamison White, and the correct attribution and totals for Troy DeFrates), the exact location and attendance for the March 4 semifinal, and postgame comments from coaches. What is certain from the available reports is the final score, East St. Louis’ advancement to the sectional final against Centralia, and Jacksonville’s 23-9 season finish.