(KFVS) - The Illinois Department of Transportation, The Ford Motor Company Fund, The Allstate Foundation, Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White and the Illinois State Police announced the winning schools from the 2011-2012 Operation Teen Safe Driving program.

They say four high schools in District 13 placed in the life saving program. This announcement comes as Illinois records declining teen fatality numbers in car crashes, which demonstrates a 48 percent decrease in 2011 as compared to 2007, when the program first began.

The program includes the support of Gov. Pat Quinn, the Illinois State Board of Education and the national Governor's Highway Safety Association.

Here is a look at Heartland sports scores from Wednesday 4/11.

NCAA Softball

SEMO----------------8  10
Middle Tn State----2    3

SIU-------------4    9
Saint Louis-----2   1

H.S. Softball

Leopold---16
Bloomfield---0

H.S. Baseball

East Prairie---8
St. Vincent----7

Oran---17
Scott Co. Central---1

Murphysboro---2
Shawnee---1

H.S. Soccer (Girls)

Notre Dame---3
Cape Central---0

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(KFVS)- With a freeze warning in Wednesday night's forecast, many of us are wondering what we should do to protect our plants.  Expert gardener and owner of Sunny Hill, Paul Schnare, says folks need to beware when the temperature is forecasted to be 40 or below.

"You can tell when a plant is getting cold, because their leaves will start to curl," said Schnare.  "This means they are cold and need a coat."

Schnare says the best thing to do is to cover the plants with a light, soft blanket called a harvest guard.

"This will protect a plant from frost because the frost will hit the frost guard but not effect the plants."

He also suggests not using plastic, because if temperatures drop low enough the plastic could freeze to the plant.  He also says if you use plastic and don't remove it before the sun rises, it could actually heat up quickly and burn the plants too.  He also suggests a product called Freeze Proof.