Mar. 12—Before 16 high school boys' basketball teams from all corners of the state and 16 IHSA state tournament games unfold at State Farm Center in Champaign, Sports Editor Matt Daniels offers ...

CHAMPAIGN — Peoria Manual takes on Chicago Dyett in the 2025 Illinois High School Association Class 2A state semifinals scheduled for 3:45 p.m. today at State Farm Center. No. 8 ranked Manual ...

The IHSA boys basketball state finals return Thursday through Saturday at State Farm Center in Champaign. Nine of the 16 state finalists ended the season ranked statewide in their class ...

rolling over Peoria Christian 55-35 on Thursday at the State Farm Center. No. 5-ranked Eastland (34-4) will now play No. 6 Chicago Hope (27-7) at 1 p.m. Saturday for the Class 1A boys basketball ...

CHAMPAIGN — Time has flown by for Malachi Persinger. The Peoria Christian senior is playing in his final boys basketball games for his dad and coach, Jason Persinger. The father-son duo has ...

The Fox 2 Prep Zone takes us over to Belleville and Althoff High School. The Crusaders boys basketball team won their super sectional game over Teutopolis on Monday night down at SIU-Carbondale ...

No team from any of the three NUIC divisions has ever won a boys basketball state title. Neither has a Big Northern team. It’s been almost 70 years since an NIC-10 team was crowned. But Eastland ...

Here are 10 of the most important players to watch this weekend at State Farm Center and the IHSA state finals. The junior is a 7-footer who makes for an imposing tandem with 6-9. Southern ...

which begins on Thursday at the State Farm Center in Champaign. Williamsville finished fourth in the Class 2A state tournament last year, without Shoufler, the team's then — and current ...

Matt McGloin, a Penn State trustee and former Nittany Lions quarterback, told board members that the university was making a mistake by not naming the field at Beaver Stadium after late Penn State ...

With the defense focusing on Cam Appenzeller, a Troy Triad defender came up to cut off any potential driving lane for the Chatham Glenwood senior. That gave Appenzeller room for a pass inside to ...

Countryfile presenter Matt Baker has recalled the “dream” Durham Dales farm he was “very fortunate” to grow up on in County Durham, ahead of a new Channel 4 series. It comes as the former Blue Peter ...