’Phenomenal season’: Dunlap girls tennis wins third straight...
GENESEO — The Dunlap girls tennis team closed out its season by winning its third straight sectional title on Saturday afternoon.Playing in cool, windy conditions, the Eagles overcame the elements to...
View ArticleDunlap dominates Mid-Illini swimming and diving invite
The host Dunlap Co-op girls swimming and diving team won eight events and claimed the Mid-Illini Conference Invitational meet on Saturday afternoon.The host Eagles finished with a winning total of 449...
View ArticleIESA in financial trouble, ’might have to suspend operations, be...
PEORIA — The Illinois Elementary School Association might have to suspend operations for the first time in its 91-year history as a side-effect of the COVID-19 pandemic regulations in Illinois."We are...
View ArticleIESA: ’We might have to suspend operations, be dormant for a while’
PEORIA — The Illinois Elementary School Association might have to suspend operations for the first time in its 91-year history as a side-effect of the COVID-19 pandemic regulations in Illinois."We are...
View ArticleBlast from Peoria prep football past: Tim Dougherty coaching for team playing...
PEORIA — Anyone who longs for the good ol’ days of high school football in the Peoria area — before COVID kept the Friday night lights dark this fall — can at least watch someone who was part of better...
View ArticleCOVID-19 deficits could endanger future of the IHSA
PEORIA — The Illinois High School Association sounded a warning bell of its own Thursday, the day after the state’s elementary school association confirmed it was in financial difficulty and might...
View ArticleCOVID-19 deficits could endanger future of the IHSA
PEORIA — The Illinois High School Association sounded a warning bell of its own Thursday, the day after the state’s elementary school association confirmed it was in financial difficulty and might...
View ArticleA growing live-stream network could help fans see IHSA games if Illinois bars...
PEORIA — A pay-per-view streaming network might be the only cure available for high school sports fans if the Illinois Department of Public Health rules basketball and other 2020-21 IHSA winter sports...
View ArticleIHSA defies state’s decision, says basketball season is a go
PEORIA — The Illinois High School Association essentially posterized Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday, voting to carry on with boys and girls basketball seasons as scheduled.That move came a day after...
View Article’Nothing has changed. We’re still playing’: IHSA rejects...
PEORIA — Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday said he has ordered the 2020-21 high school basketball season moved to the spring as he clarified his intentions from two days ago."We had doctors and experts look...
View ArticleCommentary: Athletes, schools caught in the middle as IHSA, Pritzker battle...
PEORIA — Basketball has turned into a political football kicked back and forth between Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois High School Association.The IHSA might be the first state high school sports...
View ArticleEd Dwyer gone at 93, leaving a legacy in Peoria sports and youth organizations
PEORIA — Ed Dwyer was devoted to kids, to sports and to the central Illinois community.Chances are if you played, coached, went to a game, or attended a downtown St. Patrick's Day parade, you were...
View ArticlePeoria Diocese will not allow Notre Dame to play in ’20-21 IHSA...
PEORIA — Notre Dame High School athletics suffered a blow Monday night when the Catholic Diocese of Peoria opted not to play basketball when the IHSA's winter season starts in two weeks.The Journal...
View ArticleGame on: Lewistown, Peoria Christian, others will open IHSA hoops season as...
PEORIA — Basketball is not dead yet for 2020-21 in central Illinois.Peoria Christian and Lewistown both say they will begin practices as scheduled on Nov. 16 and play games when the IHSA season starts...
View ArticleWho’s in, who’s out? What Peoria-area schools are thinking about...
PEORIA — To play or not to play.From big school to rural school, public school to private, they all face the same decision as the 2020-21 Illinois High School Association basketball season...
View ArticleSeveral Peoria-area schools among 200 that signed letter to Pritzker...
PEORIA — Superintendents from more than 200 high schools and grade schools in Illinois have endorsed a letter to Gov. JB Pritzker imploring him to "allow our students to participate in extracurricular...
View Article'It hurts’: Peoria players, coaches react to decision to postpone IHSA...
PEORIA — Isaiah Donnell might have to continue his journey in basketball without a senior season.The Richwoods guard was stunned Monday night when Peoria Public Schools voted 5-1 to suspend...
View ArticleThe IESA’s latest sports plan among ever-evolving COVID pandemic
PEORIA — Boys basketball and girls volleyball still have an unknown future, wrestling has been moved to the spring, and chess canceled as the Illinois Elementary School Association revised its sports...
View ArticleCan IHSA basketball be played in the spring? 'That’s a big issue’
PEORIA — The Illinois High School Association is hoping to have a meaningful dialogue with representatives from the governor's office and Illinois Department of Public Health when its board convenes...
View ArticleBrimfield player moves to Nebraska for chance to play basketball
PEORIA — Not every kid who is leaving Illinois to play basketball in another state is a big-time college prospect or a player of the year or the best player on a powerhouse team.Jakoby McKown is a...
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