IHSA Class 1A Girls Basketball Regional at VIT: South Fulton makes most of...
The postseason is all about opportunity
View ArticleIHSA Class 1A Girls Basketball Regional at VIT Mid-Illini Conference...
Navigating the regular season with just one loss in 27 games, Lewistown girls basketball coach Greg Bennett knows that the postseason is a completely different situation.
View ArticleMid-Illini Conference Basketball: Fast start propels Morton past Canton
The Morton Lady Potters came out with the hot hand and got the host Lady Giants down early.
View ArticleLocal grapplers place second, third; advance to state meet
Three area high school wrestlers qualified for this week’s IHSA State Finals after placing in the top four in sectional competition Friday and Saturday.
View ArticleMid-Illini Conference Girls Basketball: Lady Giants defeated in regular...
The Canton Lady Giants played their third game in as many days and some of that wear showed as they wrapped up their regular season in a 63-50 Mid-Illini loss to the Lady Redbirds of Metamora on senior...
View ArticleIHSA Class 1A Girls Basketball Regional at VIT: Lewistown downs South Fulton...
The Lewistown Lady Indians jumped out to a 19-11 lead at the end of the first quarter and never looked back in defeating the South Fulton Lady Rebels 64-39 to win the South Fulton 1A Regional on Friday.
View ArticleHigh School Boys Basketball – Prairieland South Division: Indians defeat...
An opportunity to clinch the Prairieland South Division title outright with a victory, the Lewistown High boys basketball team made the most of its chance Friday night at Astoria High School.
View ArticleIndians win 19th; SFR, NFW defeated
Lewistown notched its 19th victory, while South Fulton and North Fulton would drop conference contest in recent high school boys basketball action.
View ArticleLewistown 7th Graders win Invite
The Lewistown seventh grade volleyball team posted a 3-0 record in winning its own Invitational Tournament on Saturday.
View ArticleMid-Illini Conference Boys Basketball: Third quarter propels Rockets past...
Playing for the first time in a week, the Canton High boys basketball team would drop a 67-55 Mid-Illini Conference decision at Limestone Saturday evening.
View ArticleCHS Freshman Girls Basketball: Lady Giants take second at tournament
The Canton High freshman girls basketball team finished 2-1 to place second in tournament action Saturday at Metamora.
View ArticleState-ranked Elmwood rolls past Rebels
State-ranked Elmwood rolled past visiting South Fulton 67-15 in a Prairieland Conference crossover contest Monday evening.
View ArticleCHS freshmen conclude play with 17th win
The Canton High freshman girls basketball team wrapped up their 2018-19 season with a resounding 35-10 Mid-Illini Conference victory over Metamora Monday evening at the CHS South Gym.
View ArticleHigh School Boys Basketball: Farmington takes control in defeating Lewistown
The Farmington Farmers used a patient offense and blanket-like defense to easily handle the Indians of Lewistown 50-31 in Prairieland Conference crossover action Monday night.
View ArticleH.S. Girls Basketball – Class 1A Sectional: Lady Indians survive, advance to...
The ‘survive and advance’ mantra was alive and well at the Class 1A Abingdon-Avon Girls Basketball Sectional on Monday night as Lewistown and Illini Bluffs picked up nail-biting semifinal wins over...
View ArticleMid-Illini Conference Boys Basketball: Fourth quarter lifts Panthers past...
The Washington Panthers started a young team and played well, but it was a poor fourth quarter that was the demise for the Canton Little Giants as they fell 52-46 in a Mid Illini contest Friday night...
View ArticleH.S. Girls Basketball – Class 3A Regional at Geneseo: Lady Giants make...
Regional. Champions.
View ArticleHigh School Boys Basketball: County squads defeated in weekend hoop contests
Area high school boys basketball teams were defeated in contests played during the final weekend of the regular season.
View ArticleH.S. Girls Basketball – Class 1A Supersectional: Lady Indians one victory...
For the Lewistown High girls basketball team, the 2019 postseason has been a case deja vu.
View ArticleMid-Illini Conference Boys Basketball: Little Giants record road victory over...
The Canton High boys basketball teams recorded a pair of road victories at Dunlap Saturday evening.
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