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Win Tickets for the SC2 Peoria TT at the Peoria Motorcycle Club
92.7 FM The Laser has chances for you to win your way into the SC2 Peoria TT this Sunday at the Peoria Motorcycle Club!. Click “Enter Now” below to sign-up for a chance to win!. The world’s premier dirt track motorcycle racing championship returns to Peoria Motorcycle Club...
East Peoria teen wins national junior pool championship in St. Louis
But he picked up the game so fast he won a national title earlier this month. The East Peoria High School junior was crowned champion of his division at the 2024 American Pool Players Association National Junior Championships June 29-July 1 at the Renaissance St. Louis Airport Hotel in St. Louis.
Local coaches work USA Basketball camp
FARMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — There’s a part of USA Basketball in central Illinois this summer. Farmington is hosting a summer-long USA Basketball camp for players ages 8-17. The eight-week camp runs every Saturday in June and July is a free to all the participants. “There’s nothing bigger than USA Basketball. I was honored to be […]
UPDATE: Peoria City Soccer to host championship games after thrilling finish Sunday
PEORIA, Ill. – Peoria City Soccer will stay home, again, as they continue their USL2 playoff run. After a thrilling victory Sunday at Shea Stadium over the Des Moines Menace, Peoria City learned Monday it will host the Central and Western Conference championships this weekend. The Western Conference title...
25 Sports Saturday - July 20, 2024
PEORIA (25News Now) - A who’s who of Central Illinois Basketball Stars?. With Summer Basketball season is winding down, one local AAU team, Mid-Pro Academy, had stars galore from big and small school powers across our area. Plus, there was plenty of touchdowns and one-handed grabs from the annual...
Ground Sloths complete miraculous midseason turnaround for KCL Championship
NORMAL — After allowing a run in the top of the ninth inning to lose 6-5 to the Bobcats for the team’s eighth straight loss June 23, Ground Sloths manager Peyton Dillingham decided to lie to his team. Less than a month later, the Ground Sloths crowned themselves...
Metamora grad Anna Peplowski ready to fulfill Olympic dream this week
METAMORA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — The Summer Olympics are finally here. It’s been a long wait for Anna Peplowski. The Metamora High School grad made the U.S. Olympic team in mid-June and has waited nearly six weeks to get to Paris. After a training camp in North Carolina in early July and one in Croatia last […]
Peoria City Soccer wins first playoff game
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — The Carp have their first ever postseason victory. Peoria City got a pair of second half goals and goal keeper Samy Slimi kept visiting Thunder Bay off the scoreboard in a 2-0 win in the opening round of the USL2 playoffs at Shea Stadium on Friday. Jose Gomez Ortiz scored off […]
Beloit Sky Carp sweep away host Peoria Chiefs
PEORIA — The Beloit Sky Carp scored seven runs in the final two innings to break open a close game Sunday and rout the Peoria Chiefs 8-1 to sweep a three-game weekend sweep. Returning from the a-day All-Star break, the Sky Carp also won 7-3 on Friday night and also rallied for a 5-4 win in 10 innings on Saturday. Brock Vradenburg gave Beloit a 1-0 lead with an RBI...
Beloit Sky Carp resume season after all-star break with 7-3 victory over Peoria Chiefs
Beloit resumed play in the Midwest League on Friday night on a winning note against Peoria, beating the Chiefs 7-3 at Dozer Park in Peoria. Sky Carp shortstop Johnny Olmstead crushed a three-run home run to center field to open the scoring, then third baseman Josh Zamora followed that up with a solo shot of his own to give Beloit a quick 4-0 lead against Peoria’s Brycen Mautz. The Chiefs...
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