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Fears' decision resets Illinois' 2025 recruiting board
Jul. 2—CHAMPAIGN — Illinois built out its 2024-25 roster the last three months with two factors playing into nearly every new addition. Positional size was a must. Shooting was just as important. Not included in that offseason restructuring with four players running out of eligibility and six players hitting the transfer portal was a reclassification from Jeremiah Fears. At least through ...
All-American Kristine Blazevica joins Illini Track & Field
CHAMPAIGN, IL (Chambana Today) – Petros Kyprianou, the Director of Illinois track, field, and cross country, announced on Monday (July 1) the recruitment of Kristine Blazevica from Texas. Blazevica recently earned All-American status in the heptathlon at the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Championships, finishing third with 6,126 points. This marks...
Good Morning, Illini Nation: Final word on Coleman Hawkins
Jul. 1—Coleman Hawkins arrived in Manhattan, Kan., last week. The start of one final season of college basketball for Kansas State after four years at Illinois. Hawkins' decision to play that final year for the Wildcats simply gives him and Brad Underwood even more in common. The Illini coach played for Kansas State and later returned as an assistant coach under Bob Huggins and Frank Martin. ...
2024 Football Opponent First Look: Illinois Fighting Illini
If you're looking for a series that Purdue has abslutely dominated of alte, it is the one with Illinois. The Boilermakers have won four straight, seven of the last eight, and 15 of hte last 19. Purdue has especially dominated in Chapaign, as it has won six in a row there and eight of the last nine. That has allowed Purdue to open up a lead in the overall series for the first time in over a century. The rivalry has taken on some extra spice in the last two years. Two seasons ago Purdue won in Champaign with the...
Underwood has plenty of talent to work with
Jul. 2—CHAMPAIGN — Brad Underwood, in May, was cautious about going beyond 10 scholarship players for the 2024-25 men's college basketball season. Illinois was looking for one more player at that point. Maybe. Too many players wasn't just worrisome. It was potentially disastrous, according to the Illinois coach. Underwood, in late June, had clearly alleviated himself of those concerns. The ...
Illinois Year in Review | Top transfers
Jul. 1—It's not just Brad Underwood and Bret Bielema working the transfer portal to boost their rosters. Several Illinois coaches tapped into that growing market and reaped some serious rewards in 2023-24. Staff writer Scott Richey spotlights the 10 best: Domask arrived in Champaign in May 2023 to, let's face it, little fanfare. The 6-foot-6 guard had put together four standout seasons at ...
Green Street: 2024-25 Illini women's basketball Player Profiles -- Irene Noya Catoira
Jul. 3—The 2024-25 Illinois women's basketball roster is now in place. So let's proceed accordingly with a roster breakdown of Shauna Green's 13-player team. 6-3 Freshman Forward Noya Catoira represents the first international player of the era at Illinois. The native of Vilagarcía de Arousa, Spain, brings some international experience to C-U — she made her debut for Spain as a 15-year-old at ...
Top of the Morning, July 2, 2024
Jul. 2—On Tuesdays, we'll chop it up with our Golfer of the Week. Email nominations to The golf ball Dana Busch used for her first hole-in-one is somewhere in the shrubs at No. 9 at Lake of the Woods in Mahomet. That's where she lost it after acing the 110-yard No. 4 a few holes earlier. "I figured it was a lucky ball so I kept playing with it," she said. "Maybe someone else picked it up and ...
Illinois Schedule Preview, Sept. 20: Run Offense Key Against Nebraska In Big Ten Opener
A healthy, productive dose of Kaden Feagin, Josh McCray and even Luke Altmyer could be the key for the Illinois Fighting Illini against the Nebraska Cornhuskers
Illini golfers team up for John Deere Classic practice round
SILVIS, Ill. (WCIA) — Illinois’s own PGA Tour event was all orange and blue at Tuesday’s practice round. Former Illinois standout Adrien Dumont de Chassart paired up with rising senior and Big Ten Golfer of the Year Jackson Buchanan for a practice round on the back nine at TPC Deere Run. “Illinois golf is brotherhood […]
Spartan football season starts in 60 days
Photo: PhotoNews Media/Clark Brooks St. Joseph-Ogden senior Justice Wertz carries the ball after a hand off from Logan Smith during his team's 2023 home opener against Monticello last fall. See more photos from this game here. ST. JOSEPH - Exactly two months from today, the Spartans' offensive backfield will feature several new faces in key positions. The team finished the past season 8-3 overall, in the Illini Prairie Conference, and will open on the road at Monticello on August 30. SJO's regular season schedule features just four home contests. Here is a look at the upcoming 2023-2024 schedule. 8/30 @ Monticello 7:00pm 9/6 • Tolono Unity 7:00pm 9/13 @ Prairie Central 7:00pm 9/20 @ Illinois Valley Central 7:00pm 9/27 • Carterville 7:00pm 10/4 @ Bloomington Central Catholic 7:00pm 10/11 • Pontiac 7:00pm 10/18 @ Rantoul 7:00pm 10/25 • Paxton-Buckley-Loda 7:00pm
Three-star 2025 DB Desmond Straughton commits to Illinois
Illinois football has added to its 2025 recruiting class with the commitment of Desmond Straughton, a three-star defensive back at Roseville High School in Michigan. He announced his commitment via X last week after an official visit to the University. Straughton, standing at 6-foot-1 and 192 pounds, is ranked by...
Two 2025 Florida prospects commit to Illinois football
Illinois football has added two three-star prospects from Florida to their 2025 recruiting class – defensive back Robert Jones III from Vero Beach High School and running back Cedric Wyche from St. Thomas Aquinas High School. Both three-star recruits announced their commitment to Illinois in recent weeks, with Jones announcing his just a few days ago.
Illini football offseason superlatives: Best additions, upgrades, sleepers, question marks & position battles
CHAMPAIGN — Illinois football will begin training camp next month after an offseason of retooling its roster. The Illini dove into the transfer portal to address glaring needs — offensive and defensive line and the secondary – and came out of the spring portal cycle with some strong recruiting wins. Now head coach Bret Bielema and his program need to use the roster additions to kickstart a season that ends with a postseason berth entering Bielema's fourth year and having missed two postseasons in three years.
Former Illini claims first-round Wimbledon win
(WCIA) — Three-time All-American Aleks Vukic has added a win at Wimbledon to his professional tennis resume. Vukic defeated No. 45 Sebastian Ofner in five sets to advance to the round of 64, where he will face previous Wimbledon champion No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz. He helped Illinois win the Big Ten regular season and tournament […]
Illini Inquirer Podcast Ep. 827 | Jeremiah Fears decommits; Overreacting to limited practice video
Illini Inquirer's Derek Piper and Jeremy Werner discuss four-star 2025 guard Jeremiah Fears' decommitment, why it makes sense for Fears and why it makes sense for Illinois and what's next in the Illini's 2025 pursuits. The guys then overanalyze practice video released by Illinois basketball, what excites them the most, what they're skeptical of most and what they next want to see. The guys then discuss the five Illini who will play in the NBA Summer League.
The daily pitch from Sports Editor Matt Daniels: July 2, 2024
Jul. 2—➜ . The 24/7/365 pursuit of top talent in the state continues on Tuesday night, with Bret Bielema belting out the seventh-inning stretch at Wrigley Field during the Cubs-Phillies game. ➜ . Former Illini running back standout and current BTN analyst will throw out the ceremonial first pitch. ➜ Illinois football players on the 2024 roster who call the Land of Lincoln home, like Atwood ...
Top Dawgs/Orange Wrestling Takes Ninth at Malecek Team Duals
The Illinois Top Dawgs/Orange wrestling team – consisting primarily of Mahomet-Seymour students — placed ninth in the Malecek Team Duals, which ended on Thursday (June 27) at the Wisconsin Dells. The Top Dawgs leader was 275-pound Jayvon Tompkins, an incoming freshman. He compiled a 6-1 record during the...
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