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Class 1A and 2A baseball state finals in Peoria: Tickets, matchups, directions
The 2024 Illinois High School Association Class 1A and 2A baseball state finals are May 31 and June 1 at Dozer Park in Peoria, home of the St. Louis Cardinals Single-A affiliate the Peoria Chiefs. Here is everything you need to know about the tournaments — including scores, schools, matchups, tickets, streaming, weather and directions to...
Illini Bluffs softball headed back to IHSA state finals after home run in final inning
ATHENS — Illini Bluffs is making that familiar spring trip — to the Illinois High School Association softball state finals. The top-ranked Tigers (24-1) used a late-inning home run to beat No. 4 Carrollton, 2-1 on Monday, claiming the Class 1A Athens Supersectional. IB's next stop is its fifth successive trip to the...
These Mid-Illini Conference softball teams are headed to the 2024 Class 3A sectional
Here are the Peoria-area Class 3A softball teams that advanced from the Illinois High School Association regional title games on Friday and Saturday. Peoria softball: 2024 IHSA softball state tournament bracket, schedule, scores, pairings Washington ...
Peoria Notre Dame playoff run ends with loss in Class 2A baseball supersectional
GENESEO — Peoria Notre Dame's baseball luck ran out in the Elite Eight. Wilmington grabbed an early lead and never looked back, allowing one hit in a 5-0 victory over PND in the Class 2A Geneseo Supersectional on Monday. ...
Notre Dame wins all-Peoria IHSA girls soccer sectional championship
WASHINGTON — Peoria Notre Dame is a sectional soccer champion once again. The Irish defeated city rival Richwoods 1-0 on Saturday to win the Class 2A Washington Sectional, the Irish program's 22nd title at this level and second in a row. ...
Washington boys lacrosse makes history with IHSA playoff victory
The Washington co-op boys lacrosse team made history on Friday night. The Panthers became the first lacrosse program from the Peoria area to win an Illinois High School Association plaque after a 13-8 victory over Lockport in the Washington Sectional championship at Babcook Field. Washington now advances to face Chicago...
The 2024 Peoria Journal Star girls track and field athlete of the year and the all-star team
A record-setting girls track and field season for the Peoria area culminated at the Illinois High School Association state meet. Local athletes set two IHSA state meet records in winning Class 1A state championships, one individual and one relay. Many more athletes picked up state medals and all-state honors. Here...
Prep sports recap for May 27, 2024
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — Sophomore Sara Finn hit a tie-breaking homer in the top of the seventh and Illini Bluffs held on to beat Carrollton, 2-1, in the class 1A softball super-sectional at Athens on Monday. The wins sends the Tigers (24-1) to their fifth consecutive trip to state. Ilini Bluffs will face Trico (23-5) […]
Elmwood/Brimfield runner wins elusive track and field state championship
Isaiah Hill finally got his gold. The Elmwood/Brimfield runner won his first career track and field state championship on Saturday, winning the Class 1A 1600-meter run in a personal-best 4 minutes, 17.02 seconds. Hill now has six career IHSA state medals — including three runner-up finishes. He finished second in...
Celebrities, pros set for OSF Illinois Golf Championship at Metamora Fields. Here's what we know
PEORIA — The second annual version of the OSF Children's Hospital of Illinois Golf Championship will be bigger and focused more on golf as touring pros bring their game to central Illinois in events June 25-29. The Men's All Pro Tour will return to Metamora Fields Golf Club and expand to WeaverRidge Golf Club as well.
These 2 Mid-Illini Conference baseball teams advance to the 2024 Class 3A sectional
Here are the Peoria-area Class 3A baseball teams that advanced from the Illinois High School Association regional title games on Saturday. All the scores:Peoria-area baseball postseason schedules, scores and pairings. CLASS 3A. Washington. How they won: Washington jumped ahead early and held off host Morton for a 7-5 win on...
Notre Dame sports finally is using long-held land in Northwest Peoria. What's next for it?
Peoria Notre Dame has begun using its own small slice of River City paradise. Nearly a dozen years have passed since then-Bishop Daniel Jenky blessed the 71.5 acres near Allen Road and Willow Knolls Drive — destined at the time to house a $10 million PND athletic complex and eventually a new school....
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