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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...
2024 IHSA boys track and field finals recap: Morton, Elmwood, Dee-Mack athletes win titles
The high school track and field season is officially over. Boys athletes from across the state competed Saturday in the 2024 Illinois High School Association track and field state finals at O'Brien Field at Eastern Illinois University — one week after the girls completed their season in Charleston. ...
IB seniors may be ‘chill’ but have a chance for red hot finish to careers
GLASFORD, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — Illini Bluffs is right where it wants to be. Playing important softball games in the month of May. The Tigers are used to this. Seniors Annabelle Fortin and Morgan Lowe have learned a thing or two about playing meaningful games late in the season from past team leaders. “I think Annabelle […]
New Galesburg Junior-Senior High Principal hired. Here’s what we know
Another trade of sorts between the biggest school district in Knox County, and school districts in Warren County. The Galesburg School Board Monday night voted to approve hiring Jeff Ewing as the new principal at Galesburg Junior-Senior High School in the next school year. Ewing replaces Tom Hawkins, who is...
Prep sports recap for May 10, 2024
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — Senior Danika Frazier belted a tie-breaking, two-run homer in the fifth inning as visiting Olympia beat Illini Bluffs, 8-3, in high school softball on Friday. The Spartans trailed by three runs after the first inning but rallied to win and improve their record to 26-1-1 while establishing themselves as a state […]
Illini Bluffs high school pitcher throws perfect game with all strikeouts
Perfection. Illini Bluffs senior Josh Vaughn twirled a perfect game Friday night, striking out all 21 batters he faced in a 1-0 victory over Peoria Christian. The Bradley signee also put himself in the Illinois High School Association record books with the second-most consecutive strikeouts in state history. “Just something you don’t get to...
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