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Max Wilson playing for dad after growing up on sidelines: 'The time of my life'
Sep. 27—VILLA GROVE — Heath Wilson got his coaching start at St. Thomas More as an assistant under Dan Hennessey. Wilson, simply put, said Hennessey has taught him everything he knows about coaching. Wilson's son, Max, was just a baby, but that's also where he got his start as a football player. While he was still a long way from playing, his mom would carry him around the sideline while Heath ...
CFB Saturday Lookahead: No. 19 Illinois at No. 9 Penn State
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60 cyclists on 500-mile journey across IL to honor fallen servicemen, women
MATTOON, Ill. (WCIA) — Dozens of cyclists pulled up to the Mattoon YMCA on Wednesday to stay for the night after riding after riding 100 miles. Their journey is halfway over, but they’re not doing it for themselves. “Now we’re stopping by schools, restocking by different VFW, American Legion halls,” Barry Tobias, Gold Star Mission […]
Acosta brothers lead Spartans to road win over Sabers after slow start
Sep. 27—CHAMPAIGN — The first 10 minutes didn't amount to much. All of the action early between the visiting St. Joseph-Ogden boys' soccer team and St. Thomas More happened in the middle of the field. But then, the Spartans' offense got in gear. Increased its pressure. And proved why they're one of the top area teams to beat in a Thursday afternoon match that had Illini Prairie championship ...
Illini football quick hits | Game Week: Penn State, Part IV
Sep. 26—Prepping for rainy game day Illinois has spent some of its practice the past two weeks going through what Bielema has called "wet ball work" just in case it rained on game day. Those storms never came in wins against Central Michigan and Nebraska, but the Illini might be dealing with those conditions Saturday in State College, Pa., where there's a 50 percent chance of rain essentially ...
Parrish, Blue Devils weather the Storm in battle of unbeatens
Sep. 28—BISMARCK — It was widely considered to be the area's game of the week, and the packed crowd at Payton-Moss Field weathering the wind and rain all night reflected that. Two undefeated teams going at it with a fifth and playoff-clinching win on the line. Not to mention how that win would affect the Vermilion Valley Conference championship race. One of the best offenses around against one ...
Good Morning, Illini Nation: Class of 2025 team rankings
Sep. 27—Wednesday's commitment from Brandon Lee — a week after one from Keaton Wagler — made Illinois one of just three Big Ten teams with multiple recruits on board in the Class of 2025. How that two-man class stacks up among its Big Ten brethren is what's apparently up for debate. The 247Sports' rankings has Illinois' class ranked fourth behind Wisconsin (three commits even though it's ...
Penn State is facing a very different Luke Altmyer than it saw in 2023
In Week 4 of the 2023 season, No. 7 Penn State took a trip out to Champaign, Illinois, and dispatched the Fighting Illini 30-13 to get to 3-0. The Nittany Lion's young quarterback, Drew Allar struggled in his third collegiate start, going 16/33 for 208 yards, but he was still much better than Illinois sophomore QB Luke Altmyer who finished 15/28 for 163 yards with four interceptions.
Green Street | Class of 2026 offers
Sep. 27—Even as the Illinois women's basketball coaching staff stays plugged in on the Class of 2025, the work on the 2026 class is already underway, as well. The Illini have currently secured one 2025 commitment — and it was a big one — with Whitney Young five-star point guard on board. Two other 2025 players who were high on Illinois' list have gone elsewhere with four-star shooting guard ...
Illini football flexing depth at running back
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) – Illinois football likely will not have a running back break any single-season rushing records in 2024, but not from a lack of ball carriers. In fact, they have four. Illinois has seen four different running backs play significant snaps in four weeks. Kaden Feagin leads the room with 54 carries, 242 […]
‘There’s absolutely nothing holding you back’: Illinois soccer lifting up women with Empowerment Game
(WCIA) — Illinois soccer is using this weekend’s game against Maryland to celebrate women and girls. “Often times we used to think of women that have done extremely extraordinary things that get recognized but I think as we’ve grown in society we are now able to recognize women just for being women and doing what […]
Purple Riders cruise past Blue Devils at Russ Ghere Field
Sep. 28—VILLA GROVE — Arcola's football team remained in the playoff hunt with a 50-12 victory over Villa Grove at Russ Ghere Field on Friday night. Villa Grove's Hunter Butts scored the first touchdown of the game — a 15-yard rush with 7:30 left in the first quarter — before the Purple Riders scored 50 unanswered points to bring the Russ Ghere Trophy back to Arcola for the first time since ...
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