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Peoria City clinches playoff berth after 2-2 draw with Des Moines
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Needing a win or a draw in either of their last two games of the season to clinch a playoff berth, Peoria City was able to do so with a 2-2 draw against the Des Moines Menace in their home finale on Saturday. Former Bradley player DJ Koulai scored in the […]
Local sports recap for June 28, 2024
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — It’s shaping up to be quite a final round for the OSF Children’s Hospital of Illinois championships on Saturday. Two champions will be crowned at Metamora Fields in the professional golf tournaments being played there. Cooper Musselman of Louisville fired a 7-under 64 in the third round and moved into the […]
Washington’s Layla Ziegler on target with her favorite sport
WASHINGTON, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — She tried golf and figure skating but Layla Ziegler found her niche when her grandfather took her to a shooting range. “I shot a little 22 (caliber) revolver and I loved it,” Layla Ziegler said. “I came back the next day and shot for five hours.” Her grandfather is a former […]
Local sports recap for June 27, 2024
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — It’s crowded at the top of the leaderboard at the OSF Children’s Hospital of Illinois Championship. Lucas Carper of Auburn, California stayed atop the leader board of the All Pro Tour stop in central Illinois, although his second round wasn’t nearly as sizzling as his first. Carper, who had 14 birdies […]
Dee-Mack enjoyed ‘summer school’ as it looks forward to a winter of basketball
EAST PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — The Deer Creek-Mackinaw girls basketball team is a little sad to be seeing the month of June come to a close. This week is the players’ final week of playing summer games as high school teammates. Many will play for their symmer travel teams in July. The Chiefs tested themselves […]
Kaitlin Cassidy ready for new role with defending state champion Notre Dame
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD.WYZZ) — This summer is already better than last year in the eyes of Kaitlin Cassidy. she sprained her ankle last June and it limited her participation for summer hoops. This summer is also better because she’s playing on a defending state champion. “I think coming off a state championship I have a […]
Former NFL QB Tony Romo in field as pro golf returns to Peoria area
METAMORA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — Professional golf returns to central Illinois this week. So does former NFL player Tony Romo. The former Dallas quarterback is in the field for the Children’s Hospital of Illinois Championship this week in central Illinois. He played in the All Pro Tour event last year alongside up-and-coming players professional players at […]
Improving Dani Guedet has Division I goals and a good example to follow
WASHINGTON, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — She’ll be the first to tell you she’s a much better player now than she was a year ago. Dani Guedet is an improving high school basketball player. “A year or two ago, my confidence wasn’t really there,” said Guedet. “My post moves weren’t as good as now.” The 5-11 forward […]
Family, former coach excited for Metamora grad’s Olympic chances this weekend
METAMORA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — It could be an exciting weekend for the central Illinois swimming community and for a family from Germantown Hills. Metamora grad Anna Peplowski could be named to the U.S. Olympic swimming team on Sunday. And her family is counting down the hours to the announcement of the team. The Peplowski family […]
New Washington football coach expects new look
WASHINGTON, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — He’s not really new, but Todd Stevens expects his team to have a new look. Stevens, a longtime assistant football coach at Washington Community High School, is now the new head coach and conducting his first practices for the Panthers during summer workouts. He takes over after Darrell Crouch’s retirement. Stevens […]
Local sports recap for June 19, 2024
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — Dunlap and Notre Dame won twice at the Illinois Central College girls basketball summer league on Wednesday. The Eagles downed Washington and Dee-Mack, while the Irish beat Canton and Dee-Mack. Notre Dame is 6-0 in the month-long summer league which concludes June 26. Dunlap junior Mack Sutter is practicing with his […]
Dunlap junior Mack Sutter a hot football target this summer
DUNLAP, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — The weather in central Illinois is hot this week. But the recruitment of football player Mack Sutter may be hotter than the expected temperatures in the mid-90’s. College coaches across the country say the 6-6, 220-pound Dunlap junior is a top tight end prospect because in his high school career, he’s […]
The Putt Club: Celebrity Golf | Peoria Friendship House Fundraiser | Good Day Central Illinois
PEORIA, Ill. (WYZZ) — Take on local “celebrities” in miniature golf during the upcoming Peoria Friendship House of Christian Service fundraiser. The Putt Club: Celebrity Golf fundraiser is one of the biggest fundraisers this year for the Peoria Friendship House. They hope to show off East Peoria’s newly opened premium miniature golf facility while helping […]
Metamora coach passes torch to his successor at final summer camp
METAMORA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — Justin Dehm and Danny Grieves go way back. “My earliest memories as a basketball player was going to the Danny Grieves basketball camp at Spalding Gym when he was coach at Notre Dame. Or at Superstar Sports Center in Peoria,” said Dehm, the former Richwoods star basketball player. “We and coach […]
Prep sports recap for June 5, 2024
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — Defending state champ Notre Dame opened June with a pair of wins at the Illinois Central College summer league on Wednesday. The Irish, who won the class 2A girls basketball state title in March, bring back four starters and beat Limestone and Morton on the first night of the summer basketball […]
‘Super seniors’ playing into their 90’s in weekly Peoria Women’s Golf League
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — If it’s Wednesday, you know where to find Virginia Henderson. Playing in the Peoria Women’s Golf League. She’s played in the league 54 years. “If golf is a passion for anyone like me, it doesn’t make any difference as long as you can play golf,” said Henderson. “You’ve got the course […]
Prep sports recap for June 4, 2024
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — It’s an all-star game that was fit to be tied. Morton’s Lauren Kottabi scored twice as the Mid-Illini and the Big 12 Conference soccer standouts played to a 2-2 draw in the Peoria Girl’s Senior All-Star game at Metamora High School on Tuesday. Kottabi scored a goal in each half. The […]
Medical emergencies can’t keep new Dunlap coach from summer debut
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — After years as an assistant coach, Ryan Julius has a new gig. He’s now the head basketball coach at Dunlap, coaching his team for the first time last weekend at the Richwoods Shootout, a two-day summer basketball tournament. “Being able to call my own shots is definitely different. I have a […]
Pontiac softball plays for state berth just weeks after head coach gives birth to son
PONTIAC, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — It’s been an eventful past month for Pontiac softball coach Nicole Hayner. Her team has moved within one win of a state berth just two weeks after she gave birth to her second son. Pontiac plays Lemont in Monday’s class 3A super-sectional in East Peoria for the right to go to […]
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