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Prep sports recap for March 5, 2024
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — After a crazy ride to a state championship, the Notre Dame girls basketball team got a chilly ride to on a fire truck to celebrate on Tuesday. The Irish, who won the class 2A girls basketball title Saturday, took their championship trophy around to area parochial schools on a fire engine. […]
Boys basketball super-sectional recap for March 4, 2024
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — Lathan Sommerville scored 11 of his game-high 32 points in the third quarter as Richwoods beat top-ranked Harvey Thornton 58-52 to capture the class 3A Ottawa super-sectional title on Monday. The win sends the Knights to the state semifinals on Friday at 11: 15 a.m. in Champaign. Richwoods will face Chicago […]
Extra Effort: Three-sport athlete Brigid Dooley a true ambassador for Notre Dame
PEORIA, Ill. (*WMBD/WYZZ) — Brigid Dooley came to Peoria three years ago when her family moved to central Illinois from Boston. She said it was culture shock. “It didn’t seem like it was going to go so well,” Dooley said as she stepped off the plane and noticed corn fields. “But I’m here in Peoria […]
PND, Illini Bluffs win semifinal games, advance to state championships Saturday
NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — Two central Illinois schools will play for girls basketball state championships after winning semifinal games Thursday at CEFCU Arena. Notre Dame made a state finals record-tying 12 three-pointers and beat Wilmette Regina Dominican, 71-25, in a class 2A semifinal. Lexi Baer hit six of those three-pointers and scored 18 for the […]
College sports recap for Feb. 28, 2024
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — Illinois, Bradley and ISU all won home basketball games on Wednesday. The Illini beat Minnesota, 105-97. Terrance Shannon, Jr. scored 29 points for Illinois. Bradley defeated Southern Illinois, 86-67. Darius Hannah scored 22 points for the Braves. Illinois State edged Missouri State, 75-74. Johnny Kinziger and Malachi Poindexter scored 20 points […]
Prep sports recap for Feb. 28, 2024
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — The Macomb Bombers pulled off a big upset in the class 2A boys basketball postseason. The Bombers erased a 17-point deficit in the second half to beat the Manual, 41-40, in the sectional semifinal at Canton on Wednesday. The Rams were the top seed in the sectional. Elsewhere, Lathan Sommerville scored […]
Prep sports recap for Feb. 27, 2024
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — There will be a new Illinois state basketball champion in class 4A. Niko Newsome scored 20 points to lead Normal Community past Moline, 61-44, in a sectional semifinal at Pekin High School on Tuesday. The Ironmen eliminate 2023 state champ Moline and advance to play Quincy in Friday’s sectional championship. Other […]
Illini Bluffs can finally start talking about state
GLASFORD, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — It was always out there, but Illini Bluffs never wanted to talk about it. “We’ve never once talked about going to state,” said IB girls basketball coach Jim Belville. “Not because we didn’t think we had the talent or couldn’t get there, it was always what is in front of us […]
Brian Wardle enjoying family’s version of March Madness
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — Bradley basketball coach Brian Wardle has a big week ahead. Wednesday is BU’s final home game of the season and the Braves play at Drake in the Missouri Valley regular season finale on Sunday. In between, it’s a trip to state with his daughters who have helped Notre Dame to its […]
Illini Bluffs earns trip to state by knocking out No. 1 Galena
BRIMFIELD, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — Lily Luczkowiak scored 21 points to lead Illini Bluffs to a 47-41 win over top-ranked Galena in the 1A super-sectional at Brimfield High School on Monday. The win sends the sixth-ranked Tigers to state for the first time in 12 years. IB (31-4) will play Regina Dominican of Wilmette in Thursday’s […]
Longtime ISU Sports Information Director heading into MVC Hall of Fame
NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — When Tom Lamonica came to Illinois State in February 1980, he admits he didn’t know a whole lot about the university. But he knew a lot about the Missouri Valley Conference. “We needed to get into a conference and I thought the Valley was the right one,” said Lamonica. Hired as […]
Prep sports round-up for Feb. 25, 2024
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — Two area girls basketball teams are set to play in super-sectional games on Monday. Notre Dame will play Rock Island Alleman in the class 2A super-sectional at Manlius. The Irish, who are ranked No.1 in class 2A, are looking for their first ever trip to the state finals. “They got the […]
Prep sports recap for Feb. 23, 2024
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — Cooper Koch scored 19 points as defending state champ Metamora beat Peoria High, 69-33, to win the class 3A Geneseo regional on Friday night. The win is number 600 in the career of head coach Danny Grieves. Other boys basketball regional winners included Richwoods, Notre Dame, Manual, Illini Bluffs, Peoria Heights, […]
Prep sports recap for Feb. 22, 2024
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — Annabelle Fortin scored 20 points and hit a key three-point shot late in the game to lead Illini Bluffs past Abingdon-Avon, 44-37, in the title game of the class 1A Bushnell Sectional championship game. The Tigers advance to play Galena at Monday’s super-sectional at Brimfield High School for the right to […]
Extra Effort: Bailey Lusch growing her sport, teams at East Peoria
EAST PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — As she gets ready to wrestle at state for a third straight year, Bailey Lusch realizes she is a trailblazer at East Peoria. “As a young girl that didn’t have any role models,” Lusch said. “I just strive to do that.” The senior is growing the wrestling program at her […]
Prep sports recap for Feb. 21, 2024
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — Richwoods scored the first 20 points of the game and beat East Peoria, 69-40, in the semifinals of the class 3A Limestone regional on Wednesday. Richwoods will play Morton in Friday’s regional championship in Bartonville. The Potters advanced with a 57-49 win over Washington in the other semifinal. Other regional semifinal […]
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