A big congratulations to our staff on a job well done of not just identifying, but getting guys that fit everything we’re about.” Underwood didn’t add three wings on a whim. It was a purposeful pursuit on the recruiting trail.

BLOOMINGTON — Central Catholic High School football coach Kevin Braucht found “wins out there” in the Saints’ 47-16 Illini Prairie Conference loss to Chillicothe IVC on Wednesday at Bill Hundman Memorial Field. Yet Braucht was quick to label them ...

Prairie Central had to wait a week for its opener after its game against Rantoul was canceled last week. The Hawks and Monticello went back-and-forth in Fairbury before the Sages pulled out a thrilling 19-15 victory in on Joey Sprinkle's 16-yard TD pass to Chris Brown with four seconds left an Illini Prairie game.

The former University of Illinois linebacker is in his first season as head coach at East Peoria, one of three new faces taking over Mid-Illini Conference programs in a high school football season unlike any other.

Seniors Katie Steinman and Abby Cox scored 15 points each as Central Catholic High School clinched its third Illini Prairie Conference girls basketball title in the last four years with a 51-39 victory over St. Joseph-Ogden on Thursday at Cvengros Gymnasium.

Senior JT Welch scored 15 of 21 points in the second half as Central Catholic High School held off Peoria Christian, 60-57, in a nonconference boys basketball ... earned an Illini Prairie victory ...

His high school ... Illini by just one game in the Big Ten standings at 4-3. Underwood has had difficulties beating Ohio State in his Illinois tenure. After a 71-63 loss last season, Underwood moved to 1-3 against the Buckeyes. To get back on the right ...

Johnson played three seasons at Southwest DeKalb High School near Atlanta ... honored the Hazelwood Central star as its national player of the year. The Fighting Illini's new defensive coordinator ...

Central Lyon/George-Little Rock won the tournament ... season because of the experience he gained as a freshman. "First high school year, that gets pretty nerve-racking and this year, I think ...

Updated: January 18, 2021 @ 8:10 pm College/Prep Sports Reporter Scott Richey is a reporter covering college basketball at The ... grad and UAB transfer was high school teammates with Ayo Dosunmu ...