He was graded the No. 8 center in the country by Pro Football Focus last season and had the No. 3 grade in all of Power Five conferences. He's been a stalwart on the Illini offensive line as he ...

Columnist Jay Simpson, a former Champaign Central High School and Purdue basketball standout ... such as former Illini Kendrick Nunn, Giannis Antetokounmpo and CJ McCollum. Although every player ...

Updated: August 6, 2020 @ 9:19 pm Prep Sports Coordinator GEORGETOWN — The Vermilion Valley Conference and Sangamon Valley Conference will come together in high school football to form the ...

She got her certified-nursing-assistant certificate and went to work right after graduating from Champaign Central High School in 2007. Her first job out of school was with the former Illini ...

The 5-foot-10, 180-pound cornerback chose the Illini over other offers from South Alabama, South Florida and Tulane. The Milton, Fla., native attends nearby Pace High School. The Patriots went 3-7 ...

I’m ready for it all, can’t wait to wear that orange and blue????#??4??@IlliniFootball #Illini ... in high school, instead focusing on track. Thompson transferred to Central ...

Champaign Central sophomore Wade Schacht has had a busy summer worth of golf tournaments around the area even amid the coronavirus pandemic — and he’s hoping he can represent the Maroons this upcoming fall,

The 6-foot-2, 190-pound wide receiver also ran track for the Tigers. CHAMPAIGN — Illinois recruited Khmari Thompson out of Central Gwinnett (Ga.) High School in the Class of 2018. The Lawrenceville, Ga., native fit one of the athletic molds Illini coach ...

Updated: July 19, 2020 @ 6:54 am Illinois men’s basketball coach Brad Underwood, right, and Illini athletic director ... title were goals nearly every high school boys’ basketball player ...

Updated: August 6, 2020 @ 1:37 am CHAMPAIGN — It should have been a 60th birthday celebration for the Central Illinois ... who also is Urbana High School’s softball coach.