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Illini Bluffs softball headed back to IHSA state finals after home run in final inning
ATHENS — Illini Bluffs is making that familiar spring trip — to the Illinois High School Association softball state finals. The top-ranked Tigers (24-1) used a late-inning home run to beat No. 4 Carrollton, 2-1 on Monday, claiming the Class 1A Athens Supersectional. IB's next stop is its fifth successive trip to the...
Holding out for a hero: Lautemann's timely glove, bat send Jacksonville Routt to state
The only time the screaming cicadas were truly drowned out at Lincoln Land Community College’s Claude Kracik Field Monday afternoon came in the top of the eighth inning. That happened after Jacksonville Routt’s Jace Lautemann’s two-run double gave the Rockets a two-run lead over the Father McGivney Griffins and an eventual 4-1 win in a Class 1A Springfield Supersectional game. The Routt crowd that made the drive from Jacksonville went wild, and why not? The victory sends...
Prep sports recap for May 27, 2024
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — Sophomore Sara Finn hit a tie-breaking homer in the top of the seventh and Illini Bluffs held on to beat Carrollton, 2-1, in the class 1A softball super-sectional at Athens on Monday. The wins sends the Tigers (24-1) to their fifth consecutive trip to state. Ilini Bluffs will face Trico (23-5) […]
Hand of fate: Glenwood's Law capitalizes on penalty in double OT to lift Titans past Plains
Editor's note: A previous version of this article incorrectly referenced Pleasant Plains' Class 1A third-place finish at the 2023 state tournament. We apologize for this error. PLEASANT PLAINS — It was a game that took 100 full minutes, including regulation and two overtimes. Right before penalty kicks would have had to decide the outcome of the Class 2A Pleasant Plains Sectional girls soccer championship game between defending state champion Chatham Glenwood and Pleasant Plains, a penalty kick...
Litchfield magically keeps record-setting season alive with win over SHG
PLEASANT PLAINS — The baseball pinged loudly off the aluminum bat and seemed surely ticketed for center field. With it, a tie game — if not the lead — would be forthcoming for the Sacred Heart-Griffin Cyclones. Fate, however, would favor the Litchfield Purple Panthers, who used a freak double-play as part of a Houdini-esque 2-1 victory over SHG to win the Class 2A Pleasant Plains Regional title game Saturday.
West Nile Virus positive mosquitoes found in Fulton County
West Nile Virus positive mosquitoes found in Fulton County.
Suspected gunman in Fulton County domestic dispute released from jail before trial
FULTON COUNTY (25News Now) - A 22-year-old man is free from jail while he awaits trial in Fulton County on felony weapons charges and for resisting a police officer. Jontin Evans, 22, allegedly ran off after police arrived about 9:30 a.m. Saturday to investigate a domestic disturbance involving a man with a gun in Canton.
Athens man feels impact of insulin shortage
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — People nationwide are struggling to find and afford insulin after manufacturing delays and transportation issues. Tom Walsh, who lives in Athens, says he was lucky to receive a 90-day supply of his insulin in January. Since March, he's been in a constant state of panic regarding when and where he would find he's next vial of the life-saving drug.
217 Today: Rushville’s newly restored Wurlitzer organ is ‘such a gift from the donor’
There have been several measures aimed at protecting workers’ rights that have come before Illinois state lawmakers this Spring. The Champaign County Board may censure its own county auditor tonight. Former Texas Longhorn Defensive Back Terrance Brooks joined the Illinois football team earlier this week. In today’s deep dive,...
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