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State finalists, conference champs and more: Vote for Peoria's high school athlete of the week
After plenty of solid spring sports performances over the last week, here are the Journal Star high school athlete of the week nominees for May 6-11. Head to pjstar.com/sports to vote. The poll closes at noon Friday. Information about the nominees is below. If you have a nominee for the...
25 Sports High School Saturday- May 11, 2024
PEORIA (25News Now) - Peoria Notre Dame, Roanoke-Benson, Eureka and Tri-Valley all win baseball games. Tremont and Washington post softball wins. Dunlap wins the Mid-Illini tennis title. You can watch 25News - any newscast, anywhere - streaming LIVE on 25NewsNow.com, our 25News mobile app, and on our WEEK 25News SmartTV...
Morton girls soccer finally outright Mid-Illini champs, still have big goals for the playoffs
MORTON, Illinois (WMBD) – After years of finishing 2nd or tied for first, the Morton Potters finally enter the postseason as the outright Mid-Illini Conference champs. Junior Sophie Davila said, “It’s amazing. I wanted freshman year and I wanted it a lot sophomore year and to get it this year has just been great.”
'Kind of cool': Mother and daughter coaching colleagues deftly balance sports and family
Volleyball, then everything else. “That’s probably what we talk most about, honestly,” Courtney Heffren said with a laugh. Heffren and her mom, Tracy Heffren, have joined forces on the Illinois...
Softball Game Preview: Deer Creek-Mackinaw Plays at Home
Deer Creek-Mackinaw is on a four-game streak of home wins, while Williamsville is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Deer Creek-Mackinaw Chiefs will take on the Williamsville Bullets at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The last three games Deer Creek-Mackinaw has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
SEMO softball headed to NCAA Regional
For the first time since 2019, the SEMO softball team is the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament champions after beating Eastern Illinois 4-2 on Saturday at Louisville Slugger Sports Complex in Peoria, IL. The Redhawks were the #2 seed in the OVC Tournament and defeated #3 Tennessee State and #1 Eastern...
The Christian Center has upgraded sports facilities just in time for baseball season
PEORIA (25News Now) - Build Peoria has completed the renovations for the baseball facilities at the Christian Center in Peoria. Last spring, Build Peoria announced that the next community project for 2023-24 will be improving the baseball facilities at the Christian Center. The work was completed on Saturday- just in...
Peoria's Michael Curialle homers three times in win over Beloit Sky Carp
BELOIT—The Peoria Chiefs’ Michael Curialle had himself a Mother’s Day to remember. The third baseman, who entered Sunday’s game with the Beloit Sky Carp without a home run, hammered three of them in his first three at-bats to lead the Chiefs to a 9-3 victory at ABC Supply Stadium. The Chiefs scored three runs in the first inning off Beloit starter Alex Williams (1-2). He struck out the side in...
SIU wins MVC Softball tournament
NORMAL, Ill. (KFVS) - The Southern Illinois University Softball team defeated Northern Iowa 3-2 on Saturday, May 11 to win the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Championship in Normal, Illinois. With the win, the Salukis get an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The full NCAA Division I Softball field will...
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