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Here is every one of the 245 IESA track and field state champions for 2024
The 2024 Class 1A and 2A Illinois Elementary School Association track and field state finals were May 10-11 at EastSide Centre in East Peoria. The 3A and 4A finals were May 17-18, also at EastSide. Below are the IESA team champions, plus a list of athletes who won individual championships...
Championship Saturday, Part I is here
Welcome to Championship Saturday, Part I. Spring sports across the state head to the titles for the first of the next four Saturdays. Regional softball and baseball title plaques as well as medals for girls track and field state finals will be handed out. Peoria-area bat and ball teams are...
Here are 7 Peoria-area baseball teams heading to the 2024 IHSA Class 1A and 2A sectionals
Here are the Peoria-area Class 1A and 2A baseball teams that advanced from the Illinois High School Association regional title games on Saturday. How they won: Illini Bluffs got all the runs it needed in the third, beating host United 2-1 in Saturday's regional championship game. The Tigers (15-6) are in the sectional for a seventh successive season, looking for their first sectional crown since 2019. Ian O'Connor's single plated Grant Cruit and Will Giftos, who scored on an error. Bradley recruit Josh Vaughn did the rest. The senior pitcher struck out 18, walked one and gave up a single hit in facing two over the minimum.
25 Sports High School Friday- May 17, 2024
PEORIA (25News Now) - Peoria Notre Dame, Normal U-High, Peoria Richwoods, Morton, Normal Community and Bloomington Central Catholic all earn post-season soccer wins. Dunlap, Olympia, and Normal U-High are among the softball winners. Had the wrong team and goalie in the Normal U-High game--game was versus Metamora and the save was by Mariah Quinn.
Softball Recap: East Peoria wins going away against Streator
East Peoria can now show off ten landslide victories after their most recent contest on Saturday. They blew past the Streator Bulldogs 7-1. That result was just more of the same for these two, as East Peoria also won the last time the pair played back in May of 2019.
These 8 Peoria-area softball teams are headed to the 2024 IHSA Class 1A and 2A sectionals
Here are the Peoria-area Class 1A and 2A softball teams that advanced from the Illinois High School Association regional title games on Friday and Saturday. IHSA softball: 2024 IHSA state tournament bracket, schedule, scores, pairings CLASS 1A ...
Dramatic home run lifts Peoria Notre Dame baseball to first regional in 10 years
PEORIA — Lawson Alwan sent a screaming soaring blast over the right field fence that carried the Peoria Notre Dame baseball program to heights it hadn't reached in a decade. The left-handed hitting junior catcher came to the plate with Notre Dame trailing in the bottom of the sixth inning on Saturday, and belted a no-doubt two-run homer over the wall off a 2-1 pitch from righty reliever Miles Hoops.
Every Peoria-area tennis player to advanced to the IHSA boys state finals
Dunlap qualified both of its doubles teams plus two singles players Saturday for the IHSA boys tennis state finals next week in the Chicago area. Dunlap won its own Class 1A sectional for the seventh consecutive season and eighth time overall under coach Pat Gornik. The Eagles had 32 points, followed by Morton (27) and Peoria Christian (12).
Peoria high school graduations at stadium change traffic patterns on War Memorial
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — The Peoria Police Department is “highly encouraging” those who are attending graduation ceremonies for Peoria and Richwoods high schools on Saturday at Peoria Stadium to consider carpooling or dropping people off. With limited parking at the facility off War Memorial Drive and the...
GDCI | Peoria City Soccer; first home game of the season
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Peoria City Soccer is holding its 2024 home opener this coming Saturday at Shea Stadium. Noah Madrigal, the team’s MVP from last year and a Peoria native, joined WMBD on Friday to talk about the excitement of the upcoming season as well as some of the festivities that fan can enjoy on May 18 when the season kicks off.
Whitecaps win five straight against Peoria, back over .500 for the first time in over a month
PEORIA, IL -- To kickoff a two-week road trip, the West Michigan Whitecaps erased an early loss against the Peoria Chiefs, taking care of the High-A affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals with a series of wins. Buy Whitecaps tickets: Ticketmaster, StubHub, SeatGeek. SILENT BATS. The Whitecaps opened the series...
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