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Thornton Bags Another $25,800
FARMER CITY, Ill. — Ricky Thornton Jr. captured his third straight Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event, bagging the $25,800 top prize in Friday’s event at Farmer City Raceway. Thornton started eighth and grabbed the lead when leader Shannon Babb slowed on lap 71 of the Farmer...
25 Sports High School Thursday- May 9, 2024
PEORIA (25News Now) - Normal Community, Heyworth and El Paso-Gridley all win Sectional Track Titles. Peoria Notre Dame and Morton soccer and East Peoria softball all earn victories. You can watch 25News - any newscast, anywhere - streaming LIVE on 25NewsNow.com, our 25News mobile app, and on our WEEK 25News...
25 Sports High School Friday- May 10, 2024
PEORIA (25News Now) - Normal Community, Dunlap, Brimfield all earn baseball wins. Olympia, Metamora, and Brimfield win softball games. Bloomington Central Catholic kicks off state tourney play with a big soccer win. You can watch 25News - any newscast, anywhere - streaming LIVE on 25NewsNow.com, our 25News mobile app, and...
ISU softball season ends in heartbreak.
Illinois State softball lost its semi-final round matchup against Southern Illinois 4-2 on Friday at Marian Kneer Stadium. Down to its final three outs and kept off the scoreboard all game by starter Paige McLeod and the Redbird defense. The Salukis loaded the bases in the bottom of the seventh, where Elizabeth Warwick hit a walk-off grand slam down the left-field line to continue SIU's season.
Baseball Game Preview: Olympia Leaves Home
The Olympia Spartans will head out on the road to take on the Heyworth Hornets at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches. Olympia took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave...
Nick Feather commits to ISU men's basketball as preferred walk-on
Heyworth High School senior Nick Feather has committed to Illinois State men's basketball as a preferred walk-on, he announced via X, formerly Twitter, on Thursday. The 6-foot-8, 260-pound forward was an Illinois Basketball Coaches Association All-State Third Team member, surpassing 1,000 career points during his senior year with the Hornets.
25 Sports High School Wednesday- May 8, 2024
(25News Now) - In Baseball, East Peoria, Dunlap, Washington, and Brimfield all had important conference wins while Normal Community wins the Big Twelve Conference title with their win today. In Softball, East Peoria, Olympia, and Illini Bluffs all continued their push towards the state playoffs with crucial conference wins. In track, today was the 2A Girl’s Sectional at Metamora HS.
ISU women's basketball reloads with big-time portal additions
Coming off its fourth straight postseason appearance, Illinois State women's basketball faced arguably its most offseason adversity since head coach Kristen Gillespie took control of the program. After falling to Wisconsin the Super 16 of the WNIT, the Redbirds roster of 14 student-athletes was brought down to just six. DeAnna...
Softball Game Preview: Normal West Plays at Home
Normal West is 7-0 against Centennial since April of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Normal West Wildcats will be playing in front of their home fans against the Centennial Chargers at 4:30 p.m. Normal West will be strutting in after a victory while Centennial will be coming in after a defeat.
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