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'Leap of faith' leads Ben Humrichous to Illinois
Ben Humrichous took a chance when he decided to leave Huntington University after three seasons. Potentially a big one. Humrichous didn’t have a guarantee he would find what he was searching for in a shot at the Division I level. The 2022-23 season was his best at Huntington — an NAIA program located between Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, Ind. — and even then he was only a Second-Team All-Crossroads League selection.
HS scoreboard (5-15-24)
WCIA — Highlights and scores from high school sports on Wednesday including the boys track and field Class 2A Rantoul Sectional with Mt. Zion winning the team title. BOYS TRACK AND FIELD 100 Meters Varsity – Finals 1. 12 Preston Seals 10.84a Rantoul 2. 12 Gary Garner 11.25a Decatur (Eisenhower) 3. 12 Caden Murphy 11.32a Monticello 4. […]
Illini AD Josh Whitman elected chair of NCAA Division I council
Illinois announced on Thursday that Illini athletics director Josh Whitman was recently elected to take over as the new chair of the NCAA Division I council, a high-level group of athletics directors, administrators and student-athletes charged with providing day-to-day decision-making and leadership for Division I athletics. Whitman, who became the...
Illini football roster reset: Who returns, who left and who is on the way
CHAMPAIGN — The spring transfer portal cycle is still active and Illinois is aggressively moving to add pre-summer upgrades to the roster. The biggest to date came with the addition of Texas transfer cornerback Terrance Brooks, an immediate starter at a big position of need and a massive recruiting win for the Illini given Brooks had scheduled official visits to Michigan and USC before committing to Illinois.
Unity gets into ‘unstoppable’ groove to best Monticello, reach regional final
ST. JOSEPH — Ruby Tarr hadn’t had the best game so far. The Unity senior’s first three at-bats in Wednesday afternoon’s Class 2A St. Joseph-Ogden Regional softball semifinal against Monticello resulted in a strikeout, reaching base on an error and a flyout to right field. So,...
Gentle Hunt commits to Illinois football
WCIA — Illinois football has a new transfer defensive lineman with Gentle Hunt committing to the program on Wednesday. The Florida A&M transfer stands 5-foot-10, 290 pounds and comes to Champaign as a grad transfer. As a senior last season with the Rattlers, Hunt had 32 tackles, 11 tackles for loss and 5.5 sacks, to […]
Champaign-Urbana bike groups honoring riders hurt, killed on roads
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — An international biking event is taking place Wednesday evening that will include a trio of Champaign-Urbana biking groups. The Ride of Silence is a memorial event that honors bicyclists who are hurt or killed while riding on public roadways. It is a slow-paced bike ride that, in Champaign-Urbana, will take place […]
A series for the season
Greg Goff has done this before, at least. With Purdue baseball on the cusp of its most important series all year, and sitting on two different bubbles with a chance to win the Big Ten and play in the NCAA Tournament, Goff’s team knows what a sweep or even a series win against first-place Illinois would do.
New sports bar to open at U of I golf club
URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — A new sports bar is coming to Central Illinois. Oskee’s will be located at the Atkins Golf Club in Urbana. They’ll have a soft opening on Thursday for their golfers, where they will get a chance to try out the limited menu and explore the lounge and pub. General Manager Jim […]
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