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Doug Mills, former Busey Bank president and Illini athlete, dies at 84
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — Doug Mills, former President of Busey Bank and a three-sport athlete at the University of Illinois, has died at the age of 84. The University of Illinois’ Division of Intercollegiate Athletics announced his passing on Friday. Mills was a 1962 graduate who lettered in baseball three times (1960, 1961 and 1962), […]
Purdue loses by a nose to end title hopes
That’s baseball, as they say. Purdue (33-20, 13-9 Big Ten) came up one run short of prolonging its Big Ten title hopes against Illinois (31-17, 16-6) on Thursday night, losing 5-4 as a result of singular pitches gone wayward and fly balls that couldn’t find a gust of wind to take them over the fence.
An unexpected series of events led Amari Sewell to Illinois
The State Farm Center crowd buzzed in anticipation as junior Amari Sewell stepped up to the vault at the Big Ten championships event finals. He qualified the day prior with a 14.800, but with five of the best vaulters in the Big Ten yet to compete, Sewell needed to do something special to make a push for the podium down the stretch. Earlier in the day, teammates both former and current asked him if he was going to try to stick the landing. That was not his focus as he stared down the runway.
State Farm Center enjoying brisk graduation business
It’s commencement season at the home of Illini basketball. In a three-week stretch this month, State Farm Center has been hosting 12 different ceremonies: eight last weekend tied to the University of Illinois and an all-time-high four upcoming high school graduations. Staff needed two days this week to prep...
Illinois-Northwestern to play at Wrigley Field
CHAMPAIGN — The Illinois football regular season will end at Wrigley Field in 2024. Northwestern announced its full schedule and location of its home games on Wednesday afternoon. Ryan Field, Northwestern’s long-time home venue, is undergoing renovations for this upcoming season. The Illini and Wildcats are set to...
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...
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. […]
Patterson sets sights on multiple state titles
CHARLESTON — Lia Patterson was already one hurdle ahead of everyone else after the opening 100 meters. It was clear the Tuscola junior was going to win the final heat of the 300-meter hurdles at the Class 1A girls’ state track and field prelims Thursday afternoon, so it became a race against the clock.
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 […]
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,...
Can't Wait For Saturday | Bounceback season for Illinois likely rests on Altmyer's shoulders
Greetings from "Can't Wait For Saturday," your morning morsel of college football, courtesy of longtime Illini beat writer, AP Top 25 voter and Heisman state rep Bob Asmussen. He'll give you his views each day on the game he loves. ***. The Big Ten football season will be here before...
Illini inch closer to Big Ten title
CHAMPAIGN — Drake Westcott committed to the Louisville baseball program so early that Illinois never had much of a chance to launch much of its own pursuit of the Edwardsville native. Westcott was 15 years old and still playing out his freshman season with the Tigers when he committed...
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