Kaufman Scores 1000th Point for WIU in Victory
By Benjamin Cox on January 10, 2020 at 6:04am
Former Jacksonville High School athletic standout and 2016 graduate Olivia Kaufman hit a milestone at Western Illinois University last night. Kaufman dropped her 1000 career point for the Lady Leathernecks at 9:15 in the first quarter with a 3 pointer near the top of the key en route to her 3rd double double of the […]
MacMurray Men’s Basketball Has a Historic Night
By Benjamin Cox on January 9, 2020 at 9:53am
MacMurray’s Men’s Basketball had one for the record books last night, breaking a number of team all-time records in their 164-156 victory against Greenville University. MacMurray shattered 40+ year old records for combined points in a victory and team points. The previous record of combined points in a victory was set back on February 25, […]
IC Senior Has Special Connection to “Grace Game” on Saturday
By Benjamin Cox on January 9, 2020 at 8:41am
The Illinois College Women’s Basketball team is gearing up for a game with Midwest Conference foe Beloit College this weekend. However, it’s a game that has special meaning for one member of the team. Senior Forward Carly Cameron, a native of Hillsboro, asked the Athletic Department if they could help spread awareness for a rare […]
Lady Blues Host INAD Awareness Night Saturday
By Benjamin Cox on January 6, 2020 at 6:48pm
The Illinois College Lady Blues will be taking the basketball court on a “Grace Filled Journey” on Saturday. This Saturday’s game will be an Infantile Neuroaxonal Dystrophy or INAD Awareness charity game in honor of eight-year-old Grace Herschelman of Hillsboro, who is battling the rare genetic disorder. In lieu of admission fees on Saturday, a […]
SLIAC Baseball Tournament Moves To CarShield Field
By Benjamin Cox on December 27, 2019 at 10:22am
The St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference announced on Tuesday of the move of its conference baseball tournament to CarShield Field in O’Fallon, Missouri. SLIAC Commissioner Dr. Dick Kaiser reached a two-year agreement to hold the SLIAC Baseball Tournament at CarShield Field beginning with the 2020 season. The contract includes an additional two-year option in 2022. […]
Gray Announced As New Women’s Soccer Coach at IC
By Benjamin Cox on December 20, 2019 at 6:14am
Illinois College announced their new head coach of women’s soccer yesterday. Hunter Gray has been hired to take over the program after a lengthy and successful career in the State of Alabama. Gray spent his previous three seasons at Division III Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk, North Carolina as an assistant men’s coach and men’s […]
ISD To Cut the Majority of Their Sports Programs
By Benjamin Cox on December 18, 2019 at 9:24pm
The Illinois School For the Deaf announced in a press release at the beginning of the month that it will be cutting 4 sports at the school next year. Julee M. Nist, ISD superintendent, wrote on December 9th in the release, “It is with a heavy heart that I have to announce ISD will not […]
IHSA Says ‘No’ To Football District Scheduling, Adds 10 Other Amendment Proposals For Next Year
By Benjamin Cox on December 17, 2019 at 7:46pm
The Illinois High School Association member schools approved 10 amendment proposals in the annual by-law referendum that ended yesterday. They also voted to rescind a new football season scheduling policy set to begin in the 2021 season. As a result, regular season football scheduling and the IHSA Football Playoffs will remain unchanged from their current […]
AC Central, Pleasant Plains, & Winchester Play in Girls Basketball State Title Games Thursday
By Benjamin Cox on December 16, 2019 at 6:19am
AC Central & Winchester Elementary schools will have another exciting week leading up to basketball action in the state finals on Thursday evening. Both 7th grade squads fell in the championship game last week to take home 2nd in the state in basketball. This week it is the 8th grade teams’ turns. AC Central will […]
Two Area Schools To Play For IESA Titles in 7th Grade Girls Basketball
By Benjamin Cox on December 7, 2019 at 8:39pm
Winchester Elementary and A-C Central Elementary will be playing for state titles in the IESA State Tournament for Girls Basketball next Thursday. The Winchester 7th Grade Girls Basketball team will be playing Paris-Crestwood for the state title in Class 2A on Thursday at 7:30PM. Winchester beat Bloomington Corpus Christi 25-21 in the quarterfinals, then held […]