Illinois State football, led by coach Brock Spack, will play Montana State in the FCS national championship game. Spack played college football at Purdue, and was an assistant coach under Joe Tiller ...

A recent Sports section article noted that the IHSA has increased the football playoffs to allow more teams to participate in the post season. What were they thinking? The high school football season ...

Shootout season for Illinois high school basketball has arrived, with boys and girls teams from around the Peoria area set to take part in mostly single-game slates across the state. Here is the ...

The Illinois high school boys basketball features some of the most competitive hoops action in the country as we dive into the 2025-26 regular season rankings. The Massey Ratings, officially used ...

High school basketball holiday tournaments are mostly in the 2025 rearview mirror. Now, the sprint to the postseason begins. The next two-and-half months of the regular season will be a blur as the ...

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The annual Abe’s Rumble dual tournament returns to the Bank of Springfield Center on Monday, Dec. 29-30. Lincoln also hosts the Floyd Bee Memorial Tournament over the same two-day span at Roy S.

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL ASSOCIATED PRESS STATE POLLS CLASS 4A Rank School Total Points 1. Lisle Benet (10) (17-1) 108 2. Chicago DePaul (1) (14-2) 100 3. Chicago ...

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL ASSOCIATED PRESS STATE POLLS CLASS 4A Rank School (Record) Pts 1. Lisle Benet (6) (12-1) 69 2. Aurora Waubonsie Valley (1) (16-0) 62 3.

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