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GIBSON CITY – One of the best players in Gibson City-Fisher soccer history has signed to continue his soccer career at Greenville University.
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After going a week without games, the PBL Panthers' boys basketball team will take on the St. Thomas More Sabers on Tuesday at home. The Panthers' head coach, Adam Schonauer said his team intends to play their A game in order to keep up the pace with the Sabers and handle their athleticism.
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WATSEKA– After competing all week, the PBL Panthers' girls basketball team was crowned the SVC tournament champions on Saturday night. The team defeated the Watseka Lady Warriors with a score of 51-36.
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EL PASO– The GCMS Falcons' girls basketball team's stint in the Heart of Illinois Conference tournament came to a close in El Paso on Wednesday night after a heartbreaking loss.
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The GCMS girls' basketball team recently hosted the El Paso-Gridley Titans and the Heyworth Hornets.
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It's been a rough go of it as of late for the GCMS Falcons boys' basketball team.
Mackenzie Bruns
PEORIA — It will be a two-city race between Champaign and Peoria to win the right to host the high school boys’ basketball state finals.
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PAXTON– With the SVC tournament right around the corner, the PBL Panthers girls' basketball team are gearing up to start off the tournament as the number one seed.
ST. JOSEPH — No one could consider placing Tuesday’s nonconference boys’ basketball game between Paxton-Buckley-Loda and St. Joseph-Ogden in any sort of offense-based hall of fame.
PAXTON — The Paxton-Buckley-Loda freshman boys’ basketball team took down Dwight on Jan. 9 at home by a score of 47-33.
PAXTON — The Paxton-Buckley-Loda Panthers girls’ basketball team suffered a tough loss to the Eureka Hornets on Saturday afternoon, falling 63-50.
GCMS falls to Hoopeston Area in close match
PAXTON — The Paxton-Buckley-Loda Panthers boys’ basketball team dominated Friday night when they took on the Momence Redskins at home, winning 65-37.
GILMAN — The GCMS Falcons’ girls’ basketball team defeated Iroquois West 50-34 on Saturday in Gilman.
PAXTON — The Paxton-Buckley-Loda Panthers boys’ JV basketball team defeated Momence handily on Friday night, taking down the Redskins 58-11.
FISHER — The Fisher Bunnies and Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley Falcons boys’ basketball teams met in front of a near-capacity crowd last Tuesday night.
CISSNA PARK — The Cissna Park Timberwolves’ girls’ basketball team lost 33-32 Saturday to the Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley Falcons.
PAXTON — The Paxton-Buckley-Loda Panthers’ girls’ basketball team grabbed another win on Jan. 4 when they hosted the Heyworth Hornets, beating the visitors 56-42.
1 -- GCMS basketball places third at state
1: GCMS football wins back-to-back state titles
Rantoul at Paxton-Buckley-Loda, 7 p.m. Friday
MONTICELLO -- Paxton-Buckley-Loda was one quarter away from leaving the Monticello Holiday Hoopla with a first-place trophy.
MONTICELLO -- The Paxton-Buckley-Loda girls basketball team won 60-53 over Tuscola in the third-place game of the Monticello Holiday Hoopla on Saturday.
MONTICELLO -- The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley boys basketball team lost 58-43 to Neoga in the fifth-place game of the Monticello Holiday Hoopla on Saturday.
MONTICELLO -- The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley girls basketball team lost 65-43 to Neoga in the seventh-place game of the Monticello Holiday Hoopla on Saturday, Dec. 28.
Stark County 58, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley 43. The Falcons (4-10) finished pool play winless and will settle into Saturday’s noon seventh-place game versus Neoga. Hannah Hathaway and Abby Spiller each hit 12 points for GCMS to go with Ryleigh Brown’s 10 points.
Paxton-Buckley-Loda 60, Clinton 50. Mackenzie Bruns continued a stellar tournament for the Panthers, racking up 32 points as her side improved to 2-0 overall while the Maroons slipped to 0-2. Bruns connected on five three-pointers and 10 of 11 free throws during her performance and was compl…
Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley 65, Oakwood 46. Braden Roesch rarely missed while scoring 24 points for the Falcons (3-8), who made their way into Saturday’s 4 p.m. fifth-place bout by collecting their first win of the showcase. Roesch finished 10 of 15 from the field and 2 of 3 from distance for …
MONTICELLO — The Paxton-Buckley-Loda boys basketball team defeated Ridgeview 59-30 on Friday, Dec. 27, for its third win in the Monticello Holiday Hoopla.
MONTICELLO -- Paxton-Buckley-Loda led the entire way in its Monticello Holiday Hoopla debut on Thursday en route to a 72-56 win over Neoga.
MONTICELLO -- Mackenzie Bruns reached rare territory.
Tuscola vs. GCMS, 10 a.m. Thursday
GIBSON CITY -- The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley boys basketball team lost 52-49 to Blue Ridge on Friday, Dec. 20.
FAIRBURY -- The Paxton-Buckley-Loda varsity boys basketball team went onto Prairie Central's home court with an undefeated record through its previous six games.
BRAIDWOOD -- The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley/Fisher wrestling team split two duals on Thursday.
MOMENCE -- The Paxton-Buckley-Loda girls basketball team won 56-32 over Momence on Thursday.
CHAMPAIGN -- The Paxton-Buckley-Loda freshman boys basketball team won 53-34 over St. Thomas More on Thursday.
GIBSON CITY -- The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley girls basketball team won 47-35 over Blue Ridge on Thursday.
DANVILLE — The Paxton-Buckley-Loda freshman boys basketball team won 40-37 over Danville Schlarman on Wednesday.
RANTOUL -- The Paxton-Buckley-Loda sixth-grade boys basketball "A" team lost 44-39 to Eater on Tuesday.
PAXTON -- Hunter Anderson, a senior at Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School, will play in the 9th annual NUC All-American game in Panama City Beach, Florida.
PAXTON -- The Paxton Knights of Columbus Council #8229 will host a free-throw shooting contest for boys and girls ages 9 through 14.
PAXTON -- Pfrang Youth Karate Class, through the Paxton Park District, competed on Nov. 23, 2019, at the Decatur Open Martial Arts Tournament.
GIBSON CITY — The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley/Fisher HIgh School wrestling team won 54-18 over St. Joseph-Ogden on Tuesday.
PAXTON — Paxton-Buckley-Loda regained its bragging rights on the hardwood.
BLOOMINGTON -- Illinois High School Association member schools approved 10 amendment proposals in the annual by-law referendum that ended Monday, Dec. 16, including a proposal to rescind a football district scheduling system that was approved a year ago, and slated to begin in 2021.
PAXTON -- The Paxton-Buckley-Loda sixth-grade boys basketball team won 33-13 over Clifton J.L. Nash on Monday, Dec. 16.
MINONK -- The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley girls basketball team lost 59-52 to Fieldcrest on Monday, Dec. 16.
ST. JOSEPH -- The Paxton-Buckley-Loda and St. Joseph-Ogden varsity girls basketball teams met for the second time this season on Monday, Dec. 16.
DANVILLE -- The Paxton-Buckley-Loda freshman boys basketball team won 49-19 over Armstrong-Potomac on Monday, Dec. 16.