PAXTON -- Less than two weeks before competing in the IHSA Class 1A regionals, the Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School cross country team hosted its End of Season Meet.
KANKAKEE -- The Paxton-Buckley-Loda volleyball team won 25-12, 25-17 Tuesday over Grant Park in its first match of the Sangamon/River Valley Conference Tournament.
El Paso-Gridley (2-5) at GCMS (6-1), 7 p.m. Friday
PAXTON -- The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley Youth Football Seniors team won 42-13 over Watseka in the Central Illlinois Football League quarterfinals on Saturday.
MACOMB -- Trey VanWinkle will compete in the IHSA Class 2A state boys golf meet.
EL PASO -- The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley boys golf team finished its season with an eighth-place finish at Monday's IHSA Class 1A El Paso-Gridley Sectional.
PAXTON -- The winner of Friday's high school football matchup between Paxton-Buckley-Loda and Watseka clinches a playoff berth.
GIBSON CITY -- The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley football team will host El Paso-Gridley at 7 p.m. Friday.
Bryce Barnes -- The 2019 Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley graduate played for the University of Illinois' football team in a 42-25 loss to No. 16-ranked Michigan.
FAIRBURY -- Ryder James of the Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School boys cross country team finished second in the boys' race with a time of 15:06.2 during Saturday's Prairie Central Hawk Invitational.
PAXTON -- For the first time since 2010, a Paxton-Buckley-Loda Junior High School girls cross country team will be running in the IESA state meet.
PAXTON -- The Paxton-Buckley-Loda Youth Football Mighty Mites ended their season with a 13-12 loss to Momence.
PAXTON -- There were some tears of joy after Paxton-Buckley-Loda claimed first place in the PBL Volleyball Classic on Saturday.
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GIBSON CITY — Payton Kean scored a 65-yard touchdown run on the first play from scrimmage, putting Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley ahead early and never looking back, leading the Falcons to a 42-0 victory over LeRoy in Gibson City.
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CLIFTON -- Through three quarters, Paxton-Buckley-Loda was tied at 14-14 with the No. 2-ranked Class 2A team in Clifton Central.
LEXINGTON -- The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley eighth-grade girls basketball team won 36-12 over Lexington.
PAXTON -- The Paxton-Buckley-Loda eighth-grade girls basketball team won 22-10 over Fisher on Thursday.
CHAMPAIGN -- The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley girls golf team concluded its season at the IHSA Class 1A Champaign St. Thomas More Sectional on Monday.
SPRINGFIELD -- Rantoul/Paxton-Buckley-Loda’s Peyton Huls shot a 117 in Thursday's IHSA Class 2A Springfield Regional to earn a trip to sectionals.
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PAXTON -- After winning 25-11, 25-22 over Iroquois West in its first match of the Paxton-Buckley-Loda Volleyball Classic on Wednesday, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley was in a tight battle with Milford in its second match.
PAXTON -- A timeout was called after Armstrong-Potomac tied the second set of Wednesday's Paxton-Buckley-Loda Volleyball Classic match at 20-20 against host PBL.
Fisher/Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley 1, Blue Ridge 1. The visiting Bunnies (13-5-3) closed a one-goal gap in the second half and fought the host Knights (8-11-3) to a non-league draw. Ethan Kasper netted the lone goal for Fisher/GCMS, while Victor Reynolds also scored unassisted for Blue Ridge.
LEROY -- The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley eighth-grade girls basketball team lost 27-25 to LeRoy on Tuesday, Oct. 8.
WATSEKA -- The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley tennis team lost 5-3 to Watseka on Tuesday.
PAXTON -- The Paxton-Buckley-Loda sixth-grade girls basketball team finished their season with two wins over Cissna Park on Tuesday.
NORMAL -- Ryder James of the Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School boys cross country team finished first with a time of 15:42.4 at Tuesday's Normal U-High Invite.
PAXTON -- The Paxton-Buckley-Loda Junior High School cross country team finished fourth in the girls' seventh-/eighth-grade race with a score of 85 in Tuesday's home invite.
LeRoy (2-4) at GCMS (5-1), 7 p.m. Friday
PIPER CITY -- The Paxton-Buckley-Loda sixth-grade girls basketball team won 28-0 over Tri-Point on Monday.
GIBSON CITY -- The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley seventh-grade girls basketball team won 19-6 over Tri-Valley on Monday.
PIPER CITY -- The Paxton-Buckley-Loda eighth-grade girls basketball team won 34-15 over Tri-Point on Monday.
FISHER -- The Paxton-Buckley-Loda volleyball team won 25-14, 25-5 over Fisher on Monday.
SAVOY -- Three members of the Rantoul/Paxton-Buckley-Loda boys golf team will compete in the IHSA Class 2A Macomb Sectional next Monday.
DANVILLE -- For the second consecutive year, the Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley boys golf team is a regional champion.
CLIFTON -- At 7 p.m. Friday, familiar foes will face each other with a familiar prize at stake.
GIBSON CITY -- Following his team's game last Friday against Tri-Valley, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley head coach Mike Allen witnessed LeRoy's contest against South Fulton the following Saturday.
MONTICELLO -- Mackenzie Swan of the Paxton-Buckley-Loda Junior High School cross country team finished 33rd in the girls' varsity race with a time of 14 minutes in Saturday's Monticello Invite.
Ariana Gentzler -- As of Saturday, the former Paxton-Buckley-Loda volleyball standout leads the NJCAA Division I in total blocks with 132 for Vincennes University while also producing 117 kills, five assists and 32 digs.
Bloomington Cornerstone 4, Fisher/Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley 3. Ethan Kasper and Will Shook each produced a first-half goal for the visiting Bunnies (13-4-2), but their non-league foe potted four goals in the second half. Alex Minion assisted on the first two Fisher/GCMS tallies, and Kasper a…
CLIFTON -- Ryder James set a meet record at the Twin Valley Conference Meet.
GIBSON CITY -- The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley Mighty Mites defeated Paxton-Buckley-Loda by a score of 14-12.
GIBSON CITY -- The Paxton-Buckley-Loda Youth Football Seniors team won 14-8 over Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley in its regular-season finale on Saturday.
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DOWNS — Isaiah Chatman had 88 yards on nine carries, along with two touchdowns of 10 and 18 yards, respectively, and Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley held on in the second half to secure a 22-7 victory over Tri-Valley in the Falcons’ first game at Downs since 2012.
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CATLIN -- With a 42-0 win over Salt Fork, Paxton-Buckley-Loda is eligible for its sixth straight playoff appearance.
WATSEKA -- The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley eighth-grade girls basketball team won 27-24 over Watseka Glenn Raymond on Thursday.
COLFAX -- The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley volleyball team won 25-18, 19-25, 25-16 over Ridgeview on Thursday.
PAXTON -- The Paxton-Buckley-Loda eighth-grade girls basketball team lost 27-17 to Mahomet-Seymour on Thursday.
PAXTON -- The Paxton-Buckley-Loda sixth-grade girls basketball team started 2-0 this season with wins over J.L. Nash and Iroquois West.
CHAMPAIGN -- The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley tennis team traveled to the Lindsay Courts to play against Champaign Central varsity team on Wednesday and lost 7-2.
MOMENCE -- The Paxton-Buckley-Loda volleyball team won 25-11, 25-12 Wednesday over Momence.