Though the local prep track and field scene is strong, state championships can be difficult to come by at
Trixie Johnson didn’t appear to be in an enviable position during Friday’s 800-meter run at the IHSA Class 2A girls’ meet.
DECATUR — Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley’s Isaiah Chatman qualified for the Class 1A boys’ state track and field meet in three events on Friday at the 1A Maroa-Forsyth Sectional held at Millikin University, while teammates Aidan Laughery and Awstace Grauer will represent the Falcons in two events…
Postseason recognition has been flying around since the IHSA’s 2021 winter and spring seasons concluded.
Mayor Bill Ingold told the Paxton City Council that it looks like the long-discussed first phase of the downtown streetscape improvement project will go forward this year. Ingold said Springfield has approved everything and that bids can be let soon for the more than $1 million project. The …
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Wrestling results from June 1 at Gibson City have been released from GCMS head coach Josh Carter.
➜ Paxton-Buckley-Loda 18-10, Iroquois West 3-7. The host Panthers (13-6) steamrolled the Raiders (8-5) over four innings to win Game 1 of this Sangamon Valley Conference doubleheader, then outlasted them in the nightcap to earn a sweep. PBL scored at least three runs in each inning during th…
PAXTON — Baylee Cosgrove won’t finish her softball career with 762 home runs.
Nine area athletes have been selected to the 2021 Illinois High School Football Coaches Association’s all-state first teams, which were publicly released Monday.
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BUCKLEY — Royal and Buckley split their first two games of the 2021 Eastern Illinois Baseball League season, with the Giants taking Sunday’s opener 15-4 and the Dutchmasters pulling off a 4-1 victory in the nightcap.
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- Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley 5, Tri-Valley 4. The visiting Falcons (4-4) scored four runs in the top of the fourth inning and held on for a Heart of Illinois Conference win, as the Vikings scored twice in both the sixth and seventh innings. Braden Roesch threw five masterful innings for GCMS,…
Softball
The Hoopeston Area High School Cornjerkers baseball team took on Donovan May 13.
Why she’s Coach of the Year:
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Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley High School’s track and field team hosted El Paso-Gridley, Ridgeview/Lexington May 6.
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The GCMS-Fisher wrestling team competed at at Fisher recently.
PBL’s Brett Giese recently led the Panthers over Dwight recently by pitching a no-hitter. The final score was PBL 11, Dwight 1.
GCMS lost to Ridgeview in softball May 3 17-7.
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GCMS and Tremont competed in wrestling at GCMS May 4.
WHEATON, Ill. – Freshman Sam Allen (Macomb HS, Macomb, Ill.) tied for first in the long jump and senior Wes Pulver (Dwight HS, Dwight, Ill.) placed second in the javelin Friday as Augustana competed at the Don Church Invitational at Wheaton College.
The Paxton-Buckley-Loda volleyball team defeated Clifton Central April 22.
The Paxton-Buckley-Loda Panthers took on Bloomington Central Catholic to start the baseball season.
The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley baseball team opened their season with a record-setting outing against Fisher.
The Lady Panthers of PBL defeated the Lady Comets in volleyball April 19, 25-15, 25-20.
Paxton-Buckley-Loda defeated Watseka 14-12 April 16 in varsity football action at Watseka.
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The PBL Lady Panthers defeated the Watseka Lady Warriors in volleyball action April 15, 25-17-25-15. Stat leaders for the Panthers include:
The PBL Lady Panthers defeated the Champaign Central Maroons in volleyball April 19, 25-15, 25-23.
Rantoul, IL – April 16 through the April 18 marks the first tournament and opening weekend for the Rantoul Family Sports Complex.
The Fisher-GCMS Varsity Soccer team finished the season 7-2-2, with a tie to Monticello 2-2 on Saturday morning.
Paxton-Buckley-Loda defeated Unity 2-1 in volleyball on Saturday.
On Saturday it was Eureka 2, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley 0 in volleyball.
PAXTON — In a close Sangamon Valley Conference game throughout, the host Panthers used a fourth-quarter rally to clinch its second straight win, defeating Dwight 31-28.
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GIBSON CITY — The Falcons closed out their condensed spring slate with a resounding home win in HOIC Large action, defeating Deer Creek-Mackinaw, 41-16.
Jake Palmer, Nick Lindsey, Heath Wilson and Josh Pritchard coach some of the more successful small-school high school football programs in our area.
PBL defeated Dwight in volleyball action April 6, 25-16, 25-8.
In football Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley defeated El Paso-Gridley 40-7.
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The Lady Falcons of Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley defeated Fieldcrest April 3 in three sets 20-25, 25-13, and 25-19.
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The Fisher-GCMS Bunnies defeated the Blue Ridge Knights 6-1 on Senior Night in Fisher on Monday Night.
In prep volleyball action on Saturday Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley defeated Fisher, 2-0.
The PBL Panthers defeated the Tuscola Warriors in volleyball 25-18, 27-29, 25-12 Monday.
