- WILL FOLEY
With girls basketball season ending, coaches in the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association met and named All-State selections. Mount Pulaski's Alyson Murphy leads 12 Decatur-area picks.
Mt. Pulaski’s Alyson Murphy makes the game-tying 3-pointer to force overtime in state semifinals
- WILL FOLEY
Warrensburg-Latham dropped a heartbreaker to Teutopolis, who eliminated the Cardinals for the second straight season. Tuscola lost its sectional semifinal game to Altamont in a close one.
- Randy Reinhardt
Near misses past three seasons.
Warrensburg-Latham’s Nathan Southern hits a big three in sectional semifinals
- WILL FOLEY
Toledo Cumberland senior Natalie Beaumont won her second straight state title in the 145-lb division. After an undefeated regular season, Mt. Zion senior Sydney Cannon finished fourth at 130 lbs.
- CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
Boys basketball regional championship Friday night has come and gone. Unity Christian, Tuscola, Warrensburg-Latham and MacArthur all captured titles to advance to sectional semifinals next week.
Toledo Cumberland’s Natalie Beaumont defends her 145-lb wrestling state title
Mount Pulaski is headed to the supersectional. Ella Martin’s late basket and 18 points from Alyson Murphy sealed a sectional win over Cumberland.
Mount Pulaski won its second ever sectional title with a thrilling win against Cumberland.
Mount Pulaski and Cumberland girls basketball each won their respective sectional semifinal matchups Tuesday night to set the stage for a sectional championship matchup on Thursday.
The Hilltoppers and Pirates will meet in Thursday's finals.
Williams missed eight games after the accident but has returned to dominating in the lane.
Kahler scored 30 points as Maroa-Forsyth dispatched Argenta-Oreana, 64-44. Two nights later, Kahler's 20 points led the charge in a 70-20 win over Sangamon Valley/Tri-City to open regionals
Five Herald & Review area wrestlers clinched All-State honors Saturday afternoon. Mattoon’s Tristan Porter and Mitchell Clapp, Cumberland’s Owen McGinnis and Warrensburg’s Charlie Wittmer all medaled.
Mattoon’s Tristan Porter scores a takedown and wins third place in 2A 126-lb wrestling
The boys state wrestling brackets are set with one top seed from the Decatur-area. Girls basketball regional finals are this weekend, and boys regionals start next week.
Unexpectedly diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome, a rare neurological disorder, in July, Mattoon junior Theran Gent overcame all odds with an impossibly quick recovery just in time for basketball season.
Unity Christian’s Garrett and Clinton VerHeecke and Mt. Zion’s Keller Stocks all won sectional titles as six Decatur-area boys wrestlers and three girls advanced to state.
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Among possible 1A contenders, Warrensburg-Latham's brutal 2A path and MacArthur’s optimal draw, here’s what stood out from the IHSA’s basketball postseason seedings and assignments.
IHSA member schools voted to approve a special by-law proposal that will move the football start date up one week to Aug. 5 to accommodate the new playoffs.
Mt. Zion’s Keller Stocks gets a takedown, leading to a sectional title
Mount Zion’s Sydney Cannon is seeking her first state title, Cumberland’s Natalie Beaumont is hoping to repeat and other Decatur area wrestlers advanced to sectionals on Saturday.
Mt. Zion wrestler Sydney Cannon gets points in her regional final win
With regional assignments already known, teams were given their seeds on Thursday evening. Here are some early postseason reactions and predictions for the Decatur area teams.
In the opening minute of the fourth quarter of Charleston's game against Effingham on Friday, Jan. 30, Tyler Oakley caught a pass just outside the left corner. He squared up, fired and hit nothing but net.
As girls basketball participation drops across the U.S., a powerhouse program in rural Iowa shows how tradition, community and early investment can still keep the sport thriving.