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Jonathan Michel
Feb 19, 2024
“Best feeling in my life”: Dunlap, Washington, Illini Bluffs wrestlers reflect on state championships
Nick Mueller knew what he had to do on Saturday at the State Farm Center in Champaign. The Dunlap senior wrestler had done enough to put...
Michael Savoie
Feb 17, 2024
Irish prove to be too much for Sherrard, end decade-long regional drought
Peoria Notre Dame Irish girls basketball had the opportunity to do something they have not done since 2014. And with a matchup against...
Michael Savoie
Feb 16, 2024
Hutchinson, Selke lead Potters to low-scoring regional championship win
Morton Potters girls basketball got one more step closer to their goal of getting to Redbird Arena on Thursday night. After fending off...
Jonathan Michel
Feb 12, 2024
BCC, Eureka looking to rise above crowded Class 2A girls field
In postseason high school basketball, there are no do-overs. However, a non-conference girls basketball showdown between Class 2A...
Owen Dimpfl
Feb 9, 2024
Irish send off seniors with big win and savor first Big 12 title in team history
The Peoria Notre Dame girls basketball team has done a lot of winning this year. One thing the Irish had never done though was win a Big...
Michael Savoie
Feb 7, 2024
Morton girls win Mid-Illini on memorable night
You couldn’t have scripted much of a more important game. As the end of the girls basketball regular season loomed, the two best teams in...
Jonathan Michel
Feb 1, 2024
Brimfield’s Pink Out Night shows fighting spirit in multiple ways
What is a win on senior night like? Pretty sweet. But winning against a rival in overtime on senior night? Even sweeter. The Brimfield...
Jonathan Michel
Jan 22, 2024
PND-Lincoln brings long list of positives for both teams: 'They made us better'
Peoria Notre Dame girls basketball didn’t necessarily need another test. The Class 2A No. 1 Irish had already played – and beaten –...
Jonathan Michel
Jan 11, 2024
How Peoria High is persevering, and winning, after Guyton’s season-ending injury
On Thursday, the Peoria High girls basketball team was on the receiving end of news that they and many others in the area did not want to...
Gavin Russell
Dec 20, 2023
Morton boys dominate again with win at East Peoria
The Morton Potters and first-year head coach Abe Zeller have been a well-oiled machine. That machine continued to hum on Tuesday night...
John Komosa
Dec 9, 2023
Mid-Illini Madness: Morton stuns Class 3A defending champion Metamora, 51-44
MORTON – A win to remember. The Morton boys basketball team battled until the final horn sounded and celebrated with a sea of students...
Michael Savoie
Nov 11, 2023
Morton volleyball’s state title aspirations end in narrowest of defeats
This year’s Morton Potters volleyball team headed into Redbird Arena on Friday looking to accomplish what no Potters team had ever done...
Jonathan Michel
Nov 7, 2023
Exhaustion and emotions aplenty for local runners at IHSA state cross country
This story is the first in a three-part series on CSM Overtime about this year’s IHSA Cross Country State Finals. The finish line for the...
Gavin Russell
Oct 29, 2023
400-yard day on the ground helps Metamora stay hot in first-round win against Macarthur
The crisp fall air is exactly the football weather many football fans have been waiting for and make no mistake, the extended warmth was...
John Komosa
Oct 28, 2023
Peoria High falls to Joliet Catholic 40-16 in first round of Class 5A postseason
PEORIA – Peoria High senior Tino Gist was filled with many emotions following a 40-16 loss to Joliet Catholic Academy in the first round...
Jonathan Michel
Oct 26, 2023
How a hat trick, family, and desire to make history helped Peoria Christian win sectional title
Peoria Christian’s Caden Schmidgall streaked down the field with multiple defenders and his flowing curly blonde hair, outlined by the...
John Komosa
Oct 21, 2023
Do it for Darrell: Washington powers to 42-21 victory over Morton to claim Conference crown
MORTON – Darrell Crouch lit up with a big smile as he hugged his players, family and friends after Washington defeated Morton 42-21 to...
Jonathan Michel
Oct 17, 2023
U-High, Metamora volleyball primed for deep postseason runs yet again after series split
Monday’s volleyball match between Normal U-High and Metamora provided a look at two titans of Central Illinois volleyball facing off...
Larry Larson
Oct 9, 2023
Third trip’s a charm: How PND golf took third in state
Shortly after Peoria Notre Dame senior Ella Coulter tapped in on the 18th hole at Red Tail Run in Decatur on Saturday, coach Ed Olehy...
Jonathan Michel
Oct 8, 2023
Heiar’s heroics, pair of early goals help Dunlap soccer take down Washington
During a recent practice, the Dunlap boys soccer team did a drill called “The Gauntlet.” Starting with the ball at midfield the Eagles’...
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