Perhaps no one in Centennial’s Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2020, which was announced Monday, has a more interesting career path than Jacob Bushue. The 2010 alum has competed for three Finnish pro soccer clubs — all as team captain — and presently takes the pitch for FC Haka in Finland’s second division, Ykkonen. He offered some thoughts on his employment and Hall of Fame nod:
Centennial High School's third Athletic Hall of Fame class is set to include, among others, a former Illinois football quarterback and the current coach of Parkland men's basketball.
It’s been nearly a year since I wrote about the exploits of the Central Illinois United 2001 boys’ soccer program, so fitting they should be the topic of conversation again.
For the first time ever, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley tops our all-sports rankings
For the first time ever, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley topped our annual chart of top programs of the year.
Perhaps no one in Centennial’s Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2020, which was announced Monday, has a more interesting career path than Jacob Bushue. The 2010 alum has competed for three Finnish pro soccer clubs — all as team captain — and presently takes the pitch for FC Haka in Finland’s second division, Ykkonen. He offered some thoughts on his employment and Hall of Fame nod:
Centennial High School's third Athletic Hall of Fame class is set to include, among others, a former Illinois football quarterback and the current coach of Parkland men's basketball.
It’s been nearly a year since I wrote about the exploits of the Central Illinois United 2001 boys’ soccer program, so fitting they should be the topic of conversation again.
For the first time ever, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley tops our all-sports rankings
For the first time ever, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley topped our annual chart of top programs of the year.
Plenty of folks throughout Monticello are no doubt thrilled after getting to stake their claim to some athletic history. The high school in Piatt County — and Loren Tate's alma mater — hosted a trophy giveaway on Wednesday, necessitated by some housekeeping tied to a renovations referendum that was approved last year.
Preps coordinator Colin Likas thinks back to moments that stood out to him in this past calendar year of high school sporting events.
High school's athletic facilities are in the midst of a near-$3 million renovation package that includes one new building and four overhauled complexes.
When they're not playing this weekend, Shaffer and Spencer Bauer will be serving as referees for some of the more than 300 games.
DePaul next up for Rodriguez
Fifteen members of the present-day Little Okaw Valley Conference now have a new banner under which they’ll compete moving forward.Starting with the 2019-2020 school year, these institutions will be part of the Lincoln Prairie Conference. League president Matthew Shoaff, Okaw Valley’s principal, announced the title through a Tuesday press release.
Below is All-Area content from the 2018-19 high school sports season, put together by members of The News-Gazette staff. Spring sports packages will be available by, at the latest, early July.
It was quite the feat for a trio of area girls' basketball teams to make the trip to Redbird Arena last week for their respective state semifinals.Never before had that happened in local history. The results were strong as well, with Schlarman repeating as Class 1A champion, St. Joseph-Ogden rounding up a third-place trophy in 2A and Tri-County hitting fourth place in 1A.
Overshadowed by recent news of IHSA football going to a district scheduling format was a report just a short time earlier that affects many other high school sports.Last Monday, the IHSA released enrollment classifications for fall sports during the 2019-2020 and 2020-21 school years. This is the first piece of the IHSA's new two-year classification format.
Local schedules and results from the 2018 fall season in football, volleyball and boys' soccer.
Caleb Aldridge | Judah Christian, Jr., midfielderWhy he made the team: A catalyst for the offense and defense of a Tribe group that made a surprise run to a Class 1A sectional title match,
All-Area First TeamATHLETE YR. POS. SCHOOLCaleb Aldridge Jr. M Judah ChristianCaleb Bleich Sr. M Fisher/GCMSDiego Camarena Jr. F Iroquois WestAustin Carr Sr. F Mahomet-Sey.Pablo Diaz Sr. M Champaign CentralAlbert Lee Sr. F Uni HighEthan Mansfield Sr. M Mahomet-SeymourDrew Reifsteck Jr. M/F BHRA
GoalsPLAYER, SCHOOL GOALSDiego Camarena, Iroquois West 67Drew Reifsteck, BHRA 35Luke Rudolph, Monticello 31Santiago Rodriguez, Ch. Central 30Angel Barajas, Iroquois West 26Caleb Bleich, Fisher/GCMS 25Joe Sellett, STM 25Austin Carr, M-S 23Dawson Rogers, Oakwood/SF 22Reynaldo Zarco, Ch. Central 20
Preps coordinator Colin Likas breaks down the final top 10 area rankings for the 2018 boys' soccer season.
Santiago Rodriquez's team-best 30 goals and 19 assists not only helped the Maroons to their first regional championship since 2007, but also secured him News-Gazette All-Area Player of the Year status.
Champaign Central is the top local seed in the Class 2A boys' soccer postseason, as IHSA pairings were released Friday.The Maroons are 15-3 on the year, though they fell to Mahomet-Seymour on Saturday. The Bulldogs are a 3 seed in the 2A playoffs and could meet Central for a sectional championship.Below are all of the area pairings for the 2A boys' soccer postseason.
Hendrickson sets new meet record
Rodriquez leads Maroons past Chargers in boys soccer
Maroons girls' tennis sweep GCMS, Ellis and Houpt shine for Danville
Broaders shines in quad meet for Illineks
