The Tigers finished one win short of last year's Class 2A state semifinals and won 47 total matches during Barkley's time at the helm.
Lists of every high school student-athlete honored by The News-Gazette in 2021-22.
Mahomet-Seymour captured The News-Gazette's Program of the Year honor for the first time in school history, with nearly every Bulldogs team contributing something to final outcome.
A glance at some noteworthy former local prep stars who are making waves both in-state and out-of-state, as well as a short list of programs that should make more noise in 2022-23.
A glance at some of the top local newcomers to the prep sports scene, as well as a listing of the area's Coaches of the Year and Assistant Coaches of the Year.
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A glance at some of the best-performing student-athletes, individuals tied to local high schools who died in the last year, athletes who gave some of the best quotes and athletes who should've been highlighted more often.
A glance at some of the top programs, junior athletes and state titlists from the 2021-22 prep sports season that was.
A closer look at the local schools which excelled most in football, volleyball, soccer, basketball, wrestling, baseball and softball.
A glance at some of the most impressive athlete returns from an injury or other personal setback, major accomplishments by athletes and coaches, and the top efforts by 10th-grade student-athletes.
A look at the area high schools that have achieved top status athletically in The News-Gazette's annual Year in Review.
A look at the boys who have received top billing in The News-Gazette's annual Preps Year in Review package.
A look back at each of our organization's high school All-Area teams and associated content for the 2020-21 school year.
Champaign Central has a new coach, which makes the Maroons an intriguing group for this coming season. Who else stands out to preps coordinator Colin Likas?
The Maroons' new head coach is 2015 Central alumnus Alex Zarco. One of their assistant coaches is 2019 graduate Reynaldo Zarco. And junior Diego Zarco is among the team's active athletes.
Widely adored as both a friend and for the standout defense he provided the Fisher/Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley boys’ soccer team, Colin Bane was just shy of completing his junior year at GCMS when he was killed in a car accident on May 18 in McLean County.
The impending birth of his first child has led Nick Clegg to resign as the Maroons' coach, a role he described as a "super rewarding experience."
In his fourth season overseeing the Tigers' program, he guided them to 19 victories and a Class 2A sectional championship.
Congrats to these 11 athletes who led our local boys' soccer efforts this fall.
Check out which local athletes earned recognition for their performances across August, September and October and November.
Preps coordinator Colin Likas dishes out his final rankings for the most recent local boys' soccer campaign.
ALL-APOLLO CONFERENCE
Urbana's senior midfielder was part of a team filled with talented athletes, but also a group that would've looked far different without him in the lineup.
CHATHAM — James Barkley stood in the center of an Urbana boys’ soccer circle. His athletes wore a series of 1,000-yard stares, some with tears in their eyes.
A powerful Troy Triad squad stands between the Tigers and their first state semifinals berth since 2012.
Chase Mandra stopped two Normal West attempts in the shootout as Urbana held off its Big 12 Conference enemy following a scoreless 100 minutes of play.
Urbana boys' soccer is enjoying its extended postseason run — the only local program still playing — and hopes to keep it going Saturday in a sectional final.
Urbana will face Big 12 Conference rival Normal West on Saturday morning with a chance at another postseason plaque.
Urbana boys' soccer has collected nine shutouts — including two this postseason — entering Wednesday's Class 2A sectional semifinal versus Rochester.
Urbana earned its first piece of IHSA postseason hardware since 2017 by knocking off rival Champaign Central in the teams' third match this season.
The junior hails from Munich and has provided the unbeaten Tigers valuable minutes off the bench leading into Friday's regional championship match with Champaign Central.
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