The wait is ongoing for area teams. Area players. Area coaches. Area parents. When will sports resume as the world deals with the COVID-19 pandemic? Good question. Until then, sports editor Matt Daniels spent the week telling the stories of those impacted by the pandemic in a variety of ways.Â
Panthers in new league for 2021-22 academic year after unanimous vote
PAXTON — It wouldn’t have been the least bit unusual earlier this century to see Paxton-Buckley-Loda’s athletic teams squaring off against those of St. Joseph-Ogden and St. Thomas More.
Illini Prairie Conference officials are seeking a football-only member school, but they’re also leaving the door open for a school to join the league in all sports.
Part of the 2018 regional-champion Champaign Central boys’ soccer team, the 2019 Maroons alumnus checks in with preps coordinator Colin Likas
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This article will display all News-Gazette All-Area content from the 2019-2020 school year. It will be updated after the winter and spring athletic seasons as well.
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Final N-G Top 10: High school boys’ soccer
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Caleb Aldridge
Why he’s Coach of the Year: When his current seniors were freshmen, Burkybile’s Sages won three matches. They ran that total all the way up to 20 this season with just three losses and a tie otherwise as Monticello secured its first regional championship since 2014 and rattled off a nine-mat…
Meet the first back-to-back winner in the award’s 23-year history.
Preps coordinator Colin Likas caught up with these standout athletes who signed their letter of intent on Wednesday to continue their athletic careers in college:
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Loss to Springfield puts end to successful season
On a day in which rain poured and temperatures dipped into the 40s, it took the top-seeded Maroons (19-4-3) time to thaw against the fourth-seeded Braves (15-6-3).
The Bulldogs finally found separation with the rival Green wave
St. Thomas More to face Normal U-High in sectional final
Maroons blank way to title match; Sages XC thrives at Wimple Park
St. Thomas More senior regaining for after return from injury
Junior leads M-S squad into tough regional draw
After falling behind the Cardinals 3-0, the Sages did eventually regain their heads and pull out a 4-3 victory in overtime.
The Sabers debuted a sleeper pick in Friday evening’s Class 1A STM Regional final versus Judah Christian when coach James Johnson thrust sophomore Blake Staab into the net after 100 minutes of soccer.
Hale, Shanks help Maroons win at CIC meet
Judah advances to regional final
Teams continue to jockey for position as playoff get underway
Tribe volleyball takes rallies in three sets; Vikings, Chargers fare best at Big 12 meet
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