Some teams have qualified for the playoffs and others are right on the doorstep as we've surpassed the season's halfway point.
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That's what the IHSA is trying to find out, and all high schools in the state are eligible to participate.
The creative kids at Unity High School found a way to put on a homecoming dance.
Scott Hamilton's Rockets led 7-0 after just the second play from scrimmage and used superior discipline to stymie the Saints on BCC's homecoming week.
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The Panthers and Eagles contested a scoreless first quarter before Josh Pritchard's team turned up the heat the rest of the evening.
Mahomet-Seymour, Monticello and Salt Fork all qualified for the postseason with their fifth victories, and St. Thomas More continued to rack up points.
The fifth week of the 2021 prep football regular season is upon us.
Two Mahomet-Seymour football players with unique first names are leaving their mark underneath the Friday night lights this fall for the Bulldogs
Preps coordinator Colin Likas caught up with coaches from Unity, Oakwood and Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond ahead of their respective Week 5 games.
Warriors officials cite low athlete turnout and injuries as reasons for cancellations.
N-G contributor Gavin Good catches up with Bret Bielema's Class of 2022
The Bulldogs were slotted 10th in the latest poll, joining Monticello, Unity and Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin as local programs to receive such a status.
Salt Fork scored 21 unanswered points in less than 4 game minutes to secure a Vermilion Valley Conference crossover win against Iroquois West.
The number of unbeaten local programs continues to dwindle. How will preps coordinator Colin Likas rearrange the top 10 heading into Week 5?
St. Thomas More boys’ soccer remains perfect
The Comets will be naming their football field after a longtime coach, and the Bunnies will add two members to their hall of fame.
St. Joseph-Ogden got its first win of the season, St. Thomas More hung 70 points on an opponent and Arcola shocked a state-ranked opponent.
Monticello produced a crazy touchdown with barely 3 minutes to play in Friday's matchup versus Bloomington Central Catholic, and it gave the Sages the points they needed to win.
Monticello, Mahomet-Seymour and Unity among area teams that stay unbeaten with Week 4 victories
Mike Allen's Falcons lost the Illini commit to injury during a Week 1 defeat at the hands of Carlinville, but they've won their last two games
Hear what coaches from Centennial, Mahomet-Seymour and Arcola had to say ahead of their teams' respective Week 4 matchups.
Champaign Central will be off this week after being unable to find a replacement opponent for Urbana, while Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin wound up without a Week 3 game.
Mahomet-Seymour, Paxton-Buckley-Loda and Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley are receiving votes in their respective classes.
A roundup of how former Illini and area standouts fared during the NFL's first week
N-G contributor Gavin Good recaps what Bret Bielema's Class of 2022 is up to
The Bombers' Week 4 matchup with Villa Grove and Week 5 bout versus Tri-County both are off.
Several of our ranked programs suffered a loss in Week 3, so how will preps coordinator Colin Likas rework the lineup this time around?
Mahomet-Seymour improved to 3-0 with a see-saw victory over an Apollo Conference rival.
Unity and Monticello stayed perfect, GCMS and Fisher won in very different fashions, and Iroquois West ended a lengthy drought.
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