Champaign Central girls' basketball picked up its first victory of the season.
Clinton girls' basketball player and Fisher boys' basketball player honored for their athletic excellence.
Danville's Erin Houpt put up another huge point total during a Vikings win.
Finally, high school freshmen in Champaign get a taste of the classroom experience.
Centennial swimming routs Danville
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Ryan Aikman is in his sixth year working at Sullivan High School. Throughout that entire time, the athletic director can recall information technology director Mark Waelde streaming home varsity sporting events via Sullivan’s YouTube channel.
Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond girls' basketball player and Champaign Central boys' swimmer honored for their athletic excellence.
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Mahomet-Seymour and Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond boys' basketball also are experiencing lost games as their rosters are affected by the virus
Champaign Central boys' swimming and diving knocks off Urbana.
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TUSCOLA — The Tuscola girls’ basketball team overcame a halftime deficit to top nearby rival Villa Grove/Heritage 43-40 on Saturday afternoon in a nonconference season opener for both teams.
Practices are ongoing and games are being scheduled as high school sports ramp back up again in Illinois amid the COVID-19 pandemic
High school basketball can tip off as soon as possible; football to start practices in early March
The IHSA Board of Directors on Wednesday is expected to announce scheduling for the remainder of the 2020-21 school year, something Jane Stillman and others are anxiously awaiting.
It can be confusing to figure out what the latest announcements about high school sports actually mean for athletes.
Tigers are hopeful to participate in first meet on Jan. 30.
An acclimatization schedule has been approved for lower-risk winter sports, and contact days are available to fall, spring and summer athletics on an unlimited basis.
Lower-risk sports can compete out of conference, medium-risk sports can compete within conferences and higher-risk sports can hold intra-team scrimmages.
Lower-risk winter sports will receive a season start date soon, while the likelihood of events being held in higher-risk sports this school year continues to decrease.
The IHSA Board of Directors' latest meeting resulted in no change to the status of high school sports, which have been paused since mid-November.
IHSA board statement: "February seems like a realistic timeline to have sports resume statewide."
With three 2020-21 high school sports seasons still to be played, time is running out for those activities to be scheduled at all.
Wednesday's IHSA Board of Directors meeting is expected to include discussion about scheduling athletic seasons for the remainder of this school year.
On the last day of a forgettable year, particularly from a sports perspective, The News-Gazette sports staff offers up 10 noteworthy stories on the local scene from 2020
IHSA officials hope to have low-risk winter sports in competition after the new calendar year begins, but basketball remains in a state of flux.
With no high school athletics likely to occur in Illinois for the rest of the calendar year, Colin Likas begins taking a look back at how the preps scene appeared just one year ago.
The Centennial senior sometimes found it difficult to practice and compete amid rigorous expectations, but she eventually realized she couldn't and wouldn't give up on her diving career.
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