High-school-and-prep
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Wildman takes the reins
DECATUR - Elise Wildman showed signs she was capable of being Millikin's go-to scorer last season. In the Big Blue's home opener against MacMurray on Friday, she appeared ready to take over that role this season.
Nov 21, 2009 | 1:00 am | Loading…
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Late-season shutout sparks Warriors to winning streak
TUSCOLA - Sitting at 3-3 with Maroa-Forsyth coming to town, Tuscola coach Rick Reinhart learned a lot about his team.
Nov 21, 2009 | 1:00 am | Loading…
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Trojans go back to reliable tactic
MAROA - Head coach Josh Jostes and the Maroa-Forsyth players admitted that heart and commitment were lacking through the Trojans' first seven games this season.
Nov 21, 2009 | 1:00 am | Loading…
Recent Local Sports
Wildman takes the reins
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Swigert's swan song
Nov 21, 2009 | 1:00 am | Loading…
Late-season shutout sparks Warriors to winning streak
Nov 21, 2009 | 1:00 am | Loading…
Trojans go back to reliable tactic
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Bertrand has setback with knee
Nov 21, 2009 | 1:00 am | Loading…
This career was Force to be reckoned with
ARGENTA - Cody Force wasn't sure when, but he knew that feeling would eventually pass.
Mar 19, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Cook showing no signs of quit: Argenta coach nearing career win No. 500
ARGENTA - If Gary Cook is getting burnt out on wrestling, he's going through great pains not to show it.
Mar 19, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Grand time for Decatur marshal
CHAMPAIGN - Bob Jones was on the floor of Assembly Hall for the Grand March of Finalists for the 17th time at Saturday's IHSA State Wrestling Meet.
Feb 22, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Torn ACL in semifinals ends Wheat's state run
CHAMPAIGN - Before the season started, Clinton junior Nick Wheat stared at the Maroons' wrestling wall, which has plaques of every Clinton wrestler to medal at state.
Feb 22, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Force falls in final; three lose in third-place bouts
CHAMPAIGN - One bad decision ruined Argenta-Oreana senior Cody Force's dream season.
Feb 22, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Clinton's Wheat, AO's Force move on
CHAMPAIGN - Clinton's Nick Wheat had no idea when he took the mat for his IHSA State Wrestling Meet quarterfinals match against West Frankfort's John Jones on Friday that he was about to face the favorite to win the Class 1A 215-pound title.
Feb 21, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Vandalia feels young again
CHAMPAIGN - After coaching a team last year that sent seven wrestlers to state - six of them seniors - this year's group of five newcomers to the state meet was a foreign experience for Vandalia coach Jason Clay.
Feb 21, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Helpful tip helps Schlosser advance
CHAMPAIGN - Mount Zion coach Donovan Marschner looked down at a table while walking through Buffalo Wild Wings in Champaign on Thursday night and saw a former coach, his mouth full of food and his fingers covered in sauce.
Feb 21, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Believing is onus for Braves: Watson, Schlosser hoping for top-four
Based on talent alone, Mount Zion coach Donovan Marschner has no doubt the two Braves wrestlers competing at this weekend's IHSA State Wrestling Tournament can win medals.
Feb 20, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Nerves can spell disaster at state: Rams have good advice for rookie
Shelbyville freshman Alex Jones has been bombarded with advice about what to expect in his first trip to the IHSA State Wrestling Meet at Assembly Hall this weekend.
Feb 19, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Force can't be stopped
STANFORD - Cody Force has lived with the memory of what happened at last season's state wrestling tournament for almost a year now.
Feb 15, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Wrestling successfully play the weight-ing game
VANDALIA - Going up two weight classes doesn't appear to have slowed Dalton Brown of Shelbyville.
Feb 13, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Sowa's title starts Generals movement
MOUNT ZION - MacArthur junior Joe Sowa was happy to play the role of pioneer at Saturday's Mount Zion Class 2A Regional Wrestling Meet.
Feb 08, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Nearing top position: Mount Zion's trio has big state hopes
MOUNT ZION - Bo Schlosser and Carlos Maldonado have wrestled each other more times then than can count, more times than they care to admit. They started against each other back around age 5 or so.
Dec 18, 2008 | 12:00 am | Loading…
One last hurrah: Dooley falls, but Illini await
CHAMPAIGN - Kyle Dooley shook hands with each 152-pound medalist as he stepped off the podium, then stood stone-faced in the corner of the Assembly Hall floor as he watched the 171-pound matches.
Feb 17, 2008 | 12:00 am | Loading…
State of awe: Vandalia has five medalists
CHAMPAIGN - The hair on the back of Josh Eller's neck stood up, the butterflies in Cody Pyle's stomach fluttered and Matt Shroyer felt cold chills as he walked out of the tunnel.
Feb 17, 2008 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Shroyer the Destroyer: Vandalia wrestler will join six teammates at state meet
ROBINSON - Matt Shroyer's journey to a second straight sectional title started in what Vandalia coach Jason Clay calls "the room."
Feb 10, 2008 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Sacrifice weighs in on outcome
DOWNS - No sport demands more sacrifice than wrestling. And on Saturday, no wrestler sacrificed more than Argenta-Oreana's Nikko Lang.
Feb 03, 2008 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Okaw Duals could provide just right boost
The Okaw Valley Duals will have a bit of a different feel this year. Expanding to a two-day event with the addition of Tolono Unity's traditionally powerful wrestling team to the conference, the duals will begin on Friday with two matches for each team. The event will finish up with three…
Jan 24, 2008 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Bombers on the attack
ARGENTA - Bryce Bowman and Cody Force came close enough to state titles last year to have the sensation fill their senses.
Dec 20, 2007 | 12:00 am | Loading…
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