Hoopeston Area senior wrestlers Angel Zamora and Ayden Larkin walked into The News-Gazette’s office in November with ...

Zach Piatt covers high school sports at The News-Gazette. His email is [email protected].

Here are 8 nominees for the MVP of boys basketball so far in the 2024-25 season around Peoria, Illinois. Vote now.

Pekin's coach and AD put a new spin on an old event with its 12-school MLK Day girls basketball shootout. Here's how it came ...

Boylan has the grandest basketball tradition — by far — in the NIC-10 but has now lost 15 of its last 16 games. How the ...

Richwoods and Peoria will match up on Friday, Jan. 17 at 6 p.m. CT. Don't miss out on any of the action with NFHS Network.

This week's IHSA AP Basketball Polls were released Wednesday, with the same three local teams finding themselves state-ranked ...

Here is how Peoria-area basketball teams rank in the the fifth regular-season AP top 10 poll for Class 1A, 2A, 3A and 4A in ...

Illini Bluffs and Elmwood will match up on Wednesday, Jan. 15 at 6 p.m. CT. Don't miss out on any of the action with NFHS ...

From the first (Jodi Moyer) to the latest (Emma Pierson) to the next to join (Laney Cahoon and Elaina Rager) here are ...

The Edwardsville Tigers survived a scare from the Belleville West Maroons. The Maroons missed two shots in the game’s final 7 ...

Fourteen was the number for Hersey Tuesday night. Charlie Pomis and Brody Variano each scored 14 points to lead Hersey to its 14th victory over host Barrington 57-50 to highlight crossover night in ...