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Before 16 high school boys' basketball teams from all corners of the state and 16 IHSA state tournament games unfold at State ...

The Peoria Manual Rams basketball program is headed back to the IHSA state finals for the 24th time in its storied history.

NOTE: Since this story was first posted, I’ve also learned that Karlie and Parker’s father Pat Krogman went to the Iowa State ...

Matt Daniels is sports editor at The News-Gazette. His email is [email protected], and you can follow him on Twitter ...

12—Before 16 high school boys' basketball teams from all corners of the state and 16 IHSA state tournament games ... in Champaign when they won the 1994 Class AA state title.

The Rams launched one of the sport's most impressive dynasties in Champaign when they won the 1994 Class AA state title ... are familiar with hoisting IHSA state hardware this school year.

But the ranked team and star player have been somewhat absent when discussing the best of this or that in the season’s basketball conversation. They’ve been a bit of an underappreciated pair ...

At Stevenson High School a transition is underway. After 16 years as athletic director, Trish Betthauser’s last day will be ...