FORREST – The Paxton-Buckley-Loda seventh-grade volleyball team won 25-16, 25-12 over Prairie Central to claim the Twin County Conference regular season title on Thursday. Grace Johnson had three kills and seven aces for PBL (14-7) while Adelynn Lindsey had five kills and three aces. Emmalynn Shumate had four kills and three aces and Violet Foster had four kills. Khloe Lancaster […]
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Trey Peters, son of Gibson City natives, commits to Illinois football team
MAHOMET — Mahomet-Seymour High School senior Trey Peters has committed to play intercollegiate football at the University of Illinois. Peters — whose parents are Gibson City natives and who has grandparents residing in Gibson City — joins an Illini recruiting class currently ranked in the Top 50 in the nation. A three-year varsity letter winner, Trey totaled 83 receptions for […]
GCMS/Fisher Middle School wrestling wins sectional title
CANTON – The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley/Fisher Middle School wrestling team won the IESA Class A Canton Sectional on Saturday. The Falcons finished with a score of 255 ½ among 26 teams. Aledo Mercer County finished second with a score of 187. Eleven GCMS/Fisher wrestlers will compete in the state tournament on March 7-8 at the Convocation Center in DeKalb. Bentley Fields […]
St. John’s 7th-grade volleyball wins in regional quarterfinals
RANTOUL – The Buckley St. John’s seventh-grade volleyball team won 25-19, 25-18 over Thomasboro in the IESA Class 1A Rantoul St. Malachy Regional quarterfinals on Saturday. The fourth-seeded Eagles will face top-seeded St. Malachy in the semifinals at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. Tinley Eichelberger had 23 kills for St. John’s while Etta Teske had four kills and 13 assists and Charity […]
PBL boys basketball ends season with 52-40 loss to BHRA in regional finals
HOOPESTON – The Paxton-Buckley-Loda varsity boys basketball team entered new territory on Friday. Via a 56-43 win over Hoopeston Area in the regional semifinals two days prior, the fourth-seeded Panthers earned a spot in the regional finals for the first time since 2020. “One of the postseason goals we set every year is to win the regional. Just to be […]
Photo gallery: PBL boys basketball at IHSA Class 2A Hoopeston Area Regional title game
Here are some sights from Friday’s regional championship game, which Bismarck-Henning-Rossville-Alvin won 52-40 …
GCMS boys basketball claims 1A regional title with 51-42 win over Lexington
MILFORD – The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley varsity boys basketball team won 51-42 over No. 1 seed Lexington to claim the IHSA Class 1A Milford Regional championship on Friday. It is the Falcons’ first regional title since 2019. Fourth-seeded GCMS will face No. 7 seed Danville Schlarman in the Colfax Ridgeview Sectional semifinals at 7 p.m. Wednesday. GCMS 51, Lexington 42GCMS 11 […]
Cissna Park girls basketball wins 49-39 over Roanoke-Benson to claim sectional title
VARNA – The Cissna Park High School girls basketball team won 49-39 over Roanoke-Benson 49-39 in the IHSA Class 1A Varna Midland Sectional championship game on Thursday. Lauryn Hamrick had 17 points and four rebounds for Cissna Park (29-4) while Addison Lucht had 14 points and five assists. Sophie Duis had six points and five rebounds while Josie Neukomm had […]
Kara Harrison coaches final home match for PBL JH volleyball
PAXTON – Kara Harrison says “God has truly blessed me with 33 seasons of junior high and 15 years of high school volleyball” in the Paxton-Buckley-Loda school district. Harrison’s last home match in her 33-year career as PBL Junior High School coach ended with a 25-23, 21-25, 25-16 victory over Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley on Tuesday. It is her final season as […]
PBL boys basketball wins 56-43 over Hoopeston Area in regional semifinals
HOOPESTON – The Paxton-Buckley-Loda varsity boys basketball team won 56-43 over Hoopeston Area in the IHSA Class 2A regional semifinals on Wednesday. The fourth-seeded Panthers (14-14) will face top-seeded Bismarck-Henning-Rossville-Alvin in the regional finals at 7 p.m. Friday. Tyler Cole led PBL in scoring with 16 points in the semifinals. Carson Goss also scored in double figures with 12 points. […]
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