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The Illinois High School Association says the return of the state football finals to Normal was a success. The finals have been held over the last 25 years at the University of Illinois and Northern Illinois University, before returning to Hancock Stadium this year.
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Thousands of fans from around Illinois flocked to Normal on Thanksgiving weekend for the return of the IHSA football state finals.
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Alex Tosi will receive a paycheck this month. He’ll get one in December, too. This is new territory for Tosi, a former Illinois Wesleyan pitcher who just completed his first full season in the Major Leagues … not throwing balls and strikes, but calling them.
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Brock Spack saw potential at Illinois State University. Fifteen years and 100 wins later, he’s seen it play out. No. 100 came Saturday for the winningest coach in school history, lifting Spack’s career record to 100-69.
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Amber May routinely shattered records on the softball field, starring in the pitcher’s circle for Normal Community High School, Heartland Community College and Eastern Illinois University. Now May is at it again, setting a standard on – of all places – the football field.
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Empower the Nest is made up of ISU alumni, business owners and Redbird sports fans and supporters. Their goal is to help create relationships for student athletes with businesses and community members.
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Players on the Central Illinois Girls Hockey Association team, Revolution, have been growing in numbers since 2016. But president Doug Kent says growth has doubled in just the past year.
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Laura (Benton) Doornbos saw her athletic career take flight playing volleyball at Illinois State from 2002-05. She's still doing a lot of flying today.
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Iowa Hawkeyes basketball guard Caitlin Clark will be State Farm’s first collegiate endorsement partner.
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Golf has given Stacey Miller a college education, life lessons, lasting friendships and now this: a place in the Illinois State Athletics Percy Family Hall of Fame.
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Fitzgerald claims his alma mater wrongfully fired him in the wake of a hazing and abuse scandal that has engulfed the NU athletic department.
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More than 200 people attended a ribbon-cutting for Illinois State University's new Indoor Practice Facility located just north of Horton Fieldhouse.