Wrestling

The untelevised WWE event in Bloomington features stars from both Raw and SmackDown—a rarity outside the WrestleMania championships.

Eric Bates died April 8 in a motorcycle accident in rural Mackinaw. He was 73. A state champion at U High and a college division national champion at Illinois State, Bates was a marvel on the mat.

Chloe Hoselton, a Prairie Central High School junior, won the 235-pound state championship in girls wrestling. She was the fourth member of her family to win a state wrestling title.

Inside a once-vacant storefront at Eureka’s Lakeview Shopping Center, one of the area’s newest collegiate wrestling programs takes its first steps toward glory.

In its quest to build enrollment, Illinois Wesleyan University is adding a women's wrestling team, and also reinstating men's wrestling that ended in 1985 after 23 years of competition.

The first official high school girls state wrestling competition in Illinois will include several wrestlers from Bloomington-Normal who want to make history.

The first female high school wrestler in Illinois history is asking Unit 5 schools to add girls coaches to the wrestling program.

There's nothing quite like the crowd at a professional wrestling match.Sure, fans are wearing T-shirts for the wrestlers they love, and they're screaming…