IHSA

With a win in the final game of the season Friday night, the Richwoods High School boys basketball team heads back to Peoria with a third-place trophy in tow.

The Richwoods Knights are 29-4 and carrying a 16-game winning streak into their IHSA Class 3A semifinal game against DePaul College Prep on Friday in Champaign.

Freshman Emy Wardle scored the tiebreaking basket in the final second to give the Irish a 48-46 victory over Nashville in the IHSA Class 2A state championship game in Normal.

Peoria Notre Dame and Illini Bluffs are in the IHSA state semifinals for the first time and guaranteed to come home from CEFCU Arena with a trophy. The Irish and Tigers now hope that trophy is the championship variety.

IHSA Executive Director Craig Anderson would see a little over 1000 eligibility rulings a year pre-pandemic. That number has increased to about 2000 a year.

The Illinois High School Association is grappling with a shrinking number of game officials, largely due to the increasingly poor treatment they've endured from fans, athletes and coaches. The IHSA has entered a new partnership aimed at reducing the negative behavior, but skepticism remains about how effective these efforts will be.

A recent IHSA vote eliminates the boys' gymnastics and debate state series.

The Metamora Township High School boys basketball team is looking to take the next step after placing second in the state a year ago.

Two wins away from a potential state championship, this year’s Peoria High School girls basketball team has advanced farther than any other in program history.

Six years after the Peoria High School football program won its first Illinois High School Association title, the Lions will look to secure another Class 5A trophy Saturday in Champaign.