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Wait a second: Knights finish #2 at state track

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Charleston - Kaneland's Becca Richtman (right) and Carly Elliott mug for the camera while waiting to get on the field for the team awards announcement at the IHSA Girls Track & Field State Finals on May 21, 2016. The Knights finished second in Class 2A with 53 points behind Cahokia. Elliot represented her team in Saturday's championship races on the 4x100 and 4x200 squads, which finished second and fourth, respectively. Richtman ran anchor on the Knights' 4x800 relay, finishing fifth to earn team points.

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Ready to run, focused before the big race

Lyons' Sonia Slusarczyk prepares for her upcoming run at state track
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Charleston - Lyons' lead runner Sonia Slusarczyk focuses on her upcoming run before the starter's gun goes off for the Class 3A 4x400-Meter Relay championship race at the IHSA Girls Track and Field State Finals on Saturday, May 21, 2016. Slusarczyk, a sophomore, along with junior Maggie Caplice, Tara Schwarz, a sophomore, and senior Luci Lussier finished the race with a time of 4:03.09 in ninth place. The Lions finished tied for 58th place in the final team standing.

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Safe underneath

SJO's Ty Brown slides under a Tri-Valley third baseman in 2016.
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NORMAL - Tri-Valley's third baseman falls after a leaping throw that forced St. Joseph-Ogden's Ty Brown to slide under him. The Spartans traveled to Duffy Bass Field for a neutral site doubleheader on April 16, 2016, facing the Vikings and Normal University. SJO dropped the opener to the Pioneers 13-3, regrouping to knock off the Tri-Valley 12-5. Finishing the season 33-4, St. Joseph-Ogden's baseball program went on to finish second in the state after 7-6 loss in the 2016 2A title game against Reed-Custer.

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No offense, Haley and Spartans crush Pioneers

St. Joseph-Ogden catcher Will Haley runs down a baserunner in SJO's home baseball game
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ST. JOSEPH - St. Joseph-Ogden catcher Will Haley runs down a Normal U-High baserunner in the Spartans' home baseball game on April 18, 2025. The Spartans won the non-conference game 16-4 with Haley delivering two hits, two runs, and two RBI. The Spartans finished the season 32-4 after falling in the regional title game against Unity later in May. Haley, now a senior, returns to the SJO lineup the 2025-26 season.
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Cyclone power

Sacred Heart-Griffin’s Andy Antonacci and Adrian Whyte celebrate
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CHAMPAIGN — Sacred Heart-Griffin’s Andy Antonacci and Adrian Whyte celebrate the team’s state semifinal win over Eureka on June 6, 2025. The Cyclones advanced to the Class 2A title game after defeating the Hornets 6-5 and went on to win the championship, beating Teutopolis 5-4 in a thriller at Illinois Field on the University of Illinois campus during the IHSA Baseball State Finals. Want to see more photos from this game? Fill out our photo request form.

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Taking her shot

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NORMAL - St. Viator's Kalin McCrea cuts into the lane for a shot between Washington's Kate McDougall and Danielle Guedet. McCrea, a starting guard who led the team with assists heading into the program's first state final appearance, finished the game with two points, 2 assists and solo rebound against the eventual state champions. The Lions lost the state final opener 55-34 on Friday at ISU's CEFCU Arena at the IHSA Girls Basketball State Finals.


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Championship face off

Brian Rossi and Miguel Silva wrestle for a state title
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CHAMPAIGN - Lockport senior Brian Rossi (right) shoots in on Plainfield South's Miguel Silva during their 2014 title match at the IHSA Boys Individual Wrestling State Finals on Saturday, February 22, 2014. Rossi went on to win the 113-pound match, shutting out Sliva, 7-0. Rossi, the Porters' record holder in for the most-career wins (159), was a 3x finalist and 4x all-conference award winner before continuing his wrestling career at the collegiate level at Stanford.


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Oakwood's Uden heads back to state

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CHAMPAIGN - Oakwood-Salt Fork's Steven Uden settles in for the pin wrestling Canton's Jaxsun Owens in last season's Class 1A 106-pound first-round match at the 2025 IHSA Individual Wrestling State Finals. Unden won his opening bout by pin at 4:53. The sophomore rolled through the bracket to face Charlie Flores in the finals, falling in a close 4-0 decision to fill the runnerup spot. Two weeks ago, the junior (39-6) started his pursuit of a 2026 state title. He finished first at the Robinson Regional tournament in the 113-pound division and qualified for state after knocking off Althoff junior Jacobi Cobbs for the sectional title.


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Sweet success! Hayes wins wrestling title

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CHAMPAIGN - Sandburg's Louie Hayes celebrates his Class 3A 113-pound victory over Montini's Real Woods after their championship match on February 20, 2016, at the IHSA Individual Wrestling State Finals in front a nearly packed State Farm Center. The Eagles' senior, who finished his season with a 44-2 record, defeated the heavily favored Woods 2-1 for the title.

Hayes went to on compete at the college level at Virginia, earning an impressive number of accolades. His four-year career includes reaching the NCAA quarterfinals at 125 pounds along with two other qualifying appearances, earning ACC Wrestling All-Academic Team recognition all four years, and two top-three finishes in the ACC. In his final season, Hayes posted eight bonus point wins including six pins, a tech fall and a major decision for the Cavaliers.

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Liberty falls in IHSA state semifinal

Liberty basketball player Levi Obert stumbles back a step
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PEORIA - Liberty's Levi Obert stumbles back a step after colliding with LeRoy's Brett Egan along the sideline during their IHSA semifinal game at Carver Arena. The Eagles were held to just four points in three of the four quarters in their 48-32 loss to the Panthers on Friday, March 11, 2016. Liberty went on to defeat Woodlawn in the third place contest to take home third place at the IHSA Class 1A Boys Basketball State Finals. Obert finished the game with three points and four rebounds.

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Anniversary year: Spartans win 2A championship title

St. Joseph-Ogden basketball hug before time runs out
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PEORIA - With the game in hand, Ty Brown hugs teammate Kohlten Johnson as the final minute of St. Joseph-Ogden's 2016 Class 2A championship game against Rockridge. The Spartans defeated the Rockets 61-43 to win the school's first state basketball title in school history. This year is the tenth anniversary of the historic victory.

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Duarte wrestles for 5th, beats Yeary at state meet

From the extensive archive of photos from the iphotonews.com, here is the photo of the day for January 29, 2026.

Alejandro Duarte wrestles Olympia's Nolen Yeary for fifth place at state

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Kewanee's Alejandro Duarte ties up Olympia's Nolen Yeary in their Class 1A 215-pound fifth-place match at the IHSA Individual Wrestling State Finals on February 17, 2024. Duarte won the bout with a pin at 3:37 into his match.

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The eye for pie

From the extensive archive of photos from the iphotonews.com, here is the photo of the day for January 24, 2026.

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Savoy, IL - Deanna Bramer, 12, of Savoy, takes a moment to chew while competing in the Orchard Days pie eating contest on October 21, 2006, while dentist and contest official Dr. Alan Broadbent looks on. The annual two-day event featured an open car show, 5k run/walk, local music entertainment and carnival rides for kids.

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First Ho-Ho-Ho 5k

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ST. JOSEPH - Red shirts and beards, runners start their run during the Ho Ho Ho 5k back in December of 2018. Now called the St. Joe Santa 5k Run/Walk, over 300 runners took part in what has become an annual holiday event for the village just east Urbana. Read more about the inaugural holiday 5K in St. Joseph here.


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Smith unable to light a fire under SJO

St. Joseph-Ogden three-sports standout Logan Smith goes up for a shot
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Logan Smith goes up for a shot past Pinckneyville's Ty Laur and Lucas Lietz during St. Joseph-Ogden's Christie Clinic Shootout game against Pinckneyville on January 6, 2024. The Spartans lost to the Panther, 73-57. SJO went on to sweep the Illini Prairie Conference 9-0 competition and finished 27-7 after losing their sectional title game to Teutopolis.

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Bracket tough, Wells first to represent SJO at girls state wrestling tournament

Maddie Wells’ state tournament run included two matches against highly ranked senior opponents. After an opening-round loss, Wells battled Morton’s Karen Canchola in the wrestleback.
SJO wrestler Madeline Wells competing at state tournament for the Spartans
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St. Joseph-Ogden’s Maddie Wells wrestles Morton’s Karen Canchola during their 140-pound first-round wrestleback match at the 2025 IHSA Girls Individual Wrestling State Finals on Feb. 28. Wells, a junior who entered the two-day tournament with an 18-8 record, faced a challenging path in her weight class.

In her opening match, Wells drew Mother McAuley senior Maggie Zuber (33-6), who went on to finish second. After being pinned at the six-minute mark, Wells moved into the wrestleback round to face Canchola, another senior. Canchola (36-4) was relentless, pinning Wells at 4:17 on her way to a third-place finish.

Wells, the first wrestler to represent St. Joseph-Ogden at the girls wrestling state finals, looks to return to Bloomington at the end of February for another shot at a state title.


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Urbana's Rickasia Ivy makes strong showing at state

Urbana sophomre Rickasia Ivy finished 2-2 at the 2025 IHSA Girls Individual State Wrestling Tournament back in February. She is back on the roster on the prowl for another chance at a state title with the 5th-ranked Tigers. Here is a look back at her first state match.
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Urbana's Rickasia Ivy (right) looks to get head control on New Trier's Jillian Giller during their 140-pound match on at the Illinois High School Association's Girls Individual Wrestling State Finals in Bloomington on Friday, February 28, 2025. Ivy, a sophomore, lost the match by fall at 5:04. She finished the state tourament 2-2 after a 3-1 loss to Karen Canchola in the wrestleback. Giller, a senior, ended her high school career with pin to finish 5th.

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Rockets set to return to girls' shootout at SJO

Unity will be without last year's senior standout Lauren Haas this Saturday at the 2025 Country Financial Shootout at St. Joseph-Ogden High School. The Rockets take the court at 5:30 p.m. hoping to beat 8-1 Tri-Valley.

Unity senior Lauren Haas looks for an open teammate under the basket

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Lauren Haas looks for an open teammate to pass the ball during the Unity's 2024 Country Financial Shootout game against Watseka. Scoring consistently across all four quarters, Haas led the Rockets' offense with 12 points in the team 52-46 loss to the Warriors. Both teams return to this year's installment with Watseka (8-1) facing shootout host St. Joseph-Ogden (5-1) at 4 p.m. Unity (4-5) will take on the 8-1 Tri-Valley Vikings in the nightcap starting at around 5:30 p.m. at St. Joseph-Ogden High School.

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