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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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Going fishin'

Under the dome of the State Farm Center in Champaign, Yahya Thomas and Baylor Fernandes wrestler for third place at the 2017 IHSA state wrestling meet.

2017 wrestling match between Yahya Thomas and Baylor Fernandes

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Lockport Township sophomore Baylor Fernandes wrestles Mt. Carmel's Yahya Thomas during their third place match at the IHSA Individual State Wrestling Tournament on February 18, 2017 at the State Farm Center in Champaign. After scoring on two first-period takedowns, Thomas, a senior, went on to win the match by way of a 7-2 decision over Fernandes.

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Turn the other cheek

Mercer County's Justin Carey wrestles Illiana Christian's Isaac Lyzenga at the 2017 IHSA State Wrestling tournament in Champaign.

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CHAMPAIGN - Mercer County senior Justin Carey (43-4) wrestles Illiana Christian junior Isaac Lyzenga (29-9) during their 182-pound Class 1A championship quarterfinal match at the IHSA Individual State Wrestling Finals. Up in points in the second period, Carey suffered a match-ending injury giving Lyzenga the win on Friday, February 17, 2017. Lyzenga, on the right, went on to finish sixth in the weight class. See more photo of the day features from The Sentinel weekly.


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The Keegan krush, Germano delivering the hits

Keegan Germano lays a big hit on Monticello's Maddox Utley
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TOLONO - Unity's Keegan Germano lays out Monticello's Maddox Utley in a play in the first quarter during their IHSA second-round playoff game on November 8, 2025. The Rockets defeated the Sages at Hicks Field in an exciting matchup between two Illini Prairie teams 21-20. Advancing to the quarterfinals, Unity went on the road to face Williams and cruised to victory in the first half, setting up a semifinal showdown with St. Joseph-Ogden. Germano's defensive effort all season has been the cornerstone to the Rockets' 11-1 season.

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Aggressive rebound, SJO falls in first trip to state

Ashley [Runck] Krisman playing basketball for St. Joseph-Ogden
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Normal - St. Joseph-Ogden's Ashley Runck snatches a loose ball away from Breese Central's Lauren Budde during their Class 1A state quarterfinal game at Redbird Arena on January 23, 2007. In the final year of the girls' two-class system, the Spartans fell to the eventual state champion Cougars 56-39 in the state quarterfinals. It was deepest post season run for SJO since the start of the girls' basketball program in 1973. Runck led the Spartans (29-4) in the loss with 12 points. Twelve years later, the St. Joseph-Ogden girls' basketball program returned to Redbird, finishing third in Class 2A.


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Another season, another trophy, Rockets take third at state!

Photo: Sentinel/Clark Brooks CHAMPAIGN - Members of the Unity Rockets basketball team hoist their third-place trophy after defeating Far...

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