Unity, St. Joseph-Ogden headline IPC All-Conference basketball selections

Area standouts from Unity, St. Joseph-Ogden, St. Thomas More, and Rantoul earn recognition on IPC all-conference basketball teams.

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Unity's Brayden Henry goes up for a shot during the Rockets' state third-place game on March 12. Henry was one of nine area players who earn all-conference recognition.

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URBANA - The Illini Prairie Conference released its boys basketball All-Conference teams last week, recognizing nine area athletes for their performance during the 2025-26 season.

Unity, which finished third in Class 2A this winter, led all conference programs with five selections, all seniors. Brayden Henry and Coleton Langendorf earned First Team honors after anchoring the Rockets’ postseason run, while Dane Eisenmenger was named to the Second Team. Tyler Henry and Tre Hoggard also received recognition from league coaches, both landing on the Honorable Mention list.

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Photo: Sentinel/Clark Brooks

LEFT: Central Catholic's Keshaun Manney goes up for a rebound during the Saints' road game at St. Joseph-Ogden. He was is one of two BCC players who earned all-conference recognition this season. RIGHT: SJO's Parker Fitch goes up for a shot in the Spartans' home conference game. Fitch was the Spartans' only first-teamer this season.

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St. Joseph-Ogden placed two players on the all-conference roster. Senior Parker Fitch secured a spot on the First Team, and junior Nolan Franzen was named to the Second Team following a strong campaign for the Spartans.

Rounding out the area honorees were St. Thomas More senior Owen Yeager and Rantoul junior Iysean Autman, who each received Honorable Mention recognition.

The annual selections reflect the vote of conference coaches and highlight the depth of talent across the Illini Prairie Conference this season.

2025-26 Illini Prairie All-Conference Basketball Team

1st Team

Keshaun Manney, Jr, Central Catholic
Grady Read, Sr, IVC
Amazin King, Jr, Pontiac
Parker Fitch, Sr, St. Joseph-Ogden
Coleton Langendorf, Sr, Unity
Brayden Henry, Sr, Unity

2nd Team

Crayton Schnierle, Jr, Central Catholic
Brady Ward, Sr, IVC
Tyler Cole, Sr, PBL
Cayden Masching, Sr, Pontiac
Nolan Franzen, Jr, St. Joseph-Ogden
Dane Eisenmenger, Sr, Unity

Honorable Mention

Nolan Buehnerkemper, Sr, Monticello
Matthias Rudolph, Jr, Monticello
Evan Wolf, Jr, Pontiac
Bryson Gadberry, Sr, Prairie Central
Easton Friedman, Sr, Prairie Central
Iysean Autman, Jr, Rantoul
Owen Yeager, Sr, St. Thomas More
Tre Hoggard, Sr, Unity
Tyler Henry, Sr, Unity

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Area baseball scores for March 18

Columbia 3, St. Joseph-Ogden 1

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Columbia	0	0	2	0	0	1	-	3	4	1
St. Joseph-Ogden	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	1

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Mahomet-Seymour 10, St. Raymond Boys 2

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Mahomet-Seymour	3	0	3	2	0	2	0	10	8	2
St. Raymond Boys	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	4

GAME NOTES: Jake Mercer drove in three runs and booked a stolen base for the Bulldogs. Fellow juniors Nolan Franz and Max Young also record SBs in the road game. Young was the winning pitcher, giving up one hit and striking out seven to help Mahomet-Seymour improve to 3-0 on the season.

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Central 15, Rantoul 0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Champaign Central	3	6	4	2	-	-	-	15	9	0
Rantoul	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	1	4

GAME NOTES: Yovanny Solorzano delivered the Eagles' only hit. Junior Dalton Germentz, who gave up seven runs on four hits, took the pitching loss for Rantoul.

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