Saving your best for last is an often overused cliche.
RANTOUL — J.W. Eater coach Ryan Birch called Danville Northridge’s starting pitcher “lights out.”
Fisher results
At Rantoul, Prairie Central snagged the top five individual positions in a nine-hole Illini Prairie Conference dual with Rantoul/Paxton-Buckley-Loda at Brookhill Golf Course as the Hawks defeated the Eagles 156-191.
RANTOUL — Cissna Park’s boys varsity golf team team defeated a combined Fisher team 220-225 last Wednesday at Willow Pond Golf Course in nine-hole varsity dual competition.
PAXTON — At Paxton, the new-look PBL Invite was run Saturday in five separate races of two teams each because of COVID-19 related restrictions.
CHRISMAN — Armstrong-Potomac finished 17th with 443 points in the Chrisman Cow Chip Classic held Sept. 5.
HOOPESTON — At Hoopeston. A closely contested nine-hole quadrangular at Hubbard Trail Country Club went in favor of Rantoul/Paxton-Buckley-Loda, which staved off Westville, Hoopeston Area and Fisher by a 210-212-215-229 margin on Aug. 24.
RANTOUL — Mye’Joi Williams is not one to brag about her accomplishments either on the track or in the classroom.
One big question: What will it mean if there is no postseason high school sports this season?
RANTOUL — Cross country coaches use different techniques to keep things fresh for their high school charges. Nick Cole used a scavenger hunt one day last week for the Rantoul Township High School runners.
The COVID-19 pandemic is causing high schools around Illinois to take unprecedented steps in order to conduct as normal a 2020-21 athletics schedule as possible.
FISHER — Fisher head football coach Jake Palmer is especially looking forward to his team’s home opener this season.
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RANTOUL — Rantoul head football coach Tom Hess said the Eagles, who are scheduled to open the 2020 season Aug. 28 at home against Prairie Central, have about 50 players who have been working out this summer.
ARMSTRONG — Boys and girls athletes at Armstrong Township High School have been getting back in shape in recent weeks, prepping for the seasons they hope will happen.
CHAMPAIGN — The prospects of high school sports taking place in the fall improved during an IHSA visit to tout Champaign- Urbana’s winning bid for the boys’ basketball state finals.
Fisher head boys basketball coach John Fisher said he hasn’t had to tell one athlete to stay focused as they have been allowed to return to school for workouts during the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
A chat with a high school athlete preparing for a fall sports season amid the coronavirus pandemic. Today, Rantoul football player COLIN WILKERSON, who will be a senior next season.
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‘I’m just excited that I have the opportunity’
JAKE PALMER‘s last two seasons running Fisher football have been some of the Bunnies’ best ever, resulting in a pair of 8-3 records and two postseason victories. He chatted with us heading into his fifth year on the sideline:
Three of the Sangamon Valley Conference’s longest-standing members will join the Vermilion Valley Conference when the 2021-22 school year commences.
RANTOUL — Tom Wilks guided three boys golfers out of a 2019 Class 2A regional and helped one of them to a state appearance. The Willow Pond Golf Course general manager talks about his upcoming fourth season leading the Eagles:
ARMSTRONG — Wade Rogers had visions of this day when he was a youngster watching Armstrong Township High School basketball.
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RANTOUL — Don’t tell Deon Mennenga you can’t go home again. Mennenga has.
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FISHER — Ken Ingold has been on the Fisher sidelines for either boys or girls basketball since 1984. That is now going to change starting next season.
RANTOUL —In baseball the outcome of a game can be determined with one swing.
FISHER —It didn’t matter that Taylor May was 0-4 in her first four at bats for the Fisher Bunnies, because her final at bat would decide the outcome of the game.
PAXTON — After 12 years as Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School’s head football coach, it was hard for Jeff Graham to envision working anywhere else this upcoming fall. Then the opportunity to work in the dual capacity of superintendent/principal at Ludlow Grade School came up, and he had his off…
BLOOMINGTON — The sound of Rantoul Township High School indoor school track records breaking could almost be heard in Rantoul. On both the boys and the girls level. All the way from Illinois Wesleyan University’s Shirk Center in Bloomington.
RANTOUL — The Rantoul Eagles and Fisher Bunnies softball game got off to a quiet and slow start.No runs were scored in the first two innings. Both teams struggled to put the ball in play, leaving runners stranded on the bases.Fisher strikes first
RANTOUL — The Rantoul Eagles baseball team did not let an inning go to waste when it came to scoring on Thursday against Decatur Eisenhower Panthers. The Eagles defeated the Panthers in just five innings, 11-1. The game ended early, because of the 10-run rule.
FISHER — Lucas Chittick has been having quite the year on the Fisher High School boys track team, to say the least.Chittick finished second in the 3200-meter race at Saturday’s Illinois Prep Top Times Class AA Meet.Chittick finished with a time of 9:35, beating his previous record (9:52) for…
FISHER — The Fisher High School baseball team got off to a good start in its game against the Oakwood Comets, but just couldn’t finish in the end on Thursday. The Bunnies scored the game’s first two runs in the third inning with a two-run single by Tyler Martin. Fisher starting pitcher Cole …
News-Gazette's All Area Boys Basketball at the State Farm Center on Sunday, March 17, 2019.
Almost 250 high school athletes showed up at the News-Gazette photo studio for the Faces of Spring 2019 photo shoot.
Almost 250 high school athletes showed up at the News-Gazette photo studio for the Faces of Spring 2019 photo shoot.
Almost 250 high school athletes showed up at the News-Gazette photo studio for the Faces of Spring 2019 photo shoot.
Almost 250 high school athletes showed up at the News-Gazette photo studio for the Faces of Spring 2019 photo shoot.
CHAMPAIGN — It was another week of breaking records for the Rantoul girls track team at the 2019 Gene Armer Track and Field Invitational.The Eagles have continued to break record after record during these past few meets of the indoor season and did not stop at Saturday’s event that was hoste…
The Rantoul High School boys track team competed and once again continued to break records after participating in the 2019 Charleston High School Invite on Saturday.
The Rantoul Eagles softball team did not need seven innings to deal with the Hoopeston Cornjerkers on Thursday, due to its lineup running up the scoreboard.
On Saturday, the Rantoul boys track team got off to a fast start at its fourth indoor track meet, to say the least.The 2019 First to the Finish Rantoul Indoor Invite got to a hot start for the Eagles when they obtained first place in the second section of the 4x800-meter relay, finishing wit…
The 2019 season for the Rantoul Eagles baseball team will officially start on Thursday at Wabash Park against Bloomington with the first pitch scheduled to be at 4:30 p.m.
Editor's note: The Fisher Bunnies actual record for their 2018 season was 7-16-1. The Fisher Bunnies baseball team will begin its season today if the weather permits on the road against Bismarck-Henning High School. First pitch will be at 4:30 p.m.Coach Mike Callahan will be starting his fir…
On Saturday, two new indoor school records were set by the Rantoul boys track team.More might fall in the next two weeks, or maybe three weeks if you are fortunate enough to be included in the upcoming Top Times Meet, which will only invite you if you have one of the top 16 times in the state.
RANTOUL — The Rantoul Township High School boys basketball team had a lot of issues to deal with as it played through its season.Issues included injuries, dismissal of players from the team and losing key senior players from last year. The team found itself in a big slump starting its first …
COLFAX — Fisher High School basketball players Tyler Martin and Carson Brozenec will be heading to Peoria, after advancing in the three-point competition that took place during Friday’s sectional championship in Ridgeview High School.
RANTOUL — The calendar year has entered into March, which means it’s time to break out the gloves, and the bats and hit the field because it is softball season.The Rantoul Eagles softball team’s scheduled to have its season opener against Westville on Monday, March 11 at Wabash Park. Game ti…
COAL CITY — Three Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley/Fisher Middle School wrestlers earned a trip to the IESA Class A state meet. Carson Maxey finished third in the 90-pound bracket at Saturday’s Coal City Sectional while Aiden Sancken (135 pounds) and Shawn Schlickman (75 pounds) each placed third as well.
RANTOUL — When a team loses a close game, a coach can point to many reasons. The Rantoul Township High School Eagles ended their season on Monday night with a 61-55 loss to the Mahomet-Seymour Bulldogs in the opening round of the Illinois High School Association Class 3A Regional, which was …
