In the opening night of the boys basketball season, Pontiac beat host Ottawa 60-56 on the first night of the Dean Riley Shootin’ The Rock Thanksgiving Tournament and the first game for new Indians coach Durrell Robinson.
Tri-Point fell to LeRoy 77-69 in the opener at the Gibson City Thanksgiving Tournament as heard on WJEZ.
Dwight dropped the first game of the season to Leland Earlville 51-32 in the Dwight Route 17 Classic. Dwight plays tonight at 7 against Grant Park. Ridgeview rolled to a 65-44 victory over Flanagan-Cornell in the first game of the Route 17 Classic.
Prairie Central fell to Fisher 59-52. Woodland bested Paw Paw 62-49.
Ridgeview won the Lexington Classic girls basketball tournament, defeating the host Lady Minutemen 48-38.
ISU football coach Brock Spack says contracts for co-offensive coordinators Billy Dicken and Dan Clark, and wide receivers coach Kane Keirnan will not be renewed for next season. ISU went 6-5 in the just-completed season and missed the playoffs.
ISU junior guard Keyshawn Evans, following an all-tournament team honor at the Puerto Rico Tip-Off at Myrtle Beach, has been named the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week.
Evans averaged 22.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 4.0 assists per game for ISU in a week in which it went 2-1 with wins over South Carolina and Tulsa.
Matt Ryan threw for two touchdowns as the Atlanta Falcons beat the Seattle Seahawks 34-31, leaving both teams 6-4.
The Bears cut kicker Connor Barth and signed former Chiefs kicker Cairo Santos. Barth missed a 46-yard kick Sunday with a chance to force overtime.
The Illini and Mizzou are resuming their matchups on the gridiron, announcing a four-game football series starting in 2026.
Dick Butkus is going back to college. One of the greatest linebackers in pro football history is being honored with a statute at the University of Illinois, where he was a standout over three seasons.
