Illinois State men’s basketball survived a 67-66 victory at Missouri State. … MORE
Illinois State men’s basketball survived a 67-66 victory at Missouri State. … MORE
Dwight defeated Pontiac 75-65 in boys high school basketball on Tuesday night. Blake Graham scored 27 points while Justin Fox added 22 for the Trojans. … MORE
We will have high school basketball tonight on WJEZ as Pontiac takes on Dwight at 7. … MORE
Girls high school basketball post-season opens tonight in Class 3A and Class 4A. Pontiac faces Prairie Central at 6:00 tonight in the Class 3A Regional at LaSalle-Peru. … MORE
Girls high school basketball regional champions have been decided in Classes 1A and 2A with limited local success.… MORE
The New England Patriots completed the biggest comeback in Super Bowl history, scoring on the first possession of the first ever Super Bowl overtime to stun the Atlanta Falcons 34-28. The Patriots scored the game’s last 31 points. The Illinois State women rallied to beat Loyola 63-51 on a 23-point game from Brechelle Beachum…… MORE
The high school girls basketball season is winding down. In Thursday girls play, U-High beat Prairie Central 58-25, Dwight girls ended the regular season with a 48-45 win over state-ranked Watseka, Fieldcrest earned a 37-26 win over Dee-Mack, El Paso-Gridley topped Tremont 45-22, Beecher knocked off Tri-Point 58-40 and Flanagan-Cornell-Woodland held off LeRoy 48-37. … MORE
The first recruiting class for Illinois football coach Lovie Smith is 24 strong and is ranked Number 32 nationally and second in the Big Ten West by Scout. Ten of the recruits are from the state of Illinois with three more from the St. Louis area. … MORE
In girls high school basketball, Central Catholic defeated Pontiac 75-43, Cissna Park beat Dwight 45-39 and U-High defeated Olympia 51-29 to clinch the final Corn Belt Conference championship. … MORE
Tonight we have the John Groce Show at 7 p.m. as we talk Illini basketball.… MORE