LIC announces All-Conference girls basketball team
The Little Illini Conference has released its’ All-Conference girls basketball team for the 2025-26 season, as chosen by league coaches. They selected a first, second, and Honorable Mention team. Mt. Carmel, which won both the regular-season and LIC tournament championships, and Paris, which advanced the farthest in post-season play (to the Class 2A Sectional title […]
It’s Champaign or bust for LIC boys as state tourney play begins
The conference season is complete. So is the regular season. But, what lies ahead is what everyone wants the most – a trip to Assembly Hall in Champaign and a berth in the Illinois High School Association state basketball tournament. The first stop on the road to Champaign is at scattered first-round sites around the […]
Three LIC teams cut down the nets
Three Little Illini Conference girls basketball teams celebrated on Friday night by cutting down the nets after winning IHSA Regional championships. Mt. Carmel, Olney, and Paris will all move on to the Class 2A Sectional tournament next week. Here’s the rub – they will all be at the same tournament site in Olney, joined by […]
Four LIC wrestlers to the mat at State
(CHAMPAIGN) — The pairings have been released for this weekend’s Illinois High School Association boys state wrestling championships at State Farm Center in Champaign. Four qualifiers from the Little Illini Conference will take the mats for Class 1A first round matches on Thursday, beginning at 11 a.m. Here is the lineup (LIC wrestlers in bold, […]
LIC girls off to good start in IHSA Regional basketball
Little Illini Conference girls basketball teams are off to a great start in the post season. The league went a perfect 4-0 in first-round IHSA Regional tournament games on Saturday. Newton, 21-10 on the year but saddled with a No. 8 seed in a loaded Class 2A Sectional Complex, pulled away from Flora in the […]
IHSA releases pairings for boys state tournament
(BLOOMINGTON) — The pairings have been released by the Illinois High School Association for the upcoming boys state basketball tournament. Regional tournament play begins on Monday, Feb. 23 in all four classes. Little Illini Conference schools have been assigned to five regional sites in two different classes. Two schools — Casey-Westfield in Class 1A, and […]
Indians clinch boys title sweep with rally, win
(LAWRENCEVILLE) — Never mind that Casey-Westfield had an 11-point lead midway through the third quarter on Friday night. Lawrenceville had the Warriors right where they wanted them. The second-ranked (Class 1A) Indians staged yet another dramatic rally, scoring the final 10 points of the game for a 48-41 Little Illini Conference basketball victory over Casey-Westfield. […]
LIC wrestlers take aim at State
It is a moment almost unrivaled in Illinois prep sports – the Grand March of athletes into the State Farm Center in Champaign that precedes the Illinois High School Association state wrestling championships. Many have witnessed it, but a relative few have lived it. To keep those dreams alive, 22 wrestlers from the Little Illini […]
Aces finish off girls title sweep
(MT. CARMEL) —Â Mt. Carmel put an exclamation point on its’ Little Illini Conference girls basketball title sweep with a resounding 59-31 victory over Paris on Monday night. After winning the LIC tournament championship in Marshall last month with a 55-47 win over the Lady Tigers, Mt. Carmel wasted little time in the regular-season rematch, […]
IHSA RELEASES GIRLS STATE TOURNAMENT PAIRINGS
(BLOOMINGTON) — The Illinois High School Association released the pairings for the 2025-26 girls state basketball tournament on Friday. Regional tournament play begins on Saturday, Feb. 14 in all four classes. Little Illini Conference schools have been assigned to six regional sites in two different classes. Three schools — Casey-Westfield in Class 1A, along with […]