Pairings for LIC girls basketball tournament released
Hot off the presses! 2026 LIC girls basketball tournament schedule: Host: Marshall High School Seeds listed in parenthesis. Saturday, Jan. 17 Game 1: (1) Paris vs. (8) Casey-Westfield – 1:00 PM Game 2: (4) Newton vs. (5) Robinson – 2:30 PM Game 3: (2) Mt. Carmel vs. (7) Marshall – 4:00 PM Game 4: (3) […]
Three big league games on tap this week
It’s another important week for Little Illini Conference girls basketball teams. There are three league games on tap, including one battle of league unbeatens. With only two weeks left before the conference tournament, every team is jockeying for a better seed position. Thursday, the list of conference unbeatens will be trimmed from three to two […]
Boys Roundup: Holiday recap
All eight Little Illini Conference boys basketball teams played somewhere during the holiday break, and even as 2026 dawns the schedule does not let up as we move closer to the resumption of the conference race later next week. Lawrenceville (14-1), ranked second in one Class 1A listing, played at the Effingham/Teutopolis Christmas Classic. The […]
Girls Roundup: Paris wins title at State Farm Classic
(BLOOMINGTON) — The Paris girls basketball team made the biggest LIC splash of the holiday break by capturing the prestigious State Farm Classic championship here on Tuesday. The Tigers knocked off top-seed Winnebago, 53-40, in the title game played at Illinois Wesleyan University. Paris, seeded third, improved to 12-2 on the season with the victory. […]
LIC boys making a hardware run
There was no snow on Christmas Day, but the forecast does call for rain this weekend – as in the raining of basketballs at boys holiday tournaments all around the state starting as soon as Friday, Dec. 26. All eight Little Illini Conference teams will be making the trip to five different sites over the […]
LIC girls gear up for holiday tournaments
It’s “Merry Christmas!” then back to work for Little Illini Conference girls basketball teams. All eight schools are engaged in holiday tournaments somewhere this weekend, with six events in particular drawing our attention. Robinson (3-8) gets to stay at home, as the Lady Maroons host the Holidaze Hoopla tourney. They play Shiloh first on Saturday […]
Half the league still perfect in LIC play
Four basketball teams will get to share the Christmas love this holiday season as fully half the league is still undefeated at this early juncture of the LIC boys basketball race. On Friday, the final night of league play before the holiday, Lawrenceville, Newton, and Olney all won to improve to 2-0, one step ahead […]
Mt. Carmel moves into first place in LIC girls race
Mt. Carmel has moved into first place in the Little Illini Conference girls basketball race. The Lady Aces improved to 3-0 in LIC games with a 48-41 victory over Robinson on Monday night. The Lady Aces had to overcome early deficits in the game before finally regrouping in the second half to overcome the Maroons. […]
IHSA releases sectional basketball assignments
(BLOOMINGTON) — The Illinois High School Association has released its’ Sectional team assignments for the 2026 boys and girls state basketball tournament series. LIC schools will host a total of one Sectional and four Sub-sectional (Regional) tournaments. Olney will host the Sectional, in the Class 2A girls tournament series. One school will host two Regionals: […]
Five way tie for first
Perhaps due in part to the weather, but at this early moment in the LIC boys basketball race there are five teams tied for first place. Five! Casey-Westfield, Lawrenceville, Marshall, Newton, and Olney each sport 1-0 LIC marks after the first two weeks of conference play. On top of that, two of the teams — […]