Conference play begins this week
It’s finally here! Little Illini Conference baseball and softball play begins this week. The seven-game slate opens on Monday, Apr. 13 and concludes four weeks later on Monday, May 11. Weather-permitting, games will be played on Mondays and Thursdays, with a couple of make-up dates built into the schedule. Each baseball and softball game will […]
IHSA releases state baseball tournament assignments
(BLOOMINGTON) — The Illinois High School Association has released team assignments for the 2026 state baseball tournament. Regional tournament play begins on May 25, with Sectional tournament semifinals scheduled for June 3-4. Super-Sectionals will be played on June 8, with potential LIC survivors either heading to either Carbondale or Springfield. The IHSA State Finals will […]
IHSA releases Track & Field assignments
(BLOOMINGTON) –-The Illinois High School Association has released its’ Sectional team assignments for the 2026 track and field state series. In this two-class sport, five Little Illini Conference teams compete in Class 1A, with three assigned to the larger Class 2A division. Sectional meets will be held on May 14 for girls, with the boys […]
IHSA releases sectional softball assignments
(BLOOMINGTON) — The Illinois High School Association has released its’ Sectional team assignments for the 2026 state softball tournament series. Regional tournament play begins on May 18, with Sectional tournament semifinals scheduled for May 26-27. The Class 1A and 2A Super-Sectionals will both be hosted by Southern Illinois University in Carbondale on June 1. The […]
Roundup: Last LIC unbeaten falls
Robinson became the last Little Illini Conference baseball team to fall from the ranks of the unbeaten on Saturday when the Maroons suffered a walk-off, 4-3 loss at Windsor-Stewardson-Strasburg in an early-season battle of unbeatens. The host Hatchets won it on a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the seventh inning after Robinson had tied […]
Sensational softball start
Almost two weeks into the regular season, there are still five undefeated Little Illini Conference softball teams. Five! The league also boasts of a collective non-conference mark of 21-4 (.840) through games of March 21. All eight teams sport .500 or better records. And, we’re just getting started. As per usual, Casey-Westfield has drawn much […]
LIC announces All-Conference boys 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. Lawrenceville, which finished third at the IHSA Class 1A state tournament after winning both the regular-season and LIC tournament championships, led the way with five selections. […]
Illinois basketball coaches name All-State teams
(TOLUCA) — The Illinois Basketball Coaches Association has released its’ 2025-26 All-State basketball teams. The girls team was released last weekend, while the boys team was released this week during the state tournament series at State Farm Center in Champaign. There were a total of six Little Illini Conference athletes named to the squads, four […]
Softball season gets underway
Ready or not, softball season is upon us. There were five games involving Little Illini Conference teams played in the first week. Casey-Westfield, ranked again in pre-season Class 1A state polls after a third-place finish in the IHSA state tournament last year, and league co-champion Newton, both picked up initial wins. In fact, 2025 was […]
Indians overwhelm LeRoy for 1A Super Sectional title, state berth
(CHARLESTON) —Â Lawrenceville unleashed the perfect combination of power and finesse on Monday night at the IHSA Class 1A Super Sectional game played at Groninger Arena on the campus of Eastern Illinois University. The Indians simply overwhelmed LeRoy, 48-26, to advance to the state tournament for the first time since 1996. Next up for coach Tad […]