Patrick Cunningham

NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) – The Illinois State Redbird baseball team crossed the 30-win threshold with a 9-4 victory Sunday afternoon over Valpo to sweep the series. The sweep also came on Senior D…

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) – Well, no one asked for it. But, it’s here. The NCAA Men’s and Women’s DI basketball tournaments have officially expanded to 76 teams starting next season. The announcement coming on Thursday after months of speculation. On nearly every fan’s mind for next March will be: Exactly who will be the eight […]

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) – So close, and yet so far, for the Peoria Rivermen. Their quest for a third President’s Cup in five years came up just short Saturday night. After taking a 2-0 seri…

NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) – U-High senior Aubrey Balota’s soccer career could not have started any better, winning a state championship as a freshman in 2023. Now as a senior, the title run set the tone for the rest of her class on what kind of leaders they needed to be. Coming in as freshmen, we […]

CHARLESTON, Ill. (WMBD) – All around the famed blue track at Eastern Illinois on Saturday were storylines galore for Central Illinois.

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) – Central Illinois high school baseball teams rolled in regional title games Saturday around the state. Mid-Illini conference champion defeated Morton in a class 3A 10-0, run-rule affair on their home field. Carter Lippens with a complete game shutout on the mound with 12 strikeouts in a dominating performance. East Peoria beat […]

CHARLESTON, Ill. (WMBD) – An exhilarating Saturday for our boys track and field athletes at the state meet in Charleston Central Illinois swept the 800 in all three classes. Washington’s Ben Gorsage took first in 3A, and was less than two-tenths of a second from breaking the state record. Been looking forward to the state […]

NAPERVILLE, Ill. (WMBD) – The Morton girls soccer team saw their best season in school history come to a disappoint end Saturday evening at North Central College in Naperville. The Potters fe…

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) – Monday is the Elite 8 for the high school baseball playoffs around the state. Central Illinois with five programs still alive across three separate classes. In 3A, we ha…

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