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East Peoria infielder Jackson Ahrens has been on fire this season. As of today, Jackson has a batting average of .593 collecting 35 hits with 11 doubles, five triples, seven homers and 23 RBIs. Originally committed to Kirkwood Community College, the senior got a lot of traction around the nation when he hit for the cycle in back to back games. A cycle is when a hitter hits a home run, triple, double, and a single in the same game. Last week he decommitted from Kirkwood and h

East Peoria has a new varsity girls basketball coach. Paris Gulley will take over at East Peoria as he replaces Adam Binger. In four seasons, Binger went 28-59 and 3-53 in the Mid-Illini. Gulley played division one basketball at Wisconsin-Milwaukee and averaged 14 points per game his senior year. This is his first high school coaching job, but he has a lot of knowledge on the game of basketball. His daughter, Amiyah Gulley plays on Dunlap and is one of the best players in th

From the soccer pitch, to the basketball court. Canton hires Michael Zasada as the new varsity girls basketball coach. For the past three years, Michael has been the head coach for the boys soccer team. Now, he is making the switch to coach girls basketball. Michael played college basketball at Eureka college. In his senior season, he was named the 2010 St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Year where he averaged 21.4 points and 9.9 rebounds per game. Ca

After winning the state title, Coach Kim Barth has stepped down to focus on family. In 10 season as the coach of Washington, Barth had a record of 247-63, winning six regional championship, two sectional championships, four Mid Illini Conference Championships, and Washington's first ever state championship. Coach Barth ends the 10 year tenure at Washington on top of the state with a state championship. Washington will now search for a new head coach to lead the defending clas

Dalia Dejesus had two great games at the state tournament while she was under the weather. In the state semifinal game, she scored 31 points, 10 rebounds, and 4 blocks. In the state championship game she scored 16 points, 13 rebounds, 5 assists, and 6 blocks. I talked with Dalia after her state championship victory. “There's no other way to put it other than to say it’s perfect. This is the way that literally hundreds of seniors wish they could go out, and very few get to ac

The Washington Panthers did it! They won the class 3A State championship! It was a closer game than last time because Glenwood had their best player on the floor this time. Alexis Neumann had a good game for Glenwood. At the end of the 3rd quarter, the Panthers were up by just four points. Then, Avery Tibbs happened. She scored 13 points in the fourth quarter. She ended up with 24 points on 81.8% shooting from the field. The Panthers were victorious 60-45. They won the state

Washington plays Providence Catholic in the Super Sectional game. Both teams have won 30 games, both teams are elite, but only one team can go to state. I talked to the stars for both teams before the big game. Washington Avery Tibbs McKendree commit You’re playing against Landrie Callahan in the postseason again. How are you going to be able to disrupt such a good player like Landrie? “We are going to disrupt her by applying pressure and just playing our defense! We have do

Everyone knows Bri Harms can score at will. Now, she’s at the top of the list at Roanoke-Benson. In the 61-47 win against Dwight, Bri Harms was 18 points away from the record, she scored 34. I talked to Bri about her historic night. “It just seems surreal. I never dreamed of holding this record since defense has always been my strongest part of my game. The fact this record has been around for 59 years is amazing. It is an honor to be able to represent my school in this way!

Everyone knew Morton Washington was going to be a battle. It was a packed gym in Morton as two of the best teams in the state went head to head. Morton won 41-37. Paige Selke had twelve points in the win. I talked to her about the Potters defense being able to control Washington tonight. “I mean I thought we did a really good job taking a way the three and that was really important the three is what makes them go and we rebounded well I feel we did a good job at keeping them

Peoria Notre Dame beat a tough Metamora team. The Butler University commit Lexi Baer had a great game with 26 points, 11 rebounds, along with making six three pointers. Lexi had to go up against some size. I asked her what it's like to go up against a six footer. “Most teams we play have at least one girl that size. She was athletic and a good player.(Metamora’s Baylie Nena) They used a post-heavy offense so we had to focus more on that, but for the most part we see some bigg

Deer Creek Mackinaw’s Dalia Dejesus is a one of one athlete. She keeps doing things that have never been done at Dee Mack, last night she reached the historic 2,000 career point mark. This historic list includes WNBA all star Candace Parker, and more IHSA greats. Dalia has set and shattered many records at Deer Creek-Mackinaw, from all time points, and rebounds, to single season records. She has quite the list of accolades, last night she added another one. I talked to Dalia

For the second year in a row the Washington Panthers are playing in the tournament of champions. This year they play a talented Waukee Northwest team from Iowa. They went to state last year and have some incredible talent. Romey Croatt is a top 10 sophomore in the state and already has a lot of college offers. Logan Vogt is a sophomore already committed to Iowa State for volleyball. They also have a top 5 freshman in the state of Iowa Sadie McCann who will have tons of offers

The 2025-2026 basketball season is coming up. Here is everything you need to know about the upcoming season in Central Illinois. Players to Watch For Keyaira Haywood Dunlap Sophomore Keyaira averaged 13.9 points, 3.1 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.8 steals, and shot 40% from three her freshman season. She averaged 13.9 points per game, but I believe she will put up even bigger numbers in the years to come. Everyone knows about Key by now. One of the top sophomores in the state alo

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The PSML Player of the Week is Jackson Chatterton. Jackson went 6-8 with 3 RBI's, a stolen base, and hit an inside the park home run....

The PSML witnessed another no-hitter! This one was by MoveSmart Mariners Alec Williams. This is the 3rd no-hitter of the season in the...

Pitcher of the Week Royals Preston Rowe 7 innings 0 hits 0 runs 5 walks 7 strikeouts Preston Rowe earns the PSML Hitter and Pitcher of...