Illinois’s top cheerleading teams of 2016-17
IL has cheerleading champions: Belvidere North, Lincoln-Way East, Lemont, Central (Breese). Congrats to the 100 teams that competed in Bloomington.
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Public & private schools on the same playing field
Private schools tend to win more than their fair share of state championships, and some states take measures to level the playing field.
Preparation key to double soccer state title
Both the girls' and boys' soccer teams at Urbana HS in Ijamsville, Md., brought back a state title this year in soccer, a rare feat.
3 IL fall teams join the list of state champs
A few teams this fall are celebrating the winning of a state championship for the first time in their school's history.
IL has football champs in classes 1A to 4A
Football title games are under way in Champaign, IL. 1A: Forreston; 2A: Dee-Mack; 3A: IC Catholic. 4A game to come today. 5A–8A Saturday.
4th straight girls’ tennis title at Hinsdale Central
It's a four-peat in IHSA girls' tennis in Class 2A for Hinsdale Central HS. Stevenson and Lyons Twp tied for 2nd.
Lacrosse state championship coming to Illinois
Illinois will sanction a state series in boys' and girls' lacrosse starting in the spring of 2018.
Illinois has champions in girls’ basketball
Benet, Morton win 2nd consecutive titles in girls' basketball in Classes 4A and 3A. Calhoun won 1A and Byron 2A last weekend.
IHSA announces Illinois’s top cheerleading squads
Cheerleading champs in IL: Buffalo Grove, Wilmington, Joliet West, Oak Forest. In all 40 teams competed at the state finals.
Longest rushing touchdown in a title game
Results from the state championships in football from Illinois—and a spectacular rush for a touchdown, the longest in IHSA title game history.