Extra Effort: IVC's Lizzy Short coming up big with cancer awareness track meet
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) -- She's an honor roll student taking college-level classes. And multi-sport athlete Lizzy Short is enjoying every minute of her final year at IVC High School. "It has...
View ArticlePrep sports recap for April 4, 2024
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) -- Ava Lafollette is making quite the first impression at Notre Dame. Lafollette scored a hat trick to lead the Irish to a 9-0 win over Danville in the Big 12 Conference girls...
View ArticlePrep sports recap for April 5, 2024
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) -- Pretty good Friday night for Dunlap's Sutton Centoni. The sophomore drove in a run and pitched a six-inning no-hitter as Dunlap beat Brimfield, 3-0, on the first night of...
View ArticlePrep sports recap for April 8, 2024
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) -- Ellie Schaffer delivered an RBI single to left in the eighth inning to lift Metamora to a 2-1 win over visiting Washington in the Mid-Illini Conference softball opener for...
View ArticleHall of Fame coach Margie Wright likes current direction of women's athletics
METAMORA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) -- Margie Wright was back at Metamora this weekend. And was quick to point out how things have changed since she started her coaching career there in 1975. "I had to coach...
View ArticlePrep sports recap for April 9, 2024
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) -- Freshman Eli Michanicou had three hits and knocked in three runs as Dunlap beat visiting IVC, 11-2, in a non-conference high school baseball game on Tuesday. Dunlap scored...
View ArticlePrep sports recap for April 10, 2024
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) -- Senior Braden Vanderheydt threw two-hit baseball over five innings and pitched Washington to a 9-1 win over host Pekin in Mid-Illini Conference baseball on Wednesday....
View ArticleExtra Effort: Pontiac's Elena Krause a standout athlete, multi-talented student
PONTIAC, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) -- She's a big-time high school softball player now but Elena Krause remembers when she first started playing softball. She wasn't crazy about it. "For a while I didn't like...
View ArticlePrep sports recap for April 12, 2024
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) -- Maddie Stickelmaier scored a goal and assisted on another to lead Notre Dame past Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin, 3-1, in girls soccer at She Stadium on Friday night....
View ArticlePrep sports recap for April 15, 2024
PEORIA. Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) -- Louisville recruit Ethan Eberle struck out 15 hitters as Normal Community won at Normal West, 6-1, in a Big 12 baseball game Monday. Eberle allowed one run on two hits in...
View ArticleTurk's sports legacy on display at Tremont Museum this spring
TREMONT, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) -- The estimated population of Tremont is 2,250. That's a small town. But it's a small town with a big sports tradition. That sports legacy is on display this spring at the...
View ArticleNo pole vault pit? No problem for Elmwood-Brimfield's state champ Mya Strahm
ELMWOOD, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) - Rainy days with practice inside don't seem to bother Mya Strahm anymore. Not after what she had to endure last year. "I tore my hamstring in January. then my first practice...
View ArticlePrep sports recap for April 17, 2024
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) -- Eli Michanicou and Gabe Munoz hit solo homers to help Dunlap beat visiting East Peoria, 4-3, in Mid-Illini Conference baseball on Wednesday. The Eagles (15-2, 5-0) swept...
View ArticleExtra Effort: Outfield catches aside, Ellie Schaffer a top student-athlete at...
METAMOTRA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) -- Things happen fast for Ellie Schaffer because she's a busy student-athlete. The Metamora junior is a starting outfielder on the softball team and a straight A student...
View ArticlePrep sports recap for April 19, 2024
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) -- Kailynn Gore belted a two-run homer and pitcher Meadow Terry allowed only a run as East Peoria beat visiting Metamora, 4-1, in a key softball game in the Mid-Illini...
View ArticlePrep sports recap for April 22, 2024
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) -- East Peoria scored six runs in the seventh inning to beat host Washington, 12-8, in a wild Mid-Illini Conference baseball game on Monday. RJ Duncheon had a double and a...
View ArticleHansen twins glad they'll be close to each other while competing in college
DELAVAN, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) -- He admits he thought his best sport was basketball. Cooper Hansen thought basketball might be his ticket to college but last week, he signed to play golf at Carl Sandburg...
View ArticlePrep sports recap for April 23, 2024
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) -- Normal Community won both the boys and girls titles at the Intercity Track and Field meet at Bloomington High School on Tuesday. Ali Ince anchored wins in the 4x800 and...
View ArticlePrep sports recap for April 24, 2024
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) -- Freshman Kash VanHouten allowed one run over five innings to lead visiting Canton past Mid-Illini Conference leader Dunlap, 2-1, in high school baseball on Wednesday....
View ArticleExtra Effort: Elite track athlete Ali Ince also an elite student at Normal...
NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) -- It's hard for her to believe but Ali Ince is running to the finish line of her high school career. "In a month it will be, not gone, but I won't be able to experience it,"...
View ArticlePrep sports recap for April 25, 2024
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) -- Nora Johnson had a day on Thursday. The Metamora junior had three hits and knocked in four runs to lead the visiting Redbirds past Washington, 11-2, in high school softball...
View ArticleDunlap moving into a state tennis power as players grow the sport in the...
DUNLAP, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) -- In the last two years, Dunlap boys tennis has a third place and fourth place finish at state. Now the Eagles program is starting to get recognized around the state as a...
View ArticleEP baseball player administers first aid to fan hit by baseball
EAST PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) -- It was a win for Landen Hidden on two fronts. The East Peoria senior infielder helped the Raiders beat Washington 3-0 in a key Mid-Illini Conference baseball game...
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