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Yahoo
19-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Illinois high school football schedules released
The road to Hancock Stadium in Normal, Illinois and the Illinois high school football state championships is now known. All 256 programs received their official schedule for the upcoming 2025 season from the Illinois High School Association. Games begin in late August and run until the crowning of eight state champions in late November. MORE: Top senior football players gather for annual game in Iowa The first round of the playoffs will be released on Saturday, October 25 with the 1A, 2A, 3A and 4A championship games set for Friday, November 28. The 5A, 6A, 7A and 8A title games take place a day later. Illinois State University will be the host for the championship round, with Hancock Stadium on the campus the site. Teams will play a nine-week schedule leading up to the postseason. Defending champions are Loyola Academy (8A), Mt. Carmel (7A), East St. Louis (6A), Nazareth Academy (5A), DePaul College Prep (4A), Montini Catholic (3A), Chicago Christian (2A) and Althoff Catholic (1A). Last year, Mt. Carmel won its third consecutive title and 16th overall. That broke the previous record of 15 for most in the state held by Joliet Catholic. Complete schedules can be viewed on the IHSA website. MORE HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS NEWS: How to watch Iowa high school state softball tournament How to watch Iowa high school state baseball tournament Final state fields set for 3A, 4A baseball in Iowa Two defending champs back in Iowa state baseball tournament Tigers knock Iowa City High out of softball, punch first ticket to state in school history
Yahoo
20-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
See how South Shore high school teams fared in MIAA state championships this weekend
The past weekend was jam packed with high school state-championship action. There were 11 South Shore sports teams represented in the MIAA State Championships from Saturday to Sunday in softball, baseball, boys and girls lacrosse, and boys rugby. Advertisement Miss any of it? Don't worry, we've got you covered. Here's a recap of all the weekend's championship events featuring South Shore sports teams. BC High, Hanover rugby take home championships Hanover won the Div. 2 state championship going away, taking down Brookline in dominant fashion, 59-7 on Saturday. It was the program's second state title since winning the inaugural MIAA-sanctioned rugby title in 2017. BC High won it's fifth title, a state record, in a close 13-7 win over rival Xaverian in the Div. 1 championship, also on Saturday. More: With another state title, rugby took BC High senior Mikey Smith to places he never imagined Advertisement More: Hanover High boys rugby caps dominant season with state title Duxbury boys tennis beats Westborough in trilogy No. 4 Duxbury swept No. 7 Westborough in the third consecutive meeting between the teams in the Div. 2 state championship on Sunday. More: 'They loved every minute': Led by singles star, Duxbury boys tennis claims D-2 state title Norwell girls lacrosse outlasts Cohasset Norwell edged Cohasset 9-8 Thursday, with the game-winner coming from senior Charlise Cox with 2:42 remaining. It was the program's first state title since 2018. More: 'Best feeling in the world': Norwell girls lacrosse captures Div. 4 title from Cohasset Norwell boys lacrosse cruises past Cohasset in Div. 4 title game The Clippers completed the sweep of the lacrosse state championships with the boys team win over Cohasset on Saturday. Matt Panttila scored 4 goals to help the Clippers claim a third state championship in four seasons, beating the Skippers, 11-6. Advertisement More: 'We rose to the occasion': Norwell boys lacrosse rallies past Cohasset to win state title Scituate boys lacrosse avenges 2024 state finals loss Scituate claimed its first state championship win since 2009 on Saturday with a 9-4 win over Falmouth. The Skippers avenged last season's loss to Medfield in the state final. More: Scituate boys lacrosse's long journey ends with a Div. 3 state title Silver Lake softball captures first Div. 2 title Lakers' all-time strikeouts and home run leader Delaney Moquin stared again in the final against No. 3 Bedford Saturday, hitting a first-inning two-run homer and striking out 12 to win, 4-0. Advertisement More: Silver Lake softball wins first ever Division 2 state championship BC High boys lacrosse falls short to St. John's Prep again The No. 1 Eagles fell in a heartbreaking 9-8 overtime loss in the Div. 1 state championship to No. 2 St. John's on Saturday. It was BC High's fifth consecutive loss to St. John's in the playoffs. More: Prep hex strikes again: BC High lacrosse falls to St. John's Prep in OT in Div. 1 final Braintree playoff run ends in title game loss to Chelmsford Braintree ripped off a run to the state final despite battling a plethora of injuries, but fell to Chelmsford 8-2 in the Div. 1 championship held on Friday. The game was tied into the ninth inning, but Chelmsford scored six consecutive runs in the top of the inning to seal the win. More: 'They took us on a journey': Braintree baseball proud of playoff run to state final This article originally appeared on The Patriot Ledger: South Shore high school state championship recap
Fox News
02-06-2025
- General
- Fox News
Trans athlete fires message toward critics after dominating girls' 400 for state title
Verónica Garcia, a transgender competitor, has been on top of the competition in the girls' 400-meter races during the Washington state outdoor season in 2025 and finished in first place during the state championships on Saturday. Garcia, who competes for East Valley High School in Spokane, took home the title in the 2A race for the second straight year. Garcia finished first in the 2A Greater Spokane League District Championship on May 23 and won several other regular-season races over the course of the year. On Saturday, Garcia told The Seattle Times there were boos from the crowd that didn't agree that biological males should compete against girls in sports. However, Garcia fired back with a defiant message after the race was over. "I'll be honest, I kind of expect it," Garcia told the outlet. "But it maybe didn't have their intended effect. It made me angry, but not angry as in, I wanted to give up, but angry as in, I'm going to push. "I'm going to put this in the most PG-13 way. I'm just going to say it's a damn shame they don't have anything else better to do. I hope they get a life. But oh well. It just shows who they are as people." Garcia finished with a time of 55.70, more than a full second faster than the second-place finisher who clocked in at 56.75. Garcia also won a state championship last year and complained about the lack of sportsmanship from fellow competitors. Washington has been among the states to defy President Donald Trump's executive order to keep men out of women's sports. The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA)'s Representative Assembly proposed two amendments to its policies earlier this year that would keep girls' sports to biological females only and potentially offer an open division if student-athletes were interested. The proposals were advisory votes only and no changes to the rules were made. Washington officials have cautioned that any proposed change would violate state law. BELOW VIDEO IS FROM 2024: Washington state law requires local educational agencies to allow transgender students to participate in interscholastic sports "that most closely aligns with their gender identity," according to the WIAA. Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
ABC News
01-06-2025
- General
- ABC News
How Perth's king and queen of skating keep rolling back the years
When Peter and Barbara Rye get into their rollerskates, they move in a kind of unison that only comes after five decades of marriage — three of them on wheels. Now aged in their seventies, the pair first fell in love with rollerskating when they competed in a couples' dance event in the 1990s, a time when the category was overflowing with skaters. But the event has since died out. In fact, Peter and Barbara were the only couple in the rink at the state championships in Perth this year. Despite the challenges, the couple have maintained the same commitment to the sport as they have to each other, in the hope artistic rollerskating can be revived. Peter and Barbara picked up the skates by chance when they were in their forties, and have been hooked ever since. Despite their age, the couple trains about three times a week. "You can trip each other up and we do sometimes have falls," Barbara said. The joy of coming up with choreography and keeping the beat of the music has kept the pair engaged in the sport, even if there isn't much competition. "It's still fun. It's still rewarding to go out there and compete, to push yourself," Peter said. "So many people our age sort of just vegetate rather than push yourself and keep achieving. "Even if sometimes you can't achieve what you used to be able to achieve." When rollerskating first hit Australia in the 1980s, it was a booming sport for social and competitive skaters. But participation declined over the following decades, as trends moved on and more options entered the market. "Couples skating like [us] have really gone out of fashion, there are very few left now," Barbara said. "It's a real shame that the young skaters aren't still doing it because they can do so much more than we can now." Many of Peter and Barbara's peers have either given up the sport or died, but for those still committed to rollerskating, the competitions have become an opportunity to reminisce. "The national championships isn't so much a competition as a reunion," Peter said. "It's unfortunately becoming less and less so as our friends have faded away one way or the other." The couple are now an anomaly in Perth. But they don't mind standing out from the crowd and have no intention of slowing down while they are both willing and able to keep skating. "You get some quite amazing feedback from the audience when we skate at competitions because we are quite unique," Peter said. The fluctuation of rollerskating's popularity, particularly in a social capacity, has often been tied to popular culture. Barbara said that cycle has kept her hopeful that up-and-coming skaters will start walking through the doors again. "We've had ups and downs, but it's never stayed that way," she said. Morley Rollerdrome owner Ozzy Kilgallon said the end goal was to get rollerskating to the Olympics. "World sports are best when you watch on TV and then you can go and do it … it's accessible," he said. "If they can get rollerskating to the Olympics, like skateboarding did, everyone will want to try it and that's a good thing. "That will keep us going."
Yahoo
29-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Metamora, Dunlap sending big numbers to state tennis championships
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — A pair of area schools are hoping to show the rest of the state the tennis in central Illinois is pretty good. Dunlap and Metamora each won sectional championships last weekend and are sending six players apiece to this week's state tennis meet. 'It's so exciting. This is what we have worked for all year, to get all six guys (to state),' said Metamora senior Adam Culp. 'It's such a great feeling to have everybody going to state.' Culp is paired with Tommy Sopko on Metamora's top doubles team heading to the state meet in suburban Chicago. They hope to hold their own against the typically-strong schools from the northern part of the state. 'Individually, we've done great. But as a team also, we were 23-2, I think,' Sopko said. 'It's always great to have good results as a team. A really successful season, I'd say.' Metamora opened the season with 19 consecutive wins and continues to ride that momentum as the season comes to an end at the state championships. Qualifying six players for the state meet is a part of that. 'The support you get from having six guys there, is something special,' said Metamora junior Dane Hutchison. 'Cheering, having them cheer for you, watching them compete at a very high level and have success, is something we can be proud of.' Dunlap's six state qualifiers include seniors Alex Fei and Ethan McRaven, who are undefeated as a doubles team this season. McRaven, who teamed with ____ to finish second at state a year ago, has enjoyed his pairing with Fei. 'He's going to hit a great ball and get me back in my groove,' McRaven said. 'This weekend I feel great about our chances. I came up just short last year. But this year I feel like I have learned a lot more, I have matured as a tennis player and I'm feeling great about our chances.' This will be Fei's fourth trip to state but in the previous three trips he was in the single's draw. 'The last three years I have been through singles, although doubles is a different type of effort,' Fei said. 'I find it easier on my body than singles.' The state meet runs Thursday through Saturday at Palatine High School. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
