A strong night for Bloomington/Normal and Peoria teams in boys and girls hoops featured sweeps from several squads, plus a big win for East Peoria.

Midland's Anna McGlasson reached a big milestone and Dee-Mack won the Route 9 Rivalry in girls hoops, headlining Thursday's prep sports action.

Many Central Illinois teams are set to play in highly competitive sub-sectionals, take a look at some of the toughest ones here.

Five girls basketball teams in the area won on Wednesday, as did El Paso-Gridley and IVC on the wrestling mats.

17 boys and girls basketball teams in Central Illinois were either ranked or received votes in the first AP state rankings of the season.