A busy Friday preps slate saw plenty of local soccer teams head to Iowa to compete in the Bettendorf Tournament of Champions, baseball teams from Deer Creek-Mackinaw and Tri-Valley suit up at Dozer Park and several softball teams post big offensive performances.

Several walk-off wins and a hefty amount of soccer games led the way on Thursday's local prep sports slate.

Vote for this week's CSM Spring Athletes of the Week with nominees from softball, baseball, track and field, girls soccer and lacrosse plus boys tennis.

Several area sluggers and pitchers had monster days on the diamond while the Peoria All-City and Fulton County track meets featured many local winners.

Tuesday was filled with strong pitching performances, conference games in baseball, softball and girls soccer, plus lots of track meets, including the Intercity Meet.

Normal West's Ty Bachman and Peoria Christian's Addy Lovell won CSM Spring Athletes of the Week, get to know them here.

Washington and Brimfield/Elmwood are on the rise while several top teams in the area look to bounce back from losses last week.

Peoria High hasn't won a varsity baseball game in over three years. That hasn't stopped the Lions from shying away from the process of building their program back up and showing up every day.

HOIC baseball and softball, Big 12 baseball and more than a handful of track and field meets made up a busy day in the area.

4 softball teams from the Twin Cities and Mid-Illini won, a walk-off from Delavan and no-hitter from Richwoods in baseball and soccer shutouts highlighted Thursday's slate.

After not playing baseball for 3 years, East Peoria's Dalton Oakman is rapidly becoming a big arm for a strong Raiders squad.

East Peoria, El Paso-Gridley and Fieldcrest baseball all won in thrilling finishes to highlight Wednesday's action.

Vote for this week's CSM Spring Athletes of the Week with nominees from baseball, softball, track and field and girls soccer.

Plenty of softball and girls soccer teams played conference games while baseball, track and field and boys tennis also had lots of action.

East Peoria's Addison Duncheon and Dunlap's Truman Tyra won CSM Spring Athletes of the Week, get to know them and about their big performances here.

Multiple teams won extra inning games and Dunlap baseball won the first game of a key Mid-Illini series.

East Peoria and Tri-Valley moved up in the latest CSM Baseball Power Rankings while Normal West and Dee-Mack joined the group of the top teams in Central Illinois.

Normal Community extended its win streak to 12 with a big comeback win over Bradley-Bourbonnais.

Normal Community won in multiple sports, Dunlap's Sutton Centoni threw a no-hitter and over a dozen track and field teams were in action.

Big 12 baseball and softball, plus several track meets headlined Friday's list of prep sports in Central Illinois.