Metamora girls golf picked up a victory to start the season on Friday.

The 2026-27 IHSA sports season began on the golf course with PND, Dee-Mack, Roanoke-Benson and Pekin picking up wins.

Over a dozen teams in the area will play in different postseason classifications in the upcoming year, check out why they changed here.

Normal U-High's Natalie Ocheltree is Clutch Sports Media's 2025 Girls Golfer of the Year after leading the Pioneers to a state berth and winning a bevy of tournaments.

Normal U-High's Greg Dennis is Clutch Sports Media' 2025 Girls Golf Coach of the Year after helping lead the Pioneers back to state.

Check out the top 31 girls golfers from the Peoria and Bloomington/Normal area this season in Clutch Sports Media's first All-Area teams.

Dunlap's Nolan Eccles is CSM's 2025 Boys Golfer of the Year after winning the Class 2A state title.

Normal U-High's Chris Headrick is CSM's 2025 Boys Golf Coach of the Year, leading the Pioneers to their 11th state title in program history.

Check out the top 41 boys golfers from the Peoria and Bloomington/Normal area this season in Clutch Sports Media's first All-Area teams.

Delavan's Annabelle LaFary and Pekin's Colin Kemp won CSM Fall Athletes of the Week, get to know them and about their big performances here.

Central Illinois teams and athletes shined at the boys and girls golf state finals, volleyball and tennis tournaments, and in boys soccer and swimming on a busy Saturday.

Dunlap junior Nolan Eccles claimed a Class 2A boys golf state title on Saturday afternoon, while Normal U-High outlasted Washington in a tiebreak for its first state title since 2016.

Vote for this week's CSM Fall Athletes of the Week nominee with top performers from football, volleyball, soccer, golf, cross country and swimming

Normal U-High girls golf survived a close finish to clinch a state berth on Monday while Dunlap's Sydney Hunt and Pekin's Leah Brown also qualified for the biggest tournament of the year.

Normal U-High's Natalie Ocheltree and Normal West's Chase Sennett won CSM Fall Athletes of the Week, get to know them and about their big performances here.

Four area golf teams and 24 individuals qualified for state, Limestone and Illini Bluffs volleyball continued win streaks and a pair of Peoria soccer teams picked up big wins.

Canton and Limestone athletes made waves to take precedence in Monday's news and notes from around the area.

Peoria High's Kayden Turner is a blossoming hoops star who also became the first Lions golfer to advance to sectionals in 10 years.

10 area golf teams and well over a dozen individuals punched their tickets to sectionals, plus a handful of teams won in volleyball and soccer.

Nine girls golf teams and more than a dozen individuals punched their ticket to sectionals. A big night of conference matchups also saw Dunlap soccer and Eureka volleyball grab important victories.