Morton and Metamora faced off in a boys-girls doubleheader to headline a big night of prep hoops in Central Illinois.

Class 2A girls basketball teams in the area had a strong showing on Thursday with three teams taking down strong opponents.

Four area basketball teams won on Wednesday, including Manual girls and Pekin boys

A packed day of preps hoops was highlighted by Peoria High winning a state-ranked clash and several girls teams picking up wins.

Brimfield reached 1,000 wins as a girls basketball programs and over half a dozen teams from the HOIC won on Monday night.

Conference openers abounded in boys and girls hoops with a Mid-Illini girls rivalry game and Big 12 boys hoops leading the way.

Wins from East Peoria girls and Elmwood boys highlighted Wednesday's basketball games.

Three area teams stayed unbeaten in girls basketball with wins by PND, Morton, Tremont and Manual leading the way.

Canton, Dee-Mack, IVC and other small schools were winners at early-season tournaments on Wednesday night.

Many girls basketball teams around Central Illinois won big on Tuesday with the Mid-Illini teams leading the way.

The first games of the IHSA girls basketball season kicked off on Monday with many area teams seeing fruitful results.

Quarterfinal wins from Farmington and Normal U-High on the gridiron highlighted a big day; Limestone and BCC fell just short of state titles

Three area volleyball teams punched their tickets to state while two had their seasons come to an end.

Normal U-High's soccer state title and quarterfinal football victory, plus state cross country and sectional swimming highlighted a big day.

Normal Community and Peoria High each put up plenty of points in playoff wins. PND and Washington came up short on the road.

Normal U-High soccer advanced to the Class 1A state title game and five area volleyball teams won sectional titles.

PND's big win over Rochester led the way in the opening slate of playoff football games and eight area teams moved on to the second round.

All treats, no tricks on Halloween as every volleyball regional championship game in the area on Thursday night saw a local team advance.

Washington and PND were postseason winners in soccer while Dunlap and Peoria Christian suffered heartbreaking losses.

Tuesday was a strong day for two Normal soccer teams, while a dozen area volleyball teams won in regional semifinals.