Six girls basketball teams in the area moved onto the sectional finals, including three squads from the Heart of Illinois Conference.

The boys basketball playoffs began with Class 1A and 2A squads in regional quarterfinal action.

Three area wrestlers won state titles and many more placed, plus more than a handful of area swimmers qualified for state.

Metamora and Illini Bluffs' regional titles, state boys wrestling and the end of the boys basketball regular season headlined Friday's action.

Several girls basketball teams ended long regional title droughts while other powers rolled and the first day of boys state wrestling began.

Morton beat Richwoods in a non-conference thriller and Peoria Christian won a conference title.

Morton won the Mid-Illini title in boys basketball and several Class 3A girls teams advanced in the playoffs.

Dunlap and Eureka won competitive regional semifinals and several Heart of Illinois Conference teams were among 16 girls basketball teams to move on in the postseason.

Over 50 area wrestlers clinched state berths and a handful of girls basketball teams began their playoff journeys with victories.

Late-season conference games in boys basketball and the first day of sectional wrestling made for a big night of preps action.

Washington's Avery Tibbs joined rare air, Tri-Valley won the HOIC and El Paso-Gridley pulled an upset on the final day of the regular season in girls basketball

An OT win for Morton, a senior night victory for Manual and a career milestone for Washington's James Johnson headlined Wednesday's slate.

Washington and Richwoods girls plus Peoria High boys won conference titles and many other squads were in action on a busy Tuesday of basketball.

Illini Bluffs passed a big non-conference test while many other area girls teams won handily on Monday night.

Morton basketball, girls wrestling regionals and Mid-Illini swim headlined Saturday's big slate.

Eureka, Normal Community and Normal U-High won key conference games on the boys side while Dee-Mack and Richwoods won notable games in girls hoops.

Olympia wrestling and IVC girls basketball made historic achievements while several other squads won in 1A/2A girls hoops.

East Peoria, Metamora, Dunlap and Morton all picked up Mid-Illini wins to headline Wednesday's sampling of basketball games.

A bevy of close conference contests were played in boys and girls hoops, PND's Lexi Baer went out with a bang and Bloomington's Tina Lenard and Manual's Josh Humbles hit 1,000 career points.

Dee-Mack's Jaelyn Nunley set a school record and several HOIC girls teams were among Monday's winners.