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.

Pekin softball has taken a big leap this season with an experienced, well-rounded group and is believing it can stay in contention for the Mid-Illini title.

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.

Peoria Christian's Violet Hynek fought back from a torn ACL and is leading a strong Chargers team while looking to continue her career in college.

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.

The top couple of teams remained in their spots while Metamora, Washington and Olympia moved up in this week's CSM Power Rankings

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.

Morton's Hudson Lovell. Jonathan Michel/Clutch Sports Media Thursday meant another round of conference play in Mid-Illini softball as Dunlap, Morton, East Peoria and Metamora picked up wins in an entertaining slate of games. The Big 12 featured several big winners, including Normal Community and Peoria Notre Dame. Morton, East Peoria, Dunlap and Brimfield/Elmwood headlined the days’ slate of baseball winners and several girls soccer games ended in draws after late goals. Eur

A hard worker on and off the field, East Peoria softball star Ashlyn Sweatt will go into the Illinois Army National Guard following graduation.

Richwoods' Amarion Smith-Holley is Clutch Sports Media's 2026 Boys Basketball Player of the Year. Hear more about his season and career here.

Brimfield/Elmwood softball slugger Schyer Meinders went wild at the plate and many top baseball teams in the area kept win streaks going.

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