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The DePaul College Prep boys’ basketball team celebrated a second straight state championship last March at State Farm Center ...

Boys State Basketball Tournament is set to return with a new format, drawing an expected crowd of over 37,000 fans t ...

Top players, history, predictions for the IHSA boys basketball state finals: What you need to know about the 2025 Illinois state finals in Champaign.

See who's advanced to the state finals for Illinois high school boys basketball. IHSA state games are March 13-15, 2025, in ...

CHAMPAIGN — Foghat, Rare Earth, and Badfinger featuring Joey Molland will take the State Farm Center stage on Thursday, April 24. This will mark the first appearance of any of the three bands at ...

told reporters after the game that there had been “some racist comments” made toward his 13-year-old brother in the State Farm Center stands. Kaufman-Renn also said profanity was directed at ...

Fremd’s Evan Gosz jumps and chest bumps his coach after defeating Marmion’s Zach Stewart in the Class 3A 144-pound final at the IHSA boys state wrestling championships at the State Farm Center ...

East St. Louis assistant coach Rayvon Foley celebrates after East St. Louis junior Pierre Walton win during the IHSA ...

Illinois freshman forward Will Riley dialed up 21 points and an Illini win over No. 18 Purdue on Friday at the State Farm Center in Champaign, but he also gave all of us something else ...

dive for a loose ball in the second half at the State Farm Center on Feb. 15, 2025, in Champaign. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune) Michigan State coach Tom Izzo, right, is congratulated by Illinois ...