GIBSON CITY – A handful of local boys track and field athletes will enter new territory next week. Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School senior David King and sophomore Robert Boyd-Meents will each make their first-ever appearance in the IHSA Class 1A state meet next week after qualifying through Wednesday’s Gibson City Sectional. They will each compete in three events. Nearly two months […]
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Tri-Point JH track athletes earn medals at IESA Class 1A state meet
EAST PEORIA – Joe Faris of the Tri-Point Junior High School track and field team earned a third-place medal at the IESA Class 1A state meet held Friday and Saturday. Faris finished third in the eighth-grade boys’ 1,600-meter run with a time of 5:02.59. He also finished fifth in the eight-grade boys’ 400-meter dash with a time of 55.54 seconds. […]

Tri-Point, Ludlow track results at sectionals
IESA Class 1A RANTOUL ST. MALACHY SECTIONAL 7th-grade boys Team scores 1. Danville Schlarman, 70; 2. Tri-Point, 59; 3. Royal Prairieview-Ogden, 57; 4. Cissna Park, 48; 5. Grant Park, 41; 6. Donovan, 35; 7. Rossville-Alvin, 33; 8. Rantoul St. Malachy, 31; 9. Thomasboro, 15; 10. St. Anne, 11; 11. Milford, 3. 100-meter dash 1. Addison Underwood (SCH) 13.1; 2. Rafael […]

PBL, Tri-Point compete in Watseka freshman-sophomore invite
WATSEKA – The Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School girls track and field team finished eighth in a freshman/sophomore meet held Tuesday with a score of 20. In the girls’ 300-meter hurdles, Tri-Point’s Lainey Bertrand finished first with a time of 55.45 seconds. In the 100-meter hurdles, PBL’s Olivia Rehg finished third with a time of 19.25 seconds while Tri-Point’s Bertrand and Alli […]

Tri-Point 8th-grade volleyball advances to regional finals
GRANT PARK – The Tri-Point eighth-grade volleyball team defeated Donovan 25-21, 21-25, 25-21 in the IESA Class 1A Grant Park Regional semifinals on Tuesday. The third-seeded Chargers will face top-seeded Grant Park at 4:30 p.m. Thursday. Buckley St. John’s lost 21-25, 25-13, 25-16 to Royal Prairieview Ogden in the 1A Rantoul St. Malachy Regional semifinals on Tuesday.

St. John’s, Tri-Point eighth-grade volleyball advances to regional semifinals
RANTOUL – The Buckley St. John’s eighth-grade volleyball team won 25-15, 25-17 over Thomasboro in the IESA Class 1A Rantoul St. Malachy Regional quarterfinals on Saturday. The third-seeded Eagles will face second-seeded Royal Prairieview Ogden in the semifinals at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. Tri-Point won 25-7, 25-3 over Hopkins Park Lorenzo Smith in the Grant Park Regional quarterfinals. The third-seeded Chargers […]