Tag: IHSA

IHSA adjustments will have impact this school year

By Bobby Narang The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) dropped another headline in mid-September. With high school football, girls volleyball, and boys soccer, three major sports, all sitting out this Fall because of the coronavirus pandemic, the IHSA continues to draw headlines nearly every week with updates and news. The...

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Fall high school sports’ State tournaments limited

By Bobby Narang The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) made headlines, again. Monday, Aug. 24, after the Fall season started in many sports, the IHSA Board of directors held a virtual meeting which led to an approval of a modified postseason State series for boys and girls cross country, boys...

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IHSA punts football to Spring, to use four seasons

By Bobby Narang The high school football season last week was pushed back nearly six months. The boys and girls basketball seasons are shortened, and the Spring sports took the heaviest cut in the length of their respective seasons. Those were among the many eye-opening, but badly-needed, changes to the...

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IHSA Board Approves Modified Schedule For 2020-2021 School Year

The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Board of Directors met for a special meeting July 29, where the Board announced its intended plans for the 2020-2021 school year. The plan has been sent to the Illinois Department of Health (IDPH) for final approval. “This plan, like nearly every aspect of...

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IHSA releases practice guidelines for State sports

By Bobby Narang Late last week, the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) released its guidelines for Phase 4 of Illinois’ reopening plans. Called the Return to Play guidelines, the IHSA allowed contact days to begin Monday. The return to play guideline is a major step for high schools throughout the...

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IHSA good news: Girls wrestling State series

By Bobby Narang There’s been a shortage of good news on our community athletic front since the middle of March, but last week the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) quietly sneaked in some positive news. The IHSA announced that girls wrestling state series will start in the 2021-2022 school year,...

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IHSA State boys basketball will return to U of I

By Bobby Narang The boys basketball high school State tournament will return to Champaign. The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) board of directors voted to accept the Champaign-Urbana bid to be the host for the State basketball tournament beginning with the 2020-2021 season all the way through the 2022-2023 season...

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Illinois High School Association (IHSA) ready to restart sports with workouts

By Bobby Narang The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) revealed last week the Stage 1 plan to restart sports in the Summer. Since the coronavirus pandemic led to the immediate stoppage of all high school sports in early March, right before the opening of the Class 1A and 2A state...

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Neal Ormond, III to receive Distinguished Media Service Award from IHSA

Neal Ormond, III, West Aurora High School broadcaster, will receive the Distinguished Media Service Award from the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) prior to the boys varsity game against Yorkville Saturday.

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West Aurora’s Neal Ormond in IHSA Distinguished Media Award

The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) announced its seventh class of recipients of the IHSA Distinguished Media Service Award. The 2019-2020 honorees include two of the longest-active media members in Illinois, alongside a legendary high school sports writer. Fowler Connell is 95 years young and still going strong as a...

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Second-round high school football games provide tougher tests

Batavia High School senior running back Art Taylor cruised into the end zone midway through the third period of the first round playoff game Saturday against Thornwood. It was his third touchdown of the game and the last by the Battlin’ Bulldogs in the 49-8 victory over visiting Thornwood in...

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IHSA football: Many good teams, dreams

By Bobby Narang The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) football playoffs, announced Saturday evening, are in eight classes. The State championship games will be played at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb November 29-30. Here’s a look at some teams and games. (Selected pairings are on page 11.) Wheaton St. Francis...

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Selected high school football games: Schedule August 30-31

Friday, Aug. 30 Fox Valley Burlington Central at Dundee-Crown, 7 Cary-Grove at Crystal Lake South, 7 Jacobs at Hampshire, 7 McHenry at Huntley, 7 Prairie Ridge at Crystal Lake Central, 7 Upstate Eight East Aurora at Bartlett, 7:30 Glenbard East at Elgin, 7:30 Larkin at Fenton, 7:30 South Elgin at...

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