CHAMPAIGN—Hope Academy, a small private school on the West Side, opened in 2005 and started winning regional basketball championships with regularity in 2010.

A high school basketball program in the state of Illinois took advantage of an inexplicable clock rule to pull a massive ...

When Mary Henson heard her hometown team was coming down for the IHSA boys’ basketball tournament, she knew she had to meet ...

After not being competitive in their two regular-season matchups, Eastland threw out the old game plan and stunned No. 1 ...

Eastland basketball's "missing piece" is star guard Adam Awender, who came to the program two years ago, shortly before ...

Not many high school basketball players make it to the state tournament. It’s even more rare for a brother and a sister to ...

Eastland High players and coaches hold a picture of Lou Henson at The Ribeye in Champaign on Thursday.

The Eastland boys basketball team silenced one of Illinois' best 3-point shooting teams in the IHSA Class 1A semifinals and moves into range for a championship on Saturday afternoon.

The Eastland Cougars are one win away from knocking down the door to an IHSA State Championship in boys’ basketball. They won ...

Peoria Christian lost to Lanark Eastland in an IHSA Class 1A state semifinal game Thursday in Champaign. Here are highlights and a recap from U of I.

It's come down to the final four basketball games in Illinois. The Illinois High School Association's 2025 "State Series" ...