Basketball
IHSA going with modified sports schedule based on state guidance
Guidance for the future of high school and youth sports came Wednesday from Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois High School Association as state officials try to navigate through this…
Read MoreSpinner is new WHS hoops coach
Waterloo High School is turning to someone with a history of college success to transform its boys basketball program. The Waterloo School Board unanimously approved extra-duty assignments for the 2020-21…
Read MoreCahokia Conference seeks to expand
The Cahokia Conference has asked five schools to join for high school athletics, with Roxana and Okawville already accepting the invitation. The other three schools are believed to be East…
Read MoreHenson goes down memory lane
A conversation with Larry Henson brings you back to the glory days of basketball at Waterloo High School. “Back then, basketball games were a social event,” the 82-year-old legendary former…
Read MoreWalter out as WHS hoops coach
Dane Walter is out after five seasons as Waterloo High School boys head basketball coach. Walter posted the news on Twitter late Wednesday morning. “I was notified that a decision…
Read MoreA Basketball Life: Bill ‘Rocky’ Huff-Moore
The basketball journey of Bill “Rocky” Huff-Moore was fueled by passion and opportunity. “My basketball life has been very good to me,” Huff-Moore said. A disciple of legendary Waterloo High…
Read MoreHolmes earns state hoops kudos
A third Holmes brother is carrying on the family’s rich basketball tradition at Columbia High School. Following his amazing junior season for the Eagles, Jackson Holmes was named to an…
Read MoreR-T All-Local Girls Hoops Team
With the high school girls basketball season recently coming to a close, now is a good time to recognize the solid contributions of many local girls hoopsters who starred for…
Read MoreR-T All-Local Boys Hoops Team
The Republic-Times coverage area featured plenty of solid high school boys basketball talent on local courts this winter, with several of the top players being underclassmen. Here’s this year’s Republic-Times…
Read MoreHubbard places third at state three-point contest
Waterloo High School senior girls hoops standout Aubrey Hubbard advanced to the finals of the IHSA Class 3A Three-Point Showdown at Illinois State University on Thursday night. Hubbard, who shot…
Read MoreBoys hoopsters done for season
The high school hoops season is over for all of the local teams after Waterloo, Gibault and Dupo dropped recent regional contests. Waterloo (12-20) opened Class 3A Marion Regional play…
Read MoreHoops teams take their lumps
It’s been a rough past several days for local high school boys basketball teams, and it comes at the worst time imaginable. Columbia came soaring into the final week of…
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