Five-star Whitney Young point guard, a keystone piece to Shauna Green's highly-touted 2025 recruiting class at Illinois, is The News-Gazette's 48th All-State Player of the Year ...

St. Teresa's Valerie Nutakor hits past a Breese Mater Dei defender during their Class 2A state championship game Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019, at Redbird Arena in Normal. The Bulldogs won 25-22, 26-24.

The Red Knights also host Mater Dei (Breese) on Thursday, Jan. 16 before departing for the East Coast. Regardless, congratulations to Rolfes and his coaching staff and all the players for a tremendous ...

CARBONDALE — It was a valiant effort, but the Carbondale Terriers came up three points shy on their home floor Saturday afternoon, falling to a strong Breese Mater Dei team, 54-51, in overtime.

BREESE — After playing from behind all night in the championship game of the 63rd Mater Dei Christmas Tournament, the homestanding Knights needed one more play to pull off a win over crosstown ...

Breese Matre Dei (5-4) came into the game on a three-game winning streak. Marion and Breese had played each other three times the past two seasons with the Wildcats winning the first of two last year ...

Mater Dei, which was playing in its home opener in Breese, drops to 3-1. The 2022-23 Class 2A state champions had beaten its previous three opponents by an average margin of over 26 points per game.

The Knights had a little spurt and regained the edge. Abriel Smith of El Paso-Gridley pushes the ball over the net in a Class 2A volleyball state semifinal match with Breese (Mater Dei) Friday.

Once the powerful Knights hit their stride, Mater Dei continued on for a 25-16, 25-17 victory in the semifinals of the Class 2A State Tournament.

NORMAL — El Paso-Gridley saw its chance at playing for a volleyball state championship dashed by the reigning champs. Breese Mater Dei used a balance attack in beating the Titans, 25-16, 25-17 ...

Mater Dei ball deep in its own territory, 5:18 left leading 31-14. Orange Lutheran forces a three-and-out, and the Lancers will try to start the second half as hot as they started the first.