The Hawks are the mascot for Severance Middle ... Valdez is a senior at Doherty High School in Colorado Springs, who won her second 5A state championship in February. She is heading to McKendree ...

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois House Bill 1237, which proposed banning school mascots ... Collinsville High Athletic Director Clay Smith emphasized the significance of the mascot to the Collinsville ...

From the 1980s all the way through to the 2020s, the Illinois High School Association track and field record book is filled ...

And then there were two. It's national championship week in High School on SI's 2025 NCAA Tournament-style bracket to determine the best high school mascot in America. High School On SI voting ...

Iowa is home to America's best high school mascot, according to Sports Illustrated. Center Point-Urbana beat out 68 other teams in Sports Illustrated's annual NCAA tournament-style high school ...

UNIVERSITY PARK | Students at Governors State University have a new identity after the school unveiled its first mascot, the Jaguar, on Tuesday. Orange and white balloons fell, music blared and ...

Blake Fagbemi has already accomplished more on the floor of the State Farm Center than any current University of Illinois ... a high-IQ, sharp-shooting point guard from an excellent high school ...

Starting in the 2026-27 school year, East and Chaney high schools will merge, along with their middle schools.

A high school student died in a car crash hours after her senior prom, Illinois State Police said. Getty Images/iStockphoto At about 4:30 a.m. on May 4, the 18-year-old crashed on a ramp off of ...

Center Point Urbana’s mascot “Stormin’ Norman” was voted the best high school mascot in the nation this year. CPU’s mascot won the championship for the Sports Illustrated “Best High School Mascot” ...

Police confirmed Akers was the only person in the car. Akers is a former employee of the Illinois State Police and the local high school, and now works as an office assistant at the Illinois ...

While many people may not view Illinois as a state that typically produces elite athlete talent, one look at the state's rich history instantly disproves that notion. Between Olympic champions ...