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GCMS volleyball loses in three sets to Salt Fork
GIBSON CITY – The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley varsity volleyball team lost 25-21, 21-25, 25-23 to Salt Fork on Monday. Bailey Bunting had 14 kills, four aces, 24 digs and two blocks for GCMS (6-9) while Maci Lindelof and Josie Kleist had 12 and seven kills, respectively. Londyn…
Fisher/GCMS soccer wins 9-0 over Unity
TOLONO – The Fisher/Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley soccer team won 9-0 over Tolono Unity on Monday. Cam Brucker scored three goals for the Bunnies (9-2-1) while Jose Santos had two goals and Thomas Davis, Leo Marx, Drew Iverson and Wesley Johnson each had a goal. The post Fisher/GCMS…
PBL JH cross country teams win home meet; GCMS’s Cache Richard earns second-place finish
PAXTON – The Paxton-Buckley-Loda Junior High School boys cross country team won a home meet on Monday. The Panthers scored a 19 while Iroquois West scored a 38. Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley’s Cache Richard finished second with a time of 13:35.3. Dawson Bice led PBL with a…
PBL football to host Unity
PAXTON – Three weeks remain in the regular season for varsity football programs across Illinois. “We’re two-thirds of the way through,” Paxton-Buckley-Loda head coach Josh Pritchard said.” Right now, we’re only guaranteed three more games, so we’re going to have to try to have as…
PBL cross country competes in Potluck Meet, Spartan Classic
URBANA – The Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School boys cross country team finishes fourth in the Urbana University High School Potluck Meet on Thursday. The Panthers finished with a score of 112 behind Urbana (17), Urbana Uni High (56) and Broadlands Heritage (66). Nolan Bunag…
GCMS football loses 12-7 to Tremont, to face LeRoy at 7 p.m. Friday
GIBSON CITY – The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley varsity football team lost 12-7 to Tremont on Friday. With the victory, the Joe Hageman-coached Turks (3-3, 2-1 Heart of Central Illinois Small Division) are eligible for their first playoff berth since 2021. “Congrats to Tremont. Coach…
PBL JH cross country competes at St. Joseph
ST. JOSEPH – The Paxton-Buckley-Loda Junior High School girls cross country team finished fourth in the seventh- through eighth-grade girls’ race with a score of 92 among five full teams at the St. Joseph Invite on Friday. Cadence Kietzman finished with a time of 15:12.4,…
Cissna Park volleyball goes 1-4 in Champaign Central Tournament
CHAMPAIGN – The Cissna Park High School volleyball team went 1-4 in the Champaign Central Tournament on Saturday. Cissna Park won 25-23, 10-25, 15-13 over Champaign Central and lost 24-26, 25-22, 15-12 to Carterville, 15-25, 25-7, 15-13 to Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg, 25-23,…
Obituary: Samuel Baird
Hudson- Samuel Lee Baird ,88, passed away on September 25, 2026 at Carle BroMenn Medical Center of Normal, IL.Samuel was born on April 19, 1938, in Danville, Illinois, the son of Samuel Baird and Genarie Mae (Lee) Baird. He graduated from Paxton High School and later built a long…
PBL volleyball loses 25-19, 25-20 to Pontiac
PONTIAC – The Paxton-Buckley-Loda varsity volleyball team lost 25-19, 25-20 to Pontiac on Thursday. Ellie Dirks had 13 kills and five digs while Emmy Bagwell had six kills. Hallee Johnson had five kills while Logan Loschen had 15 assists and Kylie Rust had 10 assists. Josie…
GCMS powderpuff football 2026
