Tuesday's varsity schedule

Postseason begins tonight

East Peoria's boys basketball winning streak continued Friday.

Victory No. 4 easily was the most impressive.

On their Senior Night at Allison Gymnasium, the Raiders defeated five-time defending Mid-Illini Conference champion Washington, 50-46.

Final Mid-Illini Conference winter standings

Monday's varsity schedule

This weekend's varsity schedule

Joins Raiders Simpson, Cotton with that honor

Nate Joseph became the second East Peoria wrestler this decade to win back-to-back state wrestling medals.

Joseph, a senior, collected third-place honors Saturday in 215 pounds in the Illinois High School Association Class 2A state final.

He joined Donny Cotton (2006, ’07) with recent top-four finishes in consecutive years for the Raiders. Joseph was fourth a season ago.

Tim Simpson is the only other East Peoria grappler with two state awards.

East Peoria clubbed the Dunlap boys basketball team Friday.

The Raiders outscored the Eagles in every quarter to sweep the Mid-Illini Conference season series.

East Peoria (11-11, 7-5) returned to the .500 mark overall as three players were in double figures.

The East Peoria girls basketball team could not dig all the way out of a 16-point hole Feb. 15.

The Raiders’ 2009-10 season ended with a 42-28 loss to Washington in the Class 3A Woodruff Regional quarterfinals.

Tuesday's varsity schedule

Mid-Illini Conference winter standings through Feb. 21

This weekend's varsity schedule

N. Joseph takes 35-1 record into state final

Nate Joseph earned the chance to place at state again.

With a third-place finish Saturday in the Class 2A Sterling Sectional, the East Peoria Community High School senior will appear at the Illinois High School Association state final in Champaign.

Joseph placed fourth in 2009 at the Assembly Hall in 215 pounds, the same bracket he will take part in this year.

Boys sweep M-I series; one more on deck

East Peoria swept the Metamora boys basketball team after a Friday night nail-biter at Allison Gymnasium.

The Raiders moved up from fifth place in the Mid-Illini Conference to a tie for third after a 49-47 win over the Redbirds.

East Peoria (10-11, 6-5) was led by Alex Cline, who scored six of his team-high 13 points in the first quarter.

East Peoria let a double-digit halftime lead slip away Feb. 9 in a girls basketball road loss to Pekin.

The Dragons finished 6-8 in the Mid-Illini Conference with a 54-51 victory over the Raiders at Dawson Hawkins Gymnasium.

Kelsey Shoemake was 6-of-7 at the free-throw line to lead East Peoria with 14 points.

Cassie Lohmeier is set to fulfill a longtime goal of running at the NCAA’s top level.

The East Peoria Community High School senior signed a National Letter of Intent Thursday in the school’s library to attend Bradley University, where she will compete on the women’s cross country and track and field teams.