Girls basketball playoffs are heating up in Classes 1A through 4A! Gordon Voit brings you as many games as possible from a busy night locally -- from the girls' 3A regional semifinals to a trio of boys basketball games featuring dunks, buzzer beaters and more! More >>

No one could have predicted the kind of season Giorgi Bezhanishvili is having - not even Brad Underwood. More >>

WARRENSBURG, Ill. (WAND) -- Over a thousand people packed the Warrensburg-Latham high school gym to get an up close look at the Harlem Wizards Saturday night. More >>

MAHOMET, Ill. (WAND) -- Dozens of area wrestlers punched their tickets to the State meet on Saturday in the various Sectional meets across Central Illinois. More >>

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WAND) -- Call it "The Giorgi Game". More >>

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) -- The one and only Friday Frenzy features games from all across the viewing area, from Decatur to Danville, Shelbyville to Lincoln, Sullivan to Taylorville and beyond! More >>

As the Friday Frenzy inches closer to playoff time in boys basketball, Gordon Voit catches up with MacArthur and Sacred Heart-Griffin in this latest installment of Season Catch Up! More >>

WAND brings you the action from as many National Signing Day ceremonies as possible! More >>

The Illini (8-15, 4-8) built a convincing double-digit lead, watched it slowly evaporate in the mid second half, then held on for a 79-74 win over No. 9 Michigan State (18-5, 9-3) on Tuesday night at the State Farm Center. More >>

VIDEO: CLICK HERE FOR WAND-TV'S FEATURE ON GREENVILLE'S HISTORIC GAME, AND THE SYSTEM BEHIND IT.  More >>

VIDEO FEATURE: GIORGI BEZHANISHVILI  More >>

CHAMPAIGN, ILL. (WAND) -- Kipper Nichols busted out of a five-game scoreless streak Saturday, helping the Illini secure a 71-64 win over Nebraska at the State Farm Center.  More >>

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) -- The one and only Friday Frenzy kicks off February by bringing you high school basketball highlights from seven local conferences! More >>

Record-breaking Taylorville quarterback Brandon Odam announced his commitment to Central Missouri on Thursday after completing a senior senior for the ages. More >>

Join WAND's Gordon Voit every Wednesday for Hero of the Week, where Voit puts the spotlight on a member of the community who is demonstrating unusual character on and off the field![FOR VIDEO PLEASE VISIT "GORDON VOIT -- WAND SPORTS" ON FACEBOOK!] More >>

In this WAND exclusive interview, Lanphier graduate and current Golden State Warrior Andre Iguodala takes time out of his busy pregame schedule during a trip to Indianapolis to talk with WAND's Gordon Voit about his upbringing in the Capital City, his present-day family ties, the Boys and Girls Club, his days in a Lanphier Lions uniform, golf and what he has planned after basketball! More >>

For the first time in the history of Tupper's Take the guys are talking about a win over a ranked opponent. More >>

NORMAL, ILL. (WAND) -- Decatur native Christian Williams was super efficient in his return to central Illinois, scoring 9 points on just 3 shots, but his Sycamores had no answer for Phil Fayne and the Redbirds Sunday. More >>

NEW YORK, NY -- Tevian Jones picked the perfect time to have his breakout performance - on the big stage of Madison Square Garden.  More >>

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) -- The one and only Friday Frenzy features tournament championships in the LOVC and CIC, rivalries in the CS8 and Apollo plus much more! Gordon Voit and Noah Newman bring you high school basketball games all across the viewing area! More >>

Statistics show that the rate of fatherlessness in the United States is reaching alarming an level.

In light of that, Eisenhower's coaching staff represents a unique solution. All four members of the coaching staff either have a son or a nephew on the Panthers' roster. They're actively involved in their lives on (and more importantly off) the court. They provide tough love when it's needed and tender love when they require that, too. And it's working. More >>

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WAND) -- Giorgi Bezhanishvili has drawn comparisons to Wisconsin All-American Ethan Happ early on in his Illini tenure. On Wednesday in Champaign the creative freshman post even outshone the Badger superstar with 20 points, but it wasn't enough and Illinois fell 72-60. More >>

Don't miss highlights from the Girls CIC Tournament, the hardwood rematch of the Route 51 War between St. Teresa and Maroa-Forsyth, plus No. 3 Teutopolis (Class 2A) hosts Mt. Zion! All on WANDtv.com! More >>

YORK, PA. (WAND) -- Illinois State's football program got a boost to its already-robust run game on Tuesday when Pennsylvania running back Dayjure Stewart committed to the Redbirds. More >>

CLICK HERE FOR A LOOK AT THE CARDINALS CARAVAN IN DECATUR!  More >>

--CLICK HERE FOR HIGHLIGHTS AND POSTGAME REACTION FROM ILLINOIS' 95-71 LOSS TO IOWA-- More >>

MACON -- It was like one big family reunion inside the halls of Meridian High School Friday night - the state champs were back home. More >>

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) -- The one and only Friday Frenzy has launched into 2019! Gordon Voit and Noah Newman bring you high school basketball games all across the viewing area! More >>

Join WAND's Gordon Voit on a trip to the archives to see how Dee Brown, James Augustine and Brian Randle keyed a 77-53 win for No. 8 Illinois (18-2, 4-2) on January 25, 2006! More >>

Mt. Zion eighth grader Ethan Osborne's size means being a member of the Braves' roster wasn't an option -- but coach Jeff Shumate wanted to find a way for Ethan to be a part of the program, so he offered for him to join the team as a manager. More >>

DECATUR -- It wasn't that long ago that just eking out a win was cause for celebration for MacArthur's girls basketball program. In fact, in 2015-16 they won exactly that many: one.

Now in Year Two of the reboot presided over by head coach Michael "Dubb" Williams, the team doesn't celebrate individual wins -- in fact they run after rattling off 10 of them in a row. More >>

NORMAL, Ill. (WAND) -- Marcus Bartley was all smiles after his pregame shoot around Tuesday at Redbird Arena.

The Southern Illinois senior is thrilled to be back in Central Illinois.

"It's really great to be back at home, I'm about 45 minutes from the crib so it's great," Bartley told WAND-TV before the game. More >>

Illini freshman guard Ayo Dosunmu has been on fire in the new year - averaging just over 20 points per game in the last four contests.  More >>

DECATUR -- The stands were packed inside the MacArthur high school gymnasium. The buzz was palpable. Legends were in the house. More >>

Illinois State went 6-6 in a non-conference schedule that is ranked 133rd in the country in the KenPom rankings and 174th in the BPI put out by ESPN. The bottom line: the team fell short of preseason expectations.

But despite that, the Redbirds (8-8 against Division-I opponents) showed flashes of brilliance on Saturday in a 67-64 loss at Loyola. More >>

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) -- The one and only Friday Frenzy has launched into 2019! Gordon Voit and Noah Newman kick off the new year with high school basketball games all across the viewing area! More >>

Champaign, Ill. (WAND) -- Ayo Dosunmu scored a game-high 23 points, but the Illini fell short against No. 2 Michigan Thursday night.

The Wolverines used a well balanced attack to defeat the Illini 79-69, and  improve to a program-record tying 16-0. More >>

Eisenhower's Steve Thompson has one goal as he tacks "head football coach" on to his athletic director duties on the city's South Side. More >>

The Decatur school board approved current athletic director Steve Thompson as the program's new head football coach during its meeting Tuesday night. More >>