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The present school site, 610 W. University Avenue, was donated by J.P. White to the public schools of Champaign in 1868 and has housed Central High School since 1956. During the 1963–64 school year, due to over-crowding approximately 300 students were assigned on a half-day basis to Jefferson Middle School.
He was a three time all-state selection, Conference Player of the Year in 1997, and was named 1997 Illinois Mr. Basketball. [1] [2] McClain was the only high school basketball player in Illinois state history to start on four straight state championship teams until Jabari Parker helped lead Simeon Career Academy in Chicago to four straight ...
Combes began coaching basketball at Champaign High School, where he posted an astounding 254–46 record, including winning the state title in 1946. Beyond the single championship, Combes led Champaign Central to seven state tournament appearances in nine years from 1939 to 1947.
Local photographer Liz Brunson captured the above photo of Walker Stillman, a junior at Champaign Central High School, effortlessly playing basketball during a game on Friday. If you're not clear ...
The Big Twelve Conference is a high school athletic conference in the Illinois High School Association (IHSA), based in Central Illinois.While the name implies that the conference has twelve schools, there are actually only eleven schools currently active, due to other schools either closing, ending offering varsity athletics, or changing conferences.
Caroline played two years of high school basketball for Champaign Central High School before transferring to Montverde Academy. Playing alongside Ben Simmons and D'Angelo Russell , Caroline helped the team to back-to-back national titles in 2013 and 2014.
Regular season. During the 1997-98 season, head coach Lon Kruger did the unthinkable as he took a team picked to finish seventh in the Big Ten and guided the Illini to a share of its first Big Ten title since 1984. On the way to the league crown, Illinois went 5-0 against Indiana, Iowa and Michigan, marking the first time in school history the ...
Regular season. The 1951-52 Fighting Illini men's basketball team had reached a level of national prominence that was only bettered by the 1914-15 national championship team. Head coach Harry Combes had guided his team to a Big Ten championship, a third place finish in the 1952 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament and a final AP ranking ...