If you were at a Manual sports event over the years, especially basketball or football, you were there with Sir James. His ...

The Danville girls soccer team snagged its first Big 12 Conference win of the season with a 5-0 triumph over Peoria Manual on ...

If you went to a Manual High School basketball game anytime in the past six years, you probably saw Jim Watson. The man with many pencils was the longtime ...

Manual held a 33-29 third-quarter lead off a 3-pointer from Amare Breedlove with 6:10 left in the frame. IHSA basketball: Mistakes doom Peoria Manual in semifinal loss Breedlove scored a team-high ...

CHAMPAIGN — One too many things went wrong for Manual. In vying for an appearance in the program’s 10th state boys basketball state championship game, Manual was met with a myriad of mistakes ...

Kobe Walker (Normal Community)^, Leshawn Stowers (Peoria)^, Christopher Bush (Champaign Central)^, Javaughn Robinson (Danville)^, Dietrich Richardson (Peoria Manual ...

Peoria Notre Dame junior Lexi Baer was named ... Class 3A), Nyanna Payton (Manual, Class 2A), Julia Mingus (PND, Class 2A) and Bri Harms (Roanoke-Benson, Class 1A). The three other Tappa POYs ...

Illinois high school football season was originally scheduled to begin last fall. The COVID-19 pandemic had other plans. Instead, football in Illinois began March 19, ...

Watson — better known as "Sir James" — was at times the face of Manual High School sports, as well as its heart, it's unshakable loyalty and legend in the South Peoria community. If you were ...

Sir James Watson has passed away at the age of 89. James was a longtime umpire, referee, coach, scorekeeper, and just a ...