Due to a low number of players and a lack of time to hire a new head coach, IVCC officials announced Thursday the school has suspended the women’s basketball program for the 2023-24 school year.

The La Salle-Peru boys and girls basketball teams volunteered Thursday at the Illinois Veterans Home in La Salle.

A back injury ended Jasmine Borgmann's playing career, directing her attention in teaching the game as a coach. The 2017 Ohio High School graduate has landed her first head coaching position as the interim head coach at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn.

Former El Paso-Gridley girls basketball coach Nathan Ehrhardt will be the next girls coach at Fieldcrest pending board approval.

La Salle-Peru's Taylor Martyn was a three-sport standout for the Cavaliers who brought key intangibles to each team, which earned her 2022-23 NewsTribune Female Athlete of the Year.

La Salle-Peru's Brooklyn Ficek, Fieldcrest's Ashlyn May and Princeton's Grady Thompson will compete in the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association's All-Star Games on Saturday in Pontiac.

A multitude of area basketball coaches were honored by the IBCA with its Coaches of the Year awards.

Olivia Gartin wanted to continue to play basketball at the next level and found a good fit at Sauk Valley Community College.

She averaged nine points and six rebounds and earned Second Team Tri-County All-Conference honors while helping lead PC to 22 wins.