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Kindred: Former players unite in support of Lincoln girls basketball team
More than 40 former Lincoln High School girls basketball players and coaches gather for a photo at halftime of a Jan. 21 game against Peoria High at Lincoln. The former players have united in support of this year's 35-0 team heading into the Class 3A state tournament at Illinois State's CEFCU Arena. LYNN PAULUS PHOTO Pam Turner was around for the infancy of Lincoln High School girls basketball.… → Read More
Kindred: Former Bloomington star D’Mitri Dunson-Riggs giving back to game he loves
He runs D1 Skills Academy. → Read More
Kindred: Former Illinois Wesleyan player Steve Schweer builds Illinois College in own image
Program built on tough defense. → Read More
Kindred: With Lexington grad Alex Tanney on Eagles’ coaching staff, Sunday will be super
Tanneys attending Super Bowl. → Read More
Kindred: Norm Reiser’s impact carries on through IWU’s Ron Rose, NCHS’ Dave Witzig
Morton High School's Norm Reiser talks about being selected to coach in the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association All-Star Game in this 1986 file photo. An IBCA Hall of Famer, Reiser died Tuesday at age 81. PANTAGRAPH FILE PHOTO Much is made about coaching trees, a reference to assistants under a particular head coach who go on to lead teams themselves. Norm Reiser’s coaching tree is a bit… → Read More
Kindred: Heyworth coaches Ashlee and Josh Slayback love hoops, and each other
Heyworth excelling under Slaybacks. → Read More
Kindred: Embracing ‘the grind,’ U High grad Malik Wildermuth pursues career as coach
Assistant coach Malik Wildermuth, right, talks to an Augustana College player prior to a game against Illinois Wesleyan at Shirk Center. Wildermuth, a former University High School standout, is happily pursuing a coaching career. RANDY KINDRED PHOTO Malik Wildermuth was a sophomore at University High School and already, he had his career path in mind. He would visit the office of his head coach,… → Read More
Kindred: Pontiac’s David Young, a coach who brought heat and heart, adds Hall of Fame track honor
Former Pontiac High School coach David Young (center) is joined by his wife, LeRae (left) and his son, Sean, after being inducted Jan. 7 into the Illinois Track and Cross Country Coaches SUBMITTED PHOTO More than once, colleagues at The Pantagraph would return from a Pontiac High School football game or track meet and say, “Man, that David Young is so intense. He’s on those guys all the time!… → Read More
Kindred: Millikin’s Bailey Coffman has appetite for hoops, and heaping helpings, after broken jaw
Coffman on the mend after injury. → Read More
Kindred: No surprise Pat Ryan making impact in role with Illinois football
Pat Ryan’s hands-on approach created a winning culture during his years at Metamora. → Read More
Kindred: Moose Roe was a big presence in every way
Roe died November 8 at age 91. → Read More
Kindred: Olympia’s football ride sparks ‘time travel’ for 1985 Spartans
This year's Olympia run transported fans back to 1985 and the team's run to the Class 3A state championship game. → Read More
Kindred: 'Competitors compete.' Colton Sandage does it better than most
Sandage had a successful ISU debut. → Read More
Kindred: More than 70 years after their first game together, Frank and Jean Chiodo still have football
Chiodos celebrating 70 years. → Read More
Kindred: Thursdays mean golf and more for Wally Beeler, 90, and brother Bill, 83
Bond formed as kids strong. → Read More
Kindred: Create an All-Star softball game? It was the right call
Monday night marks the 28th anniversary of the 1994 debut of the All-Star Softball game. → Read More
Kindred: Fieldcrest baseball plays on with low numbers, large hearts
The Fieldcrest baseball team has played on with the hand it has been dealt and persevered with low numbers. → Read More
Kindred: Former Bloomington, Illinois State standout Keith Goodnight’s daughter starts for Alabama softball
The adrenalin rush of carrying a football, first at Bloomington High School and later at Illinois State, has been difficult for Keith Goodnight to replicate since his final game as → Read More
Kindred: Is Andre Curbelo worth all the heartache? You're darn right he is
The friendly man in the next seat posed a question as music blared at State Farm Center. “Are you from here?,” he asked. → Read More
Kindred: Illinois Wesleyan's Mia Smith is 10 years cancer-free, yet feels its presence every day
It was a noise Mia Smith likely took for granted. Hear anything enough and you become numb to it. → Read More