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The Big Ten tournament champion
#Illini
have touched down at Willard Airport. Brad Underwood is the first to move through the massive tunnel of fans.
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Illinois’ next opponent has been the subject of a few chants so far, some friendlier than others. The consensus is that
#Illini
fans want UConn.
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#Illini
fans are at Willard Airport in full force with the Big Ten tournament champions en route from Minnesota.
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#Illini
football was well-represented tonight at the Walmart on High Cross Road in Urbana.
The team partnered with Champaign County YoungLives and Healthy Beginnings to help area teen mothers shop for the holidays.
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Many
#Illini
fans who came to the celebration left with more autographs than they arrived with.
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About 70
#Illini
players were on hand to shop with the families, sign autographs and have some fun with young fans.
More on the way for
@news_gazette
.
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Jaime Marcos is the winner of the Christie Clinic Illinois Marathon with a final time of 2:29:46.
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Alexis Dorsey wins the women’s marathon with a time of 2:57:58.
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Fans are still gearing up at Ballpark Village, including Nick Stillwell’s party of seven. Plenty of fans are here already despite deteriorating conditions.
Stillwell and more
#Illini
fans dished on braving the weather earlier this week for
@news_gazette
:
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On the scene at Ubben Basketball Complex, where Josh Whitman is leading a tour of the newly-renovated
#Illini
hoops facility. Follow along for a look around.
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The Final Four has four teams, hence the name. Same pattern with the Elite Eight and Sweet 16.
But the First Four features eight teams. Shouldn’t it be the Early Eight?
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I was watching a game on NFHS Network tonight. The stream abruptly ended as the team trailing by three points crossed halfcourt with five seconds left.
Those prolific spam links to fake broadcasts might provide a better viewing experience than NFHS Network. Hard to do worse.
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FINAL | Unity 8, Paris 7
Taylor Joop wins it for Unity with a bases-loaded sac fly that drove in Reece Sarver. The Rockets win a 2A sectional title.
#NGPreps
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With just over two hours left until the
#Illini
host Syracuse at State Farm Center,
@TheOrangeKrush
is busy gearing up for the biggest home game of the young season.
I’ll show you how here and on the
@news_gazette
Snapchat account — make sure to add @ news-gazette!
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Hopefully this guy didn’t take the insults toward the Huskies personally.
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The scene at Renaissance Coliseum as
@BradleyWBB
returns to campus as MVC champions. Crowd of athletes from other sports on hand cheering them on.
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38 days, 35 games and 7 incredible teammates. Proud of everything
@ClutchSportsIL
has accomplished over the past several weeks and excited for more to come during the seasons ahead!
#ClutchUp
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Excited to share that I’ve completed my first week
@news_gazette
as a full-time member of the newsroom! I’ll have a variety of roles, including appearances on
@wdws1400
.
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I spent some time in LeRoy this morning, where
@PantherHardball
’s first-ever run to the IHSA 1A state baseball is generating excitement across town.
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Over at Paddy O’s,
@StLouisIllini
is gearing up for Braggin’ Rights.
The Hanlon, Shull and Burns families from Springfield, IL have been coming to this game since its inception in 1976, while Mike and Gannon Ethington of Rock Island are here for the first time.
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Really cool scene before tonight’s boys’ basketball game between Mahomet-Seymour and Urbana as both schools joined to celebrate athletes from the CUSR Mustangs and TNT Firecrackers.
They’re scrimmaging now ahead of the varsity game between the Bulldogs and Tigers.
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Today marks the start of an exciting new chapter for high school sports fans in Peoria and Bloomington-Normal.
I’m immensely proud of everything
@ClutchSportsIL
has accomplished over the last four years, all of which is thanks to the time and hard work of many talented people.
Central Illinois, we're going to overtime.
Introducing Clutch Sports Media Overtime, your new home for feature stories, nightly roundups, comprehensive statistics, conference standings, schedules, photos and video content.
Subscribe today at .
#ClutchUp
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Here’s the
@SabersBaseball1
reaction to the first sectional championship in program history. They’ll face LeRoy or Delavan at Illinois Wesleyan on Monday.
More from the Sabers’ 8-5 win over St. Teresa coming later for
@ngpreps
.
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Thanks for doing this story, Matt! Really proud of what we’ve accomplished with the
@ClutchSportsIL
team over the last two and a half years!
#ClutchUp
👊
Bradley students Joey Wright and Larry Larson have helped revolutionize the way central Illinois residents watch high school sporting events.
The co-founders of
@ClutchSportsIL
may be graduating soon, but Clutch Sports Media is going nowhere.
STORY:
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Here comes Illinois. Make sure to follow
@srrichey
and
@IlliniHQ
for updates as the
#Illini
take on Arkansas in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
#MarchMadness
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Andrea Bailey, a Monticello sixth grade teacher, on the importance of today’s procession and what Christopher Oberheim meant to the Monticello community:
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Great people make anything possible. They also make it lots of fun.
Huge thanks to everybody involved with taking
@ClutchSportsIL
’s coverage of
@WCHSTOC
to the next level!
#ClutchUp
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27 people set aside their holiday plans and chipped in with 48 hours of uninterrupted broadcast coverage and fantastic social media content.
I’m beyond proud of their energy, talent and dedication. Truly an incredible week with an amazing group of people.
#ClutchUp
From our entire CSM crew, including the many not pictured. We want to thank all of our viewers for spending their holidays watching the TOC with us!
#ClutchUp
🏀📺
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Made a trip to Catlin earlier today to catch up with
@SaltFork_HS
football.
There are plenty of reasons why the Storm rank sixth in
@ngpreps
preseason top 10, including seniors Derrek Richards, Ben Jessup and Garrett Taylor. Hear from the trio in Friday’s
@news_gazette
.
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Took in some football this morning in Tuscola as the Warriors beat the heat with a morning practice. They’ll open their season at Memorial Field against Arcola on August 26.
More on
@Tuscolafootball
’s outlook for the fall coming tomorrow for
@ngpreps
.
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Pinch-hitting for
@BrianBedo
tonight as
#Bradley
opens its home slate against Utah State.
Join
@MattMcClain3
and I on ESPN+ at 7 p.m. for a fun one at Carver Arena!
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Plenty of tributes to the late Dick Butkus can be found at his statue outside the Smith Football Performance Center.
More on the folks who have come from far and wide to pay homage to the
#Illini
and Chicago Bears great in tomorrow’s
@news_gazette
.
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Susannah Scaroni is the first finisher of the day as she captures the wheelchair half marathon.
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Underwood notes some work to be done to the office, including more trophies to add.
#Illini
Shauna Greene’s office isn’t quite done, but she says she should get into it tomorrow. The spaces will be similar.
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Phenomenal work behind the camera from
@joshschwam
at RenCo tonight. Follow the link for a full album from Peoria Notre Dame’s 46-33 win over Geneseo!
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For the first time since 2019, marathon runners are on the streets of Champaign and Urbana.
For the first time since the Illinois Marathon began in 2009, they’ll also run through Savoy:
Good morning from Champaign, where the first full Christie Clinic Illinois Marathon since 2019 is within 20 minutes from kicking off. Huge crowd at the starting line as opening ceremonies draw near.
Updates to come throughout the day for
@news_gazette
.
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Declining this order might be my biggest regret of all time.
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Another
@WCHSTOC
is in the books and I’m incredibly proud of the entire
@ClutchSportsIL
team for a week of amazing work.
Covering 36 games in five days with a major holiday in the middle isn’t easy, but our crew made it fun and rewarding.
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FINAL: STM beats Salt Fork 52-41 and wins its first regional title since 2014.
Greetings from Catlin, where Salt Fork and St. Thomas More are set to duel for a Class 1A regional championship. It’s a rematch of a regional title game that Salt Fork won 56-42 last season. Updates to come for
@ngpreps
.
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Just a bit delayed after Ottawa Marquette’s 9-3 win over Jacksonville Routt, but Ty Cribbett, David Hull and Brayden Elliott are set to face Altamont starter Dillan Elam in the top of the first.
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The
#Illini
are getting some shots up with less than two hours until tip-off.
In a streaky series, No. 16 Illinois is searching for its second straight win against Missouri after dropping three in a row from 2018-20. From 2013-17, it won five consecutive games.
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New EP dropping soon 👀
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I don’t want to spoil the new Spider-Man movie if you haven’t seen it yet, but I really enjoyed the part where hall of fame pitcher Bruce Sutter takes Peter under his wing and teaches him how to throw a split-finger fastball.
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Jonathan squeezed plenty of juice out of his four years at Bradley by excelling in a myriad of roles on campus and with
@ClutchSportsIL
.
He’s incredibly talented, hard-working and deserving of the success that’s come his way so far. Big things lie ahead for
@jondog237
!
Proud to say I graduated Summa Cum Laude from Bradley University yesterday with a major in Sports Communication and minors in Journalism and Advertising/PR🅱️
These 4 years will never be forgotten and I’ve met so many great people at this place❤️
Stay tuned for future plans!👀
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If nobody in Lawrence obeyed pedestrian signals, would they be the Kansas Jaywalks?
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Today is like Super Bowl Sunday for fans of our national Emergency Alert System.
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Tonight we tried a few new things! In the second and third pictures, you’ll notice that our bug can now provide relevant updates throughout the game.
In the fourth picture is an all-new halftime look, complete with a feed from the scoreboard clock in the upper left corner.
Good to be back on the trail!
Producer extraordinaire
@JoeyWright2000
is rolling out some new graphics, and I’ll have the call with
@Gavin_IL
. Hope you’ll tune in.
#ClutchUp
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Not sure how we avoided a noise complaint as it aired, but fun to end 2023 with
@ClutchSportsIL
first-ever
#SCTop10
play.
@NoahPowell0599
was money on camera all week long.
Proud of another great effort from our entire crew at the
@sfclassic
.
#ClutchUp
#️⃣1️⃣‼️‼️
One of the coolest moments in the history of
@ClutchSportsIL
!
In yesterday’s 3rd place game at the
@sfclassic
,
@PecatonicaBBB
’s
@CooperHoffman20
drains a 3/4 court shot and it was the
#1
play on
#SCTop10
😳
The reaction we had in the hotel room last night? Priceless!!
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Anticipation is building. Doors open in less than 10 minutes.
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Kevin Duranteater is dropping 40 👀
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I hope this is one of the 600 tweets you’re able to see today.
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I’m hoping that I’ll get to cover a game on Saturn sometime soon.
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Bulldogs lead 61-60 with 2 seconds left thanks to this and-one from Jackson Bohm:
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How much
@essentiawater
does it take to make it through a 12-hour day at the
@WCHSTOC
?
25 bottles. The answer is 25 bottles.
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The 2020 Dallas Cowboys: As good at football as Volkswagen is at emissions tests.
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There have been 12,424 laps recorded in the 63-year history of the Daytona 500.
In this thread I will be ranking them each from best to worst (1/12.4K):
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Basket mics, an enhanced studio show and slideline coverage during select games are a few of the new features you’ll see on
@ClutchSportsIL
’s
@WCHSTOC
coverage this week!
Huge thanks to
@schefftech
for helping us out with equipment! 👊
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Had a blast filming a video for
@ClutchSportsIL
with
@MLBLarry
and
@jondog237
today. Shoutout to the talents of
@kenny2efficient
and
@EthanGenders
behind the cameras and drone as well.
Big things ahead! We’re excited to share a major announcement with you on July 24.
#ClutchUp
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Drove up to Gilman earlier this evening to chat with
@IWHSFootball
. The Raiders went 8-3 in 2021 and will continue to lean on a strong rushing attack in 2022, with Iowa commit Cannon Leonard leading the way.
More later this week for
@ngpreps
.
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To eliminate situations where someone holds a door for for an awkward amount of time, I propose that we paint a line a few yards in front of every building.
If you’re behind the line, just open the door for yourself and spare everybody the trouble.
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FINAL | BHRA 40, Salt Fork 35
The Blue Devils win their fourth consecutive Vermilion County Tournament title.
More on the way for
@ngpreps
.
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My athletic career peaked on this field in 12th grade when I trucked somebody during a flag football game. Happy to be back tonight as Urbana and Central battle for the Wright Street Trophy on
@whms975
.
Join Dave Dutton and I at 6:45pm on 97.5-FM or on .
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Today’s
#NASCAR
finale doesn’t have a title sponsor and I really wish that
@ClutchSportsIL
had been allowed in on the negotiations.
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Final: Bradley 78, Drake 70
For the first time in program history,
@BradleyWBB
is going to the big dance!
#MVCHoops
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Stopped by
@wchs_308sports
’ Torry Gym this morning to sort out a few technical details with
@jondog237
ahead of the
@WCHSTOC
.
Really excited to have the
@ClutchSportsIL
team back on the scene this year, with roughly 50 hours of nonstop live coverage ahead this week.
#ClutchUp
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If sequels are never as good, explain why nobody lubricates a squeaky door hinge with WDs 1 through 39.
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Incredible story from Zach on St. Thomas More football standout Peace Bumba and how the Bumba family has overcome the odds ⬇️
Sending a big thank you to the Bumba family for letting me into their lives so I could tell this story. I hope it does them justice. No choice but to root for the Bumbas now.
@PeaceBumba
@BalliinPhenom24
@adonai_bumba
@Coach_Watson
@STMfball
@STMoreAD
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Welcome to Des Moines, Iowa, where
@srrichey
,
@adzilis
and I are on the scene for
@IlliniHQ
. Plenty of updates to come over the next few days as another
#MarchMadness
begins for the
#Illini
.
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Proud of our entire
@ClutchSportsIL
team for a day of great stuff in Metamora!
@Jkom91
with strong insight from around the course, fantastic photos from
@joshschwam
and awesome production from
@jondog237
and
@evan_m_johnson
.
Par for the course for a great team!
#ClutchUp
⛳️
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#NewProfilePic
and
@TimReusche
often appear together for a reason. Had a lot of fun on the call with
@MLBLarry
and
@BrianBedo
at the Red-White Scrimmage this morning!
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When I’m out driving and I see a car that looks just like mine:
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A 1A sectional championship is on the line as
@SabersBaseball1
and Decatur St. Teresa prepare for battle at Spalding Park. First pitch coming in about 15 minutes, updates to come all morning long.
@ngpreps
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A thread with video from the procession as it passed under the flag at the intersection of State Street and Wilson Street in Monticello. Hundreds of cars took part:
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