When the Illinois Valley Central football team takes the field Friday night, it will be looking to rebound from a tough loss.

Last week, the Ghosts fell to the Eagles in Dunlap, 35-7.

"We're just trying to correct our mistakes from last week and get better," coach Tim Heinz said.

After a long offseason, the Illinois Valley Central volleyball team is back in action and ready to make a long playoff run.

The Illinois Valley Central cross-country team began the season by taking down the Dunlap girls team, 27-28.

Following two seasons in which there was only one senior member of the team, the Ghosts enter a season in which the team has three senior leaders in Alex Koch, Glenn Maxey and Austin Youngman.

The Illinois Valley Central soccer team and its nine seniors are ready to make a run for the State title, and they proved it by winning the Pekin Invitational this weekend.

When Illinois Valley Central and Dunlap met at Dunlap Friday night, it was a tale of two halves.

The Illinois Valley Central Ghosts and Dunlap Eagles met and renewed the rivalry in a lopsided game Friday night.

The long wait for the new football season ends tonight when the Illinois Valley Central Grey Ghosts head to Dunlap to take on the Eagles.

“Dunlap is a good team and we’re going to have to play a good game to beat them,” coach Tim Heinz said.

The Illinois Valley Central soccer team and its nine seniors are ready to get back on the field and make a run for the State title.

This year’s group of Ghosts is led by the senior class of Blake Smith, Jason Batek, Cole Wilton, Brad Schreiner, Tyler Hoffman, Jared Carroll, Matt Welch, Braden McIntyre and Austin Wilhelm.

After a long offseason, the Illinois Valley Central volleyball team is almost back in action and ready to make a long playoff run.

This year’s Lady Ghosts are led by seniors Jessie Ely, Marci Fletcher, Ashley Kluge, Amy Berchtold and Shya Kohler.

After plenty of time for rest and practice, the Illinois Valley Central golf team is hitting the links again.

Following two seasons in which there was only one senior member of the team, the Ghosts enter a season in which the team has three senior leaders in Alex Koch, Glenn Maxey and Austin Youngman.

With a long summer of workouts behind them, the Illinois Valley Central cross-country team is ready to hit the track.

“We ran this past summer for three days a week and most of the team was there for all of it,” coach Mike Themas said. “I was pleased with the turnout over the summer as a whole.

The Illinois Valley Central football team will have a new conference after this season.

After the 2010 season, the Ghosts will leave the North Central Illinois Conference and join the Mid-State 6.

The Illinois Valley Central football team is ready for the new season and a chance at playoff redemption.

The Grey Ghosts are coming off a season in which they were undefeated in the regular season, but lost the first game of the playoffs to Bishop McNamara.

Chillicothe native Zach McAllister will don a new uniform shortly, according to an announcement today.

Ninth-annual river jaunt draws 77 participants

During one weekend in August every year, the Illinois River is filled with adventurous people making the trip from Henry to Chillicothe by kayak.

The ninth annual Henry-Lacon-Chillicothe Canoe/Kayak Jaunt Illinois River went off without a hitch Sunday with 77 participants.

The Big Sandy Spurs Crazyhorse chapter of the Women in the Outdoors is hosting an all-day event Aug. 28 at the Chillicothe Sportsmen’s Club.

A young girls tennis team will take the courts this year at Dunlap High School. With about five seniors graduating last year, Patrick Gornik, girls tennis coach, is expecting the younger players to step up.

The Chillicothe St. Jude runners made their goal of more than $100,000 Saturday with a total of $112,000.

In front of the runners as they made their way down Fourth Street around 1 p.m. was Chillicothe’s own St. Jude patients, Dylan Barry, Rachel Mattson and Lexi Helfrich.

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