The Ironmen, head coach Mr. Dave Witzig said, ran into the best team in the state in Homewood-Flossmoor in Saturday’s 2024 IHSA Class 4A State Championship contest at the State Farm Center. The Vikings earned the program’s first title with a 60-48 win, sending the Ironmen home with Community’s...

Community advances to the 4A IHSA State Finals for the second time in school history after defeating the Palatine Pirates 58-38 at the University of Illinois’ State Farm Center Friday afternoon. Two Ironmen finished the night with double-digit scoring performances. Jaheem Webber posted a double-double...

The Community boys basketball team secured a resounding 53-29 victory over the Downers Grove North Trojans Monday, propelling them into Friday’s 4A IHSA State Semifinals at Illinois’ State Farm Center. The 31-5 Ironmen tipoff against the 28-8 Palatine Pirates at 2 p.m. after the Pirates narrowly...

The Ironmen faced the Downers Grove North Trojans twice this school year, in Super-Sectionals contests, with the victor going on to the IHSA State Finals. The first encounter came on the gridiron when the undefeated Ironmen reached the State Semis for the first time since 2007. Downers dashed Community’s...

The boys track & field team placed 10th at last season’s 3A IHSA State meet, Community’s best finish since 2010’s three-way tie for eighth place, without scoring a single point on the track.  And while the Iron sent two relays and six individuals to compete at Eastern Illinois University,...

Inside the Paint is a roundtable discussion where the Inkspot’s basketball beat reporters dive deep into the Ironmen boys and girls basketball seasons. Zachary Knox-Doyle, B.J. Dumas, Bella Green and Ben Kerber offer a courtside pass to all things Ironmen basketball. Join us as we break down...

Community is headed back to the 4A State Tournament for the first time since 2015 after a 53-29 win over the Downers Grove North Trojans at Illinois State’s CEFCU arena on Monday night. Downers Grove struggled to get anything to fall all night, shooting 21% from the field and going two for 35 from...

Heading into tonight’s 4A IHSA Super-Sectional matchup between the Normal Ironmen (30-5) and Downers Grove North Trojans (29-4) at Illinois State’s CEFCU Arena, it’d be easy to look at the team’s earlier encounter-a 40-35 Trojans win-and draw your conclusions.  But the box score from Jan....

In NCAA March Madness history, there have been just two buzzer-beating dunks. The feat was last performed over 40 years ago, not repeated in nearly 2,500 matchups. By any measure, at any level, the buzzer-beating dunk is a rare conclusion to any basketball contest. Come March, against the toughest...

The Ironmen boys basketball team take on 31-3 Quincy Blue Devils in tonight’s Pekin Sectional Championship game, hoping to prevent the storied program from adding to its list of accolades.  The Quincy program, which played its first game in 1907, has claimed Illinois high school records for state...

Sophomore Wade Pyle broke the 100 and 200 freestyle school records at the IHSA Swimming and Diving State Finals this weekend, earning him two of Community’s three State medals. Pyle finished the 100 freestyle in 46.22 during Friday’s preliminary round, shaving .31 seconds off Tyson Tucci’s...

When the Ironmen took on the Moline Maroons in Feb. 10’s regular season matchup, the outcome was decided by one basket. Defending the reigning 4A State Champions pushed Community to their limits, and the Iron barely escaped with a 31-29 victory, a score that resembled most of Community’s halftime...

With the Illinois High School Association announcing next fall’s inaugural girls flag football season, the question at Community is, “When will the Iron field a team?”  The answer remains unknown.  While over 100 schools have committed to fielding a team next season, including the Big 12...

The 28-5 Ironmen boys basketball team faces the 27-6 Moline Maroons in tonight’s Pekin Sectional Semifinals. The 7 p.m. tip is the third straight season the two teams have matched up in the Semis. Community is hoping to avenge last year’s 68-51 season-ending loss, while Moline looks to a chance...