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Week 8: Coach Drengwitz breaks down Danville, sets the stage for Champaign Centennial

The Ironmen football head coach recaps the team's 41-0 win over Danville, looks ahead to the Homecoming contest
Andrew Naour and Brady Phelps
Oct 17, 2025
The Inkspot's Andrew Naour and Brady Phelps sat down with the Ironmen head coach after the team improved to 6-1, talking about the team's Week 8 conference game against the Champaign Centennial Chargers (5-2).
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The fall play cast talks about why ‘Anne Frank’ resonates

The fall play cast talks about why ‘Anne Frank’ resonates

Lyra Townsend, Associate Editor
Oct 10, 2025

The cast of “The Diary of Anne Frank” reflect on why the story still matters, pointing to the play’s urgency amid current events, the importance of free expression and the harm that follows when prejudice goes unchecked. 

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Community honors longtime coach Mr. Bryan Thomas before Oct. 3 game [photo gallery]

Community honors longtime coach Mr. Bryan Thomas before Oct. 3 game [photo gallery]

The veteran teacher, coach is set to retire at the end of the year
Inkspot Staff
Oct 10, 2025

Community recognized longtime coach and teacher Mr. Bryan Thomas in a pregame ceremony before the Oct. 3 football game against Bloomington High School. Thomas will retire at the end of the school year after nearly three decades in Unit 5. Thomas began coaching at Community in 1997 while student-teaching...

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Before sessions began, Unit 5 staff visited a resource fair featuring local businesses and community partners, including the Bloomington Bison, ISU Athletics, Yoga Lab, the Art Station, Illinois State University and Heartland College.

Unit 5 hosts first ‘Excellence in Education Summit’

Hundreds of staff from 23 schools gather at Normal West for inaugural event [photo gallery]
Inkspot Staff
Oct 9, 2025

Unit 5 brought staff from every school to Normal West on Sept. 26 for the district’s first all-level institute day, the “Excellence in Education Summit.” The day featured 38 sessions presented by Unit 5 teachers, administrators and students across two periods, 8:45–9:45 a.m. and 10:15–11:15...

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Week 7: Coach Drengwitz recaps the Ironmen’s win over Bloomington, talks Danville [video]

Drengwitz on the 56-42 win over the Raiders, previews the Week 7 matchup against the Vikings
Andrew Naour and Brady Phelps
Oct 8, 2025
Mr. Jason Drengwitz sat down with the Inkspot to talk the Ironmen's wild win over Bloomington and preview Week 7.
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Week 5: Coach Drengwitz previews the Ironmen’s matchup vs. Peoria Manual, recaps Week 4 [video]

Drengwitz talks the upcoming Kankakee Kays contest
Andrew Naour, Sports Editor
Sep 24, 2025
Mr. Jason Drengwitz sat down with the Inkspot's Andrew Naour to talk the Ironmen's 28-17 loss to the Kankakee Kays and preview Community's Week 5 contest against the Peoria Manual Rams.
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Postgame reaction: Coach Drengwitz on Community’s 28-17 Loss to Kankakee [video]

Sep 22, 2025

The Inkspot's Elijah Conda caught up with Ironmen head coach Mr. Jason Drengwitz after Community's Week 4 28-17 loss to the Kankakee Kays.

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Iron Icon: Tye Niekamp

Week of Sept. 15, 2025
Brady Phelps, Senior Staff Reporter
Sep 19, 2025

Iron Icon is a recurring Inkspot segment highlighting Community alumni making an impact after graduation. Through interviews with teachers, coaches and staff, each installment spotlights an alum’s achievements—whether on the field, in their career or in the community—while connecting their success...

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Week 4: Coach Drengwitz previews the Ironmen’s matchup vs. Kankakee [video]

Drengwitz talks the upcoming Kankakee Kays contest
Andrew Naour and Brady Phelps
Sep 18, 2025
Mr. Jason Drengwitz sat down with the Inkspot's Andrew Naour and Brady Phelps and previewed Community's Week 4 non-conference game against the Kankakee Kays.
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Week 3: Coach Drengwitz previews the Ironmen’s matchup vs. Urbana [video]

Drengwitz recaps Community's Week 2 win Normal West, talks the upcoming Urbana Tigers contest
Andrew Naour and Brady Phelps
Sep 9, 2025
Mr. Jason Drengwitz sat down with the Inkspot's Andrew Naour and Brady Phelps, recapping the Ironmen's Week 2 contest against the West Wildcats and previewing the team's Week 3 matchup against Urbana.
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West Week: Coach Drengwitz previews the Normal West matchup [video]

Ironmen football's head coach on the Big 12 implications of the Week 2 contest vs. the Wildcats
Andrew Naour, Sports Editor
Sep 5, 2025
Mr. Jason Drengwitz sat down with the Inkspot's Andrew Naour and Mr. Joel Swanson to talk about the Big 12 implications of the Ironmen's Week 2 contest against the Normal West Wildcats and recapped the Richwoods win.
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Head coach Mr. Jason Drengwitz addresses the Ironmen after a dominant team effort, highlighted by touchdown catches from three different receivers and a pick-six in the lopsided win.

Ironmen open season with balanced offense, stifling defense in win over Richwoods [photo gallery]

Lyra Townsend, Associate Editor
Sep 3, 2025

Community opened the 2025 season with a 40-6 win over Richwoods on Aug. 29 at Dick Tharp Field, scoring touchdowns through the air, on the ground and on defense. The Ironmen held the Knights to just 33 passing yards and forced five turnovers in the Big 12 victory.

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Ironmen football’s head coach previews the 2025 season opener [video]

Mr. Jason Drengwitz on the Richwoods Knights matchup
Andrew Naour, Sports Editor
Aug 26, 2025
Mr. Jason Drengwitz sat down with the Inkspot previewing the Ironmen's week one matchup against the Richwoods Knights.
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Seniors "skipped" at the Senior Picnic, Armoni Conner spreading her lifelong love of jump rope.

Senior leads classmates in double dutch, sharing passion for jump roping [photo gallery]

Armoni Conner’s jump ropes turned a personal pastime into one of the senior picnic’s standout moments
Bella Green, Editor-in-Chief
May 16, 2025

Tick-tack-tick-tack-tick-tack-tick-tack. The hot concrete of Comlara park sparked with each strike of Armoni Conner’s make-shift clothesline rope, surrounded by the giggles of seniors as they skipped. When Conner heard the “picnic” in Senior Picnic, she knew what she was going to bring—her...

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Meet the 2025 Prom Court

Meet the 2025 Prom Court

Arwen Georgas and Armeen Chatha
Apr 24, 2025

Eight juniors were named to the 2025 Prom Court, nominated by their peers ahead of Saturday’s dance at the Marriott in Uptown Normal. This year’s event—set to a “Great Gatsby” theme—will culminate with the crowning of Prom Royalty, a term NCHS adopted in 2021 to replace traditional gendered...

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