Sam LaKamp will be recognized during the Ironmen volleyball team’s home match Oct. 16 against Urbana for surpassing 1,000 career assists, a milestone she reached Oct. 4 in a 2-0 win over Quincy. Head coach Mrs. Christine Konopasek said the achievement places LaKamp among an elite group of setters...

Community will host Thursday’s Intercity Meet looking to translate a season of incremental improvements into one of their strongest team showings yet. Head coach Mrs. Heather Budak said the Iron have seen “little drops all the way through the season,” even when results don’t fully reflect...

With four Ironmen placing in the top 15, the boys cross country team took second at the Randy Sharer Intercity Meet, trailing U-High 24-55. Senior AJ Ince led Community, finishing second in 15:51.02—28.84 seconds behind the winner from U-High. The senior has led the Iron’s efforts this season,...

The 4-1 Ironmen will look to hand Bloomington its first loss of the season Friday in a showdown with Big 12 Conference title implications. The two rivals are the last unbeaten teams in conference play. Community’s only loss came in Week 4, a non-conference setback against Class 6A No. 4 Kankakee....

Ironmen volleyball’s 12-match win streak came to an end Sept. 27 at the Intercity tournament, where Community split its four matches to move to 14-3 on the season and 4-0 in Big 12 play.  The Iron opened the annual event with a 25-20, 25-16 win over an injury-hampered Normal West then rolled past...

Community’s girls swimming and diving team faced depth issues at the 11th annual Iron Invite on Sept. 20. Head coach Mrs. Heather Budak said that with only 14 swimmers available for the Iron Invite, she was unable to fill the full lineup across both the varsity and frosh/soph meets. “I need about...

Senior Michael Mavec set two new track and field school records last spring in the 110-meter and 300-meter hurdles. At the 2024 IHSA Sectional meet on May 21, Mavec ran the 110-meter hurdles in 14.59 seconds, surpassing the previous record of 14.6 set by Ryne Tharp in 1980. Mavec also set a new...

Class of 2025 graduate Marco Reynolds won the IHSA Class 3A State Championship in shot put last May, claiming the title with a finals throw of 42 feet, 9.5 inches. Reynolds advanced to the state meet in shot put for the third consecutive year after earning back-to-back indoor titles at the Illinois...

Ironmen baseball closed its 2025 campaign with a third-place finish at the IHSA Class 4A State Tournament and a program-best 37-5 record. Community’s historic run included a second straight Big 12 Conference title, a third consecutive regional championship and the program’s first sectional crown...

The Ironmen held a 10-0 over Kankakee after three quarters Friday night, but were outscored 21-0 in the game’s final eight minutes, falling to the Kays 28-17. Community led for all but the final 57 seconds of the game before Kankakee cornerback Cedric Terrell III sealed the comeback with a 33-yard...

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.

The Ironmen football team put its undefeated record on the line Friday night, facing a Kankakee Kays team whose 1-2 start masks the caliber of its competition. Community (3-0) will welcome the Kays (1-2) to Dick Tharp Field in a non-conference showdown—a rematch of last season’s 26-12 Kankakee...