Ironmen baseball erased a four-run deficit and beat the surging Huntley Red Raiders in dramatic fashion at home May 22. Drew Stevens’ game-tying three-run home run in the seventh set up Andrew Naour’s walk-off double as Community rallied past one of the state’s top teams. With the win in Friday’s...

Community baseball clinched its third consecutive Big 12 Conference championship Monday, dismantling Bloomington 12-0 on the road as junior Kyle Glass delivered a seven-inning, three-hit complete-game shutout to move the Ironmen to 30-2 on the season. The Ironmen—who reached 30 wins for the second...

By the time their senior seasons concluded at the IHSA state finals at FMC Natatorium, Wade Pyle and Sam Grojean had done far more than qualify for state meets and break records. They changed the trajectory of the program. Over the last four years, Pyle and Grojean anchored the most successful...

Iron softball routed Champaign Centennial 17-2 in four innings Thursday, giving Community back-to-back wins for the first time since early April and improving the Iron to 6-8 overall, 2-0 in the Big 12 Conference. Centennial struck first with two runs in the top of the opening inning, but Community...

Riding back-to-back wins capped by a 20-0 shutout of Bloomington, Iron softball headed into the weekend to face its stiffest test of the young season against 11-3 Dunlap. Wednesday’s run-rule rout lifted Community to 4-5 overall and 1-0 in Big 12 play, closing out a challenging opening stretch that...

Bloomington native and former Illinois State basketball player Brandon Holtz tees off Thursday at the Masters, the only golfer from Illinois in this year's field at Augusta National Golf Club. The 39-year-old RE/MAX real estate broker earned his place on golf's biggest stage by winning the United...

The girls lacrosse co-op opened its 2026 season with a 17-8 non-conference loss to the Washington Panthers on March 18 at Golden Babcook Field in Washington, dropping the program to 2-10 all-time against a familiar rival. The Purple IronCats trailed 8-6 at halftime before the hosts outscored the Community-West-Bloomington...

After a record-setting 37-5 season that culminated in the program’s first state trophy in school history, the No. 2 state-ranked Ironmen enter 2025 hungry for more. Last spring, in his 20th year as head coach, Mr. Ryan Short appeared in his first state tournament with a star-studded lineup that featured...

Girls soccer dropped its first two matches of the 2026 season, falling 6-0 to Morton on Wednesday, March 18, and 6-3 to Chatham Glenwood on Thursday, March 19, but the Ironmen still enter the spring with experience, returning scoring power and the goal of competing for a sixth straight regional title. Last...

Mr. Matt Schweinberg was named head flag football coach for the Ironmen’s inaugural season in late February. Schweinberg said his interest in coaching the new sport was sparked by two things: love and family. “I’ve always loved football,” Schweinberg said. “It’s a really fun sport to...

Boys basketball won its sixth straight regional title Feb. 27, escaping United Township 55-54 in front of a home crowd at East Moline. The Ironmen didn’t win with pretty shooting, hitting 31% from the field. “We made a total of 13 shots the whole game,” Ironmen head coach Mr. Dave Witzig...

Boys basketball used balanced scoring to pull away from Pekin in a 78-33 IHSA regional quarterfinal win Feb. 25, then turned its attention to a rematch with United Township in the regional semifinals Feb. 27 in East Moline. Head coach Mr. Dave Witzig said Community’s early tempo did not match its...

Five Community boys swimmers qualified for the IHSA Boys State Swimming & Diving meet in seven events and will compete Friday, Feb. 28, at the FMC Natatorium in Westmont after a record-setting sectional meet Saturday, Feb. 21. State qualifiers include the 200-yard medley relay of Nolan Pyle, Sam...

Wade Pyle is finishing his senior season the same way he started it: fast. At Community’s Iron Invite on Jan. 10, Pyle broke his own school records in the 50-yard freestyle (20.79 seconds) and the 100-yard freestyle (45.68), lowering times he first set last season. Pyle added another record...

Down six at halftime, the Iron erupted for 22 third-quarter points and held Bloomington to four in the fourth to rally for a 48-33 Big 12 win Jan. 30. Junior transfer Jocelynn Schilb scored 17 points and Hayley Michels added 12 as Community hit seven 3-pointers and grabbed 13 offensive rebounds in the...