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...

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...

The Ironmen used a decisive third-quarter run to turn a tight game into a comfortable home win, pulling away from the Bloomington High School Raiders 80-61 on Jan. 30. Community improved to 19-4 overall and 6-1 in the Big 12 Conference with the win, while Bloomington dropped to 8-16 overall and 2-6...

The Ironmen (7-0) will try to push their win streak to eight when they host Peoria High (5-2), a Lions team that has already gone toe-to-toe with playoff-level opponents and brings multiple double-figure scorers into Community gym. “It’s a great start,” Community head coach Mr. Dave Witzig said....

Community will look to steady its footing tonight when the Ironmen host Peoria High at 6 p.m., after falling 64-28 at Washington on Dec. 15. Head coach Mr. Dave Feeney said the reset is less about reinventing the wheel and more about returning to what worked early against the 10-0 Washington Panthers. The...

For the first time in almost half a decade, when the Ironmen basketball season tips off against Normal West on Nov. 24, there won't be a 6-foot-10, 6-foot-9 behemoth towering over the Community’s foes.  The Iron, head coach Mr. Dave Witzig said, were incredibly lucky to have the luxury of literal...

When Community opens the 2025–26 season Nov. 22 against Normal West at home, head coach Mr. Dave Feeney won’t measure the Iron against last year’s 27–7 team. He won’t measure them against the four straight Intercity titles either. What he wants instead is a reset. “I don’t want them...