The question was a simple one. Too simple. Who’s the best at ping pong? All four Michaels siblings answered at once, each building a case, citing specific matches and disputed outcomes that seemed to stretch back for years. They talked over each other, around each other, through each other—until...

Tornadoes that swept through Bloomington-Normal on April 17 left Community’s athletic facilities with significant damage—destroying a softball dugout, bending baseball fencing and stripping sponsor signs from two fields, Athletic Director Mr. Nic Kearfott said. The most severe blow came to...

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...

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...

With five wins at the 68th annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 1, Kendrick Lamar became the most-decorated artist in Grammy history with 27 career awards, passing Jay-Z’s and Stevie Wonder’s 25 and Kanye “Ye” West, who has 24. Lamar took home Record of the Year for “Luther” featuring SZA —...

Senior wrestler Mason Caraway earned his 100th career win Jan. 3 at the Huntley Mega Duals in Aurora, becoming one of three active Ironmen wrestlers to reach the milestone. That accomplishment comes after Caraway moved up a weight class this season. Caraway’s achievement adds him to a small group...

Iron volleyball shuffled into August with the motto “Up the ante,” a slogan which would set the table for program-wide buy-in and raised the stakes for the 2025 season.  The annual team theme, a program tradition, dealt motivation first: “bet on yourself” and “never fold” notes from head...

Twenty-five points weren’t enough. Iron volleyball needed extras in both sets to beat Lincoln-Way West on Oct. 30, 28-26, 26-24, and claim a second consecutive regional championship. Community controlled most of the first set, building a six-point cushion before the Warriors rallied to 24-22. Senior...

Community will play for a second straight regional championship Oct. 30, hosting Lincoln-Way West (20-15) in the IHSA Class 4A final after sweeping Rock Island in a two-set semifinal. While the Iron didn’t face Lincoln-Way West in the regular season, head coach Ms. Christine Konopasek said the Ironmen...

Community hosts Rock Island (10-18) in the IHSA Class 4A Regional Semifinal Oct. 28 at 6 p.m. in the teams’ first meeting this season. 9-seed Rock Island snapped a four-match skid, eliminating the 8- seed Richwoods Knights in two sets Oct. 27.  The top-seeded Ironmen enter regional-play with...

After Community’s 2–0 victory over Danville on Oct. 21, the Ironmen celebrated a milestone sixteen seasons in the making—head coach Ms. Christine Konopasek’s 400th career win. The Inkspot's Yusuf Abbed caught up with three varsity players ahead of them game, asking them to reflect on what...