Three-time IHSA State cross country qualifier Ali Ince (’24) and Joey Yaros (’25) closed out the season with appearances at the 3A State Finals in Peoria Nov. 4.  Ince finished her senior State race in 19:16.00, less than five seconds off her pace the year prior (19:10.62). Battling an illness...

Ali Ince and Joey Yaros advance to Saturday’s IHSA 3A State Cross Country meet at Peoria’s Detweiller Park after historic Sectional performances on Oct. 28. Joey Yaros advances to his first State meet after a recorded setting performance at IHSA 3A Granite City Sectional. Yaros posted a time...

The boys and girls cross country teams will race in the 3A Granite City Sectional on Saturday, Oct. 28, after the boys took third in the Alton Regional on Oct. 21 and the girls finished fourth.  Last weekend, Joey Yaros was first to the finish for Community in sixth, posting a time of 15:55.38.  The...

The boys cross country team won the Big 12 conference championship Oct. 14, finishing the day at Detweiller Park with 46 points, 12 ahead of runners-up Peoria Notre Dame. Joey Yaros’s first-place finish led Community to their first Conference title in nine seasons, as the junior completed the muddy,...

The boys cross country team earned its third consecutive first-place victory on Sept. 14, edging out Taylorville 33-35 to win the inaugural Taylorville Invite. Junior Joey Yaros took second with a 15:37.22 finish, trailing Taylorville’s Owen Morgan by 13.31 seconds. Four Ironmen would...

The girls cross country team placed 27th at the IHSA 3A State meet on Saturday, Nov. 5 at Peoria’s Detweiller Park. While the race conditions were unlike any the girls had experienced all season -- a muddy, rainy, windy day -- junior Abigail Ziemer and her six teammates were mentally prepared for...

The boys cross country season came to an end at the Normal Sectional on Oct. 29 after the team finished 14th. With 393 points, Community trailed Oswego High School, the last of the seven teams to qualify for State, by nearly 200 points. Plainfield South won the meet with 32 points. Jack Thomas was...

The girls cross country team won the Big 12 Conference title Saturday, Oct. 15, at Peoria’s Detweiller Park, finishing 10 points ahead of the Normal West Wildcats. Community’s boys placed 2nd in the championship meet, finishing behind Peoria Notre Dame’s team and ahead of West by a one-point margin. After...

For the second straight year, Community’s boys and girls varsity cross country teams finished 2nd at the Intercity meet at Maxwell Park, Thursday, Sep. 22.   Girls Varsity  Normal West won the girl’s race, with the Wildcats finishing 7 points ahead of Community. Four Community runners...

The Lady Iron cross country team head into Thursday’s Intercity meet with two team victories in their first three meets of the season.  Community took 1st at the NCHS Co-Ed Open Sep. 2, beating Olympia by 21 points in the opening meet of the season.  Ali Ince (’24), Abigail Zeimer (’24)...

The trio of Joey Yaros (’25), AJ Ince (’26) and Jack Thomas (’24) have led the Ironmen cross country team to two team victories and a 2nd place finish this season.  In the opening meet of the season, the NCHS Co-Ed Open, on Sep. 2 the team took 2nd, finishing behind El Paso Gridley. Community...

The varsity boys and girls cross country teams finished 2nd in the Randy Sharer Intercity meet Tuesday, Sept. 21, with each race decided by a tiebreaker. Varsity Boys After Community and U-High's first five runners crossed the finish line, the teams were tied for 1st place with 38 points apiece. Jonah...

The Lady Iron cross country team concluded their history-making season by finishing third at IHSA Sectionals on Saturday, October 31. Running their home course, Maxwell Park, with an undefeated record, the team’s goal “was to really just get in front of as many teams as possible,” Lauren...

The Lady Iron cross country team heads into Saturday's Peoria Notre Dame Invitational amidst a historic season. A Normal Community girls cross country team, since 1979 when the IHSA records began, has never finished the season among the state's Top Ten teams. A feat which rivals -- the U-High Pioneers...