Bloomington Purple Raiders
NORMAL, Ill. — The 2025-26 high school basketball season for Bloomington-Normal teams is nearly underway. All girls games this week are part of the Intercity Girls Basketball Tournament. Normal Community opens its varsity season against Normal West on Nov. 22 at 6:30 p.m. The Iron return several key players but also graduated a strong senior […]
NORMAL, Ill. -The 2025-2026 IHSA basketball season is here! The teams here in Bloomington/Normal are ready to roll. Girls Basketball Normal Community is coming off an impressive season, finishing with a record of 27-7. The Iron look to produce similar or even stronger results this season with head coach David Feeney at the helm. Their […]
NORMAL, Ill. – Week 3 of High School Football was all about the offenses in Bloomington/Normal. Bloomington High School continued its undefeated season after a victory over Manuel on Friday. The final score was 48 to 6, improving to 3 and 0 on the season. The Purple Raiders will host Normal West this Friday at […]
NORMAL, Ill. – Friday Night Lights is back in Illinois as the IHSA high school football season kicked off on Friday. Normal University started the year off right where they left off, putting up 71 points as they traveled to Peoria to kick off their season. The Pioneers defeated Manuel 71-26 to start their year […]
NORMAL Ill. – With that, the regular season in IHSA football has come and gone. Next up on the agenda is playoffs, so let’s wrap up the regular season with one last recap. Normal Community won their last regular season game against Peoria 40-18. The Ironmen finished the regular season 8-1, 8-0 in conference play. […]
NORMAL, Ill. – Week 8 is all but over in IHSA football, and with only one week remaining, things are getting down to the wire. Let’s take a look at the second to last regular season recap of the season. Normal Community continued its winning streak in week 8 with a road win over Centennial. […]
NORMAL, Ill. – Seven weeks into the 2024 IHSA football campaign, all 5 teams were in action. Some surprises were in store, so let’s take a look at this week’s scoreboard. Normal Community has seemingly solidified itself as the top team in Bloomington-Normal in Week 7. The Ironmen rolled through Daville 71-12. They’ll travel to […]
NORMAL, Ill. – Through six weeks, there was a major upset and some interesting wins in the Bloomington-Normal high school football area. Let’s get into the action. Normal Community solidified themselves on top of Bloomington with a 30-point win. The final score was 44-14. The Ironmen had 166 rushing yards on the day. They’ll host […]
NORMAL, Ill. – At the midway point in the season of IHSA football teams are starting to find their true identity. For the most part, it was domination for the five Bloomington-Normal teams. Normal Community bounced back into the win column with a 42-0 win over Manual. The Ironmen defense stood tall to round them […]
NORMAL Ill. – A quarter of the season has come and gone in IHSA football. Only two of the five Bloomington-Normal teams were victorious this weekend. And on that note, let’s get into the recap. Kicking it off with Normal Community, the Ironmen lost to the Kankakee Kays 26-13. The Kays dominated on offense all […]