The daily pitch from Sports Editor : May 6, 2026
May 6—➜ . That's what current University of Illinois students who are football season-ticket holders get the chance to do on Thursday at Gies Memorial Stadium in Champaign. ➜ .
If they can channel their inner , , or and make the field goal, they will have the cost of their student season ticket reimbursed. ➜ . Make or miss, the first 3,000 kickers will receive a Chick-fil-A 'Be our Guest Card,' for a free chicken sandwich or nuggets.
points averaged this past season for the East Peoria boys' basketball team en route to First Team News-Gazette All-State honors. The 6-foot-7 Illinois commit, however, won't play his final season of high school basketball at East Peoria. Or in Illinois.
Kitt is transferring to a prep school for his final season. Led by Kitt, East Peoria finished 29-5 this past season and won a Class 3A regional championship, the school's first IHSA hardware since winning a Class AA regional title in 1997. ➜ .
The Illini (23-23) and Braves (9-39) meet at 6:30 p. m. on Wednesday at Illinois Field in Champaign in the last nonconference game this season for Illinois.