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  On this day in History... NORMAL, Ill. (March 5, 2005) — The Normal Community Ironmen secured the boys' basketball regional championship Saturday night, defeating cross-town rival Normal Community West in a hard-fought matchup. The Ironmen relied on a balanced scoring attack and strong defense to hold off the Wildcats in front of a packed gymnasium at Normal Community High School. West kept the game close throughout. The Wildcats cut the deficit to three with under two minutes to play, but Normal Community responded with key free throws down the stretch to put the game out of reach. https://alanlookphotography.zenfoliosite.com

  March 4, 2005 – Normal, Ill. Normal Community’s boys basketball team secured a hard-fought victory over Bloomington on Friday night, defeating the Purple Raiders in an IHSA Class AA Regional matchup at Normal Community West High School. The Ironmen, led by a strong defensive performance and clutch shooting, outlasted Bloomington in a tightly contested game that saw multiple lead changes. Normal Community’s fast-paced offense and aggressive rebounding helped them pull away in the final minutes to clinch the win. With the win, Normal Community advances to the next round of the IHSA Class AA tournament. Bloomington’s season comes to an end, but the Purple Raiders showcased resilience and determination throughout the year. https://alanlookphotography.zenfoliosite.com

Two years ago, the idea for Best Look Magazine was launched.  A Central Illinois, Bloomington Normal based sports and leisure magazine to feature local athletics, athletes, travel, and entertainment.  August 2012 saw the first issue published. The magazine has a motto of a photo for every story, a story for every photo. The magazine is a product of Alan Look Photography and featured stories and photos by Alan Look and John Power.  John has been on a hiatus for a few issues, but Alan carries on. This issue contains more text for the readers in our following, more great photos of Bloomington Normal and McLean County Sports, a Double Cover - a great image on both the front and the back, and a short editorial on the freelance sports photography business.  This issue continues the tradition of a photo feature of Referees, Umpires and other officials that has been a constant in all the previous issues. We thank all our followers, supporters, readers and especially o...

If you are looking for some memories of the 2013 McLean County Tournament, be sure to check out the galleries of Alan Look Photography.  Alan Look Photography is a professional sports photographer who has lived in McLean County his whole life.  He has been published world wide in several well respected magazines, newspapers and books .  He works locally as a free-lancer and covers assignments for the Normalite Newspaper Group and publishes a quarterly sports and leisure magazine named Best Look Magazine. Be sure to check them out even if you don't purchase.  Looking is free! 2013 102nd McLean County Tournament Photos Alan Look Photography, McLean County's Best Look in sports action photography Best Look Magazine Normalite -Chimper-

Yes, this Saturday January 19th, the first rounds of the 2013 McLean County Tournament will be played at the gyms of Ridgeview in Colfax.  You can find the brackets on the McLean County Tournament page of Alan Look Photography .   Alan will be in and out hitting several of the games through out the week.  Check the website , the Normalite , and Best Look Magazines next issue for coverage and some great photos of the McLean County Tournament . This will be the 102nd McLean County Tournament.

Like a sputtering car in need of repair, that's how it was for Alan Look Photography and the Illinois State Redbirds this weekend.  Circumstances beyond our control forced us to miss all the great Friday night high school football.  West was at Bloomington - Bloomington won, Ridgeview played LeRoy - LeRoy won, UHigh played and won, and Normal Community played MacArthur and won.  Those are just a few of the local games.  Any would have been great to see. The ISU Redbirds took on the Salukis of Southern Illinois for Homecoming.  It seemed like every time they got to moving forward the exhaust would backfire and the ball would move the other way.  They were ranked #9 and were undefeated with 5 wins, the best record since the 1960's.  Five and one is still an awesome record, but we will just have to wait and see what happens to the ranking (does it really matter?), SIU v ISU Photo Gallery I lost track of just what John Power was covering this weekend fo...