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Normal West was impressive last night with a 57-18 win over the University Pioneers.  They pulled out to an early 10 or 12 point lead and never relinquished it.  The Wildcats played what has probably been the quickest up and down game of the 4 games we've seen in the early season.  Speed is certainly one of the weapons they have in their arsenal. The Central Catholic v Normal Community game was all the Ironmen for the first quarter.  The Saints never felt out of it and pushed forward cutting the lead by halftime.  The final score at the buzzer was just a 2 point win 42-40 for the Iron.  Top scorers for each team were Saints Coffman and Iron Wong both with 12 each.

Best Look Magazine - LeRoy Basketball Championship Issue By Alan Look in Best Look Magazine 32 pages, published 3/13/2016 Best Look Magzine - LeRoy Panther 2016 IHSA Class 1A Basketball Championship Commemorative Issue The LeRoy Panthers took the championship game 38-35!  -Chimper

It's Here!  The February issue of Best Look Magazine is now available.  Click on the cover below... Best Look Magazine, Volume 5 Issue 1, February 2016 By Alan Look in Best Look Magazine 32 pages, published 2/15/2016 Best Look Magazine February 2016 Volume 5 Issue 1  - Chimper

Girls bracket - Champs - Tremont Turks Runner up - LeRoy Panthers 3rd Place - Flanagan Cornell Woodland Falcons 4th Place - Heyworth Hornets Boys bracket - Champs - Ridgeview Mustangs Runner up - LeRoy Panthers 3rd Place - Fieldcrest Knights 4th Place - Blue Ridge Knights Click for more images from Alan Look Photography and check out the articles and photos in Best Look Magazine and the Normalite family of local newspapers.  - chimper

Yes, this Saturday at Ridgeview Schools the 1st round begins. Get your brackets here: Brackets . Be sure to take a look at all the pictures from past MCT's here: Photos  - Chimper

When the corn isn't growing in Illinois there is always basketball.  At the holiday break near the end of the year, there is always a holiday tournament somewhere in the state... in fact quite a few of them.  Many have existed for years.  Some have just a few schools.  Some are the granddaddy of them all.  The State Farm Holiday Classic is one if not the granddaddy.  The Classic (as it is known by it's shorter name to many) has been around long before State Farm was it's title sponsor.  It has grown over time but has hosted 64 teams for a good long time.  It is Co-ed wit 32 girls teams and 32 boys teams.  Most teams come from Illinois, but the past has seen other parts of the United State represented as well. The Classic just concluded.  There will be coverage by Alan Look Photography - Bloomington - Normal's Best Look in Sports Action Photography in the Normalite Newspapers and in the February issue of Best Look Magazine.  Until ...

Best Look Magazine, Volume 4 Issue 4, November 2015 By Alan Look in Best Look Magazine 32 pages, published 11/10/2015 Best Look Magazine, Volume 4 Issue 4, November 2015 The 2015 November Issue of Best Look Magazine has arrived. The front cover features a High Dynamic Range image of the Normal Theater in Normal taken during the Sugar Creek Arts Festival in July.  The rear cover is a shot of the memorial at Illinois State University that remembers the 7- Aaron Leech, Torrey Ward, Scott Bittner, Jason Jones, Andrew Butler, Terry Stralow and Thomas Hileman who lost their lives in a plane crash on their way home from the NCAA basketball tournament in April.  Other features in this issue - a wrap up of the Normal CornBelters winning season, McLean County Antique Automobile Associations annual car show, Sugar Creek Arts Festival, a preview of the S...