Champaign Central Chronicle

The Cross Town Rival Showdown: Central vs. Centennial Basketball Double Header Game

Ella Flynn • February 25, 2025

On Tuesday, February 11, 2025, the Central Maroons hosted the Centennial Chargers in a double-header cross-town rival game. To start the day off the Central Maroons hosted a school-wide pep rally...

Super Bowl LIX Predictions and Results

Chloe Flynn • February 25, 2025

Many NFL fans got a sense of deja vu after hearing that the Kansas City Chiefs were set to face off against the Philadelphia Eagles on February 8th during the 59th Super Bowl. Just two years ago, in Super...

College Football Playoff Bracket Breakdown

Jack Levitan, Sports Editor • December 18, 2024

The College Football Playoff committee officially released the College Football Playoff Bracket on December 8, 2024. They selected 12 teams to compete for the National Championship title in Atlanta, Georgia,...

BIG 10 Expanding to 18 Teams

Ella Flynn • September 30, 2024

As of the 2024 fall football season, the Big 10 Conference spans from coast to coast. Originally, four of those teams were in the Pac 12 Conference. Last year was the final time the Big 10 had only 14...

Girls flag football will become an IHSA sanctioned sport next fall, but transportation issues delay Unit 4’s entry.

Adam Edwards • April 22, 2024

On February 14th, the IHSA announced the addition of girls' flag football to its list of fall sports beginning in the 2024-25 school year, along with its own official postseason and state championship...

March Madness Review

John Riegel • April 22, 2024

March Madness is a college basketball elimination tournament in which 68 teams compete for a chance at a national title. The higher seeds (better teams) play the lower seed (not as good teams) and one...

NBA Recap

Wesley Collins • April 22, 2024

The NBA’s 2023-2024 regular season is wrapping up as teams either prepare for the playoffs or look ahead at free agents and high draft picks. Fans will start to fill up the stadiums to watch their favorite...

Swinging into the New Season

Wesley Collins • March 25, 2024

As spring rolls around, we will be getting almost nonstop baseball from March to October as teams try and win the World Series. Fans will be filling the stadiums, excited to see how their players have...

Illini Marches on to win the Big Ten Tournament

John Riegel • March 25, 2024

The tournament started in 1998 and the Illinois basketball has won four tournament championships since the tournament began. The Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament happened March 13th through March...

Champaign Central Boys Basketball at Regionals

Adam Edwards • March 25, 2024

The IHSA’s Boys Basketball State Tournament kicked off across the state February 21st, with hundreds of teams across the state embarking on the road to the State Title game at Champaign’s State Farm...

Super Bowl Reactions

John Riegel • February 19, 2024

The Super Bowl was held in Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas Nevada. The Chiefs played the 49ers on February 11th. People all around the U.S. watched the Super Bowl. Super Bowl traditions are always a...

2024 UFC Predictions

Wesley Collins • February 19, 2024

Another year means another year of the Ultimate Fighting Championship otherwise known as the UFC which also means new and old fighters being crowned as champions. Last year fans saw a total of 5 different...