Who will win the Big 12? Who is Peoria's breakout player? Conference shakeup in the small schools High school football is so close, the smell of those delicious pork chops grows by the hour.

Here is the Journal Star preps experience for Week 1, your one-stop shop as we look around the Peoria-area football landscape to open the 2024 high school season: Looking for previews?Tap here to ...

A 17-year-old was stabbed in the abdomen at the Peoria High School football game on Oct. 19. The person stabbed suffered minor injuries and is not a student at the high school. It was Peoria High ...

Before entering his junior year at Peoria High, Dontay Tyson Jr. has received 18 offers to play football for Division I ...

Journal Star power rankings: Peoria-area high school football Top 20 for Week 5 “They got a lot of talented players,” Bailey said. “You can’t like focus on one guy. If you focus on one guy ...

A teenager was stabbed at the Peoria High School homecoming football game on the night of Oct. 18. The 17-year-old boy sustained minor injuries and was treated and released from the hospital the ...

Peoria is one of the oldest high schools in the West Valley, dating to 1922. (Glendale High was founded in 1911). The school won state football titles in 1944, 1986, 1987 and tied for the ...

Mark your calendars. Here is the full regular-season schedule for 2025 Peoria-area high school football, including the Big 12 and Mid-Illini.

High school football is so close ... Two games are being played in Peoria. Champaign Centennial visits Peoria High, while Normal Community comes to Richwoods. Manual will play on the state ...