At the HOIC professional development day on Friday February 14th, HOIC President William Lapp presented the inaugural HOIC Legacy Awards to Robin Roberts and Jeff Hinman. Roberts was selected in the athletic realm for his contributions at Tri-Valley High School and Hinman was selected in the academic realm for his contributions as one of the founding members of the HOIC as an administrator at Tremont. Congratulations to two well-deserving Legacy Award recipients!

The HOIC will select Legacy Award recipients every other year — one for athletics and one for academics. The awards will be presented at the HOIC professional development day. Member schools can nominate one person for in each area.
Nominees can be coaches, sponsors, teachers, athletic directors, administrators, or other staff members.

The Tremont Turks went 7-0 in the HOIC Duals to claim the 2020 HOIC Wrestling Championship. Heyworth was second at 6-1 while LeRoy was third at 5-2.

Full Results:

Dual Records

Tremont 7-0
Heyworth 6-1
LeRoy 5-2
EPG 4-3
GCMSF 3-4
Dee-Mack 1-6
Ridgeview 1-6
Eureka 1-6

Dual Finals

At LeRoy 2/1/20

Tremont 41 vs LeRoy-TV 31
GCMSF 49 vs Dee-Mack 30
Heyworth 40 vs EPG 34
Eureka 43 vs Ridgeview 36
LeRoy 44 vs EPG 30
Tremont 58 vs Ridgeview 22
GCMSF 45 vs Eureka 36
Heyworth 57 vs Dee-Mack 23
LeRoy 48 vs Dee-Mack 24
Tremont 45 vs GCMSF 32
Heyworth 55 vs Eureka 24
EPG 42 vs Ridgeview 36
LeRoy 48 vs Eureka 28
Tremont 45 vs Heyworth 24
EPG 40 vs GCMSF 36
Ridgeview 42 vs Dee-Mack 20

East Dual Results

At GCMS 1/28/20

Heyworth 42 Ridgeview 31
LeRoy-TV 40 GCMSF 32
LeRoy-TV 59 Ridgeview 23
Heyworth 53 GCMSF 24
GCMS 45 Ridgeview 27
Heyworth 39 LeRoy-TV 37

West Dual Results

At Tremont 1/28/20

Dee-Mack 43 Eureka 36
Tremont 48 EPG 25
Tremont 56 Eureka 12
EPG 31 Dee-Mack 23
EPG 37 Eureka 36
Tremont 45 Dee-Mack 15

The 2020 McLean County/HOIC Girls and Boys Basketball Tournaments have concluded with one familiar champion and one newly-crowned champion.

On the girls side, #2 Eureka won its fourth consecutive championship with a 62-48 win over #4 Fieldcrest. #9 EPG made a great run to claim third place with a win over #6 Fisher. #5 Lexington took fifth place with a victory over #7 Heyworth and #8 Tremont took down #11 Tri-Valley for the consolation championship.

In the boys tournament, #3 Tremont claimed its first tournament title with a 64-61 win over #4 EPG. It was EPG’s second consecutive closely-contested runner-up finish. #1 Fieldcrest edged #2 Dee-Mack in the third place game while #5 Ridgeview downed #7 Tri-Valley for fifth place. #9 Flanagan-Cornell defeated #11 GCMS in the battle of the Falcons for the consolation championship.

Thank you to everyone who organized, managed, worked, volunteered, and attended this year’s tournaments.

Final brackets are linked below:

Boys — http://hoiconference.org/leagues/10459/documents/524027

Girls — http://hoiconference.org/leagues/10458/documents/524028

Top-seeded Tri-Valley defeated #3 EPG 25-14, 26-24 to win the 2019 McLean County/HOIC Volleyball Tournament. The Vikings capped off their undefeated HOIC regular season with the tournament victory. It was their first tournament championship since 2016.

Second-seeded Dee-Mack downed #5 Lexington to win the 3rd place match. #7 Eureka topped #8 Fieldcrest for 5th place and #6 GCMS defeated #9 Tremont to claim the consolation championship.

Congratulations to Tri-Valley and good luck to all schools in regional play.

Congratulations to the Tri-Valley volleyball team for completing a 12-0 undefeated regular season to win the Heart of Illinois Conference volleyball championship. Dee-Mack and EPG were both 10-2 to finish as runners up. With the regular season complete, tournament seeds have been set.

1. Tri-Valley, #2 Dee-Mack, and #3 EPG all get first round byes. Tri-Valley will face the winner of #8 Fieldcrest and #9 Tremont. Dee-Mack will get the winner of #7 Eureka and #10 Heyworth, and EPG will face the winner of #6 GCMS and #11 Ridgeview. Other matches include #4 Flanagan-Cornell vs #13 Fisher and #5 Lexington vs #12 LeRoy.

The McLean County/HOIC Volleyball Tournament takes place at Dee-Mack High School October 22, 24, and 26.