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Coming in Friday's @news_gazette: The debut of Faces of Spring with two full pages highlighting 18 area athletes from Champaign County and Vermilion County

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It's championship Saturday here at State Farm Center, where we'll crown state boys' 🏀 champions in four classes. Check back with this thread for updates throughout the day. @ngpreps

Friday featured @DHS__Athletics, @ESTLFlyersbball, @MaristBoysHoops and @BenetHoops all win IHSA state semifinal games on Friday at State Farm Center in Champaign. Now, they'll try to win a state championship on Saturday. @zachpiatt13 with the details news-gazette.com/sports/deerfie…

Final | 39-38 Redwings The coaches trade six timeouts before the final play, which Stack got fouled on and made one free throw. DePaul's heave falls short, and Benet will have a chance to repeat.

Final | 55-38 Redhawks In its first-ever trip to the state finals, Marist will play for a state title. Shoutout to York for also making its first Final Four.

Final | 59-40 Flyers East STL pulls away in the fourth quarter and will play Deerfield for the 3A state title.

Final (OT) | 49-48 Warriors Kaneland's final shot is off, and Deerfield pulls off the upset.

Back for another full day of state finals 🏀 at State Farm Center. We've got 3A and 4A semifinals today. I'll have results in this thread. @ngpreps

Friday's N-G sports cover features @zachpiatt13 and @ngphotostaff on @UHSRocketsBBall at Class 2A state tournament and 62-57 semifinal loss to Peoria Manual in school's first trip to state since 2002. @APSE_sportmedia

NEW THREAD: One last game for @UHSRocketsBBall this season, as they play Farragut for third place in 2A. Unity finished fourth in 2002, so if the Rockets win this game, they will cement themselves as the best team in program history. Let's have some fun. @ngpreps

End 3Q | 44-40 Rockets Unity led by as many as 8 points that quarter, but Manual is starting to ramp up the intensity. We're in for an exciting finish.

Langendorf's first basket of the game gives him 1,000 points for his career, and it gives the Rockets a 17-16 lead to start the second quarter.

Rocket starting 🖐 Brayden Henry Tyler Henry Tre Hoggard Coleton Langendorf Dane Eisenmenger

The Unity student section is ready to go @UHSRocketsBBall

This will be fun, @UHSRocketsBBall snapchat.com/add/news-gazet…

Warmups are underway for Unity and Manual's Class 2A state 🏀 semifinal game here at State Farm Center. Winners will play for a state title, and the other plays for third place later tonight. Let's have some fun. @ngpreps @UHSRocketsBBall

@ngpreps FINAL: Chicago Marshall 66, Eastland 38 Commandos will settle a Class 1A state title on Saturday against Goreville.

Class 1A title game set: Goreville vs. Marshall

For nine @UHSRocketsBBall seniors, reaching the state tournament is a journey they've made together. And one they'll finish together. 'Growing up, we were always told our class would be something special. We’re living up to that.' Story via @mdaniels_NG news-gazette.com/sports/how-uni…