Season in Review & Preview- Illini Prairie Conference

<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The Illini Prairie Conference was one of the best conferences in Central Illinois, last season with so many good teams in the conference and outstanding talent in the conference it was really an entertaining &amp; competitive conference in the 2017-2018 season. We will look at the standings and All-Conference/ Top Performers/ Freshman Sensations for the 2018-2019 season. We will share in-depth analysis and players to keep a watch on throughout the year. </span> <strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">2017-2018 Illini Prairie Conference Standings</span></strong> <strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Bloomington Central Catholic 9-2</span></strong> <strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">St. Thomas More 7-2</span></strong> <strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">St. Joseph-Ogden 6-2</span></strong> <strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Pontiac 6-3</span></strong> <strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Monticello 5-3</span></strong> <strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Prairie Central 5-5</span></strong> <strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Tolono Unity 3-6</span></strong> <strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Olympia 2-7</span></strong> <strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Illinois Valley Central 1-8</span></strong> <strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Rantoul 0-8</span></strong> <span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Bloomington Central Catholic</strong> had an outstanding season going 9-0 in conference play. With no seniors on last year squad, they are looking to continue dominance and take another step at becoming one of the flagship programs in the state. <strong>St. Thomas More</strong> will challenge while losing some key Seniors they bring back star player <strong>Nakaya Hughes</strong> and some key players in their rotation last year they will look to dethrone reign champions BCC, St. Joseph Ogden will look to build off last season conference record of 6-2 with Star players <strong>Bree Trimble &amp; Peyton Crowe</strong> they are looking to win conference and make a deep postseason run. <strong>Monticello</strong> will try to maintain and continue to stride for the conference title, though losing key seniors to graduation, they are expecting some key young players to step up. &amp; Pontiac will look to improve on their good season and look to win the conference this year.</span> &nbsp; <strong>Bailey Coffman (Bloomington Central Catholic); Peyton Crowe (St. Joseph-Ogden); NaKaya Hughes (St. Thomas More) Lauren Shanks (Bloomington Central Catholic); Bree Trimble (St. Joseph-Ogden) </strong> <strong>Colby Burt (Olympia); Hannah Dukeman (St. Joseph-Ogden); Elyce Knudsen (Unity)Abbey Davis (Bloomington Central Catholic); Addison Masching (Pontiac) </strong> <strong>Maclayne Taylor (St. Joseph-Ogden)Elly Haberkorn (Prairie Central); MyeJoi Williams (Rantoul); Kayla Wolf (IVC) Katie Steinman (Bloomington Central Catholic)</strong>