In the seniors' final regular-season varsity home game of their Uni careers, the Illineks defeated crosstown rival St. Thomas More 2-1 Thursday in a game that wasn't as close as the score indicated. The victory represented sweet revenge for last year's 7-0 pounding by the Sabers. The No. 2-seeded Illineks begin the Class 1A playoffs Tuesday against Oakwood. Check inside for the details.

The 2008 edition of the Illineks moved closer to tying the school record for volleyball wins with an impressive victory over conference opponent Decatur Christian on Tuesday. Uni raised its record to 18-7 and was named one of The News-Gazette's teams of the week. The school record for wins is 20 set by last year's squad. This year's team has four regular-season matches left.

Following a 5-0 loss to Urbana on Saturday, the Uni boys turned around and recorded their own 5-0 victory over Tolono Unity on Tuesday, led by junior Dan Lilly's two goals. Lilly now has 24 goals for the season. The varsity record has improved to 9-6-1, 3-0 in the ECIC.

In 23 years of Uni boys soccer, the Illineks have faced the Urbana Tigers 20 times. After Uni’s 5-0 nonconference home loss to Urbana Saturday morning, they now have 20 losses. The outcome continued Uni's peculiar trend for blowouts this season, as four of Uni's last five games have been decided by at least five goals. Two were Uni wins (7-0 over Decatur Lutheran and 9-0 at Iroquois West) and two were losses (7-0 at Champaign Central and 5-0 to Urbana).

Junior Lisa Boyce continued her record-setting pace, establishing new pool marks Saturday at Danville in the 200 free, 100 butterfly, and 100 free (set during the 400 free relay). Boyce, Milee Nelson, Erika Belmont, and Sian Best won the 200 and 400 relays. The Killer Whales return to action this Saturday at the Champaign Central Invitational.