Here is the 2022-23 Journal Star all-area boys basketball team, led by the player of the year from state champion Metamora.

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Sat Apr 1 2023

 
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2023 all-area team: The best boys basketball players in the Peoria area

Metamora junior Tyler Mason led his team in every stat during the 2022-23 season. He guided the Redbirds to 32 straight wins, including a nail-biting overtime victory over Chicago Simeon for a Class 3A state basketball championship, the first in program history.

Here is the 2022-23 Journal Star all-area boys basketball team, led by the player of the year from state champion Metamora.

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In this Journal Star file photo from May 24, 2002, an aerial view shows the 6,500-seat O'Brien Field and its location in downtown Peoria on the night of its debut.
 
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What can the city do to revitalize Downtown Peoria? Here are 9 approaches

 

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Pekin resident Tyler Sapp helps his daughter, Layla, 7, hold the 49-pound Blue catfish the girl caught on the Mississippi River in Alton on Feb. 28, 2023.
 

'She was in shock': 7-year-old Pekin girl catches catfish nearly as big as she is

 

A 7-year-old Pekin girl went fishing with her dad on the Mississippi River and caught a massive blue catfish.

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Piles of hail lie in the yard of a residence on Airport Road after a severe thunderstorm passed through the Peoria area on Friday, March 31, 2023.
 

Hail pummels central Illinois during severe thunderstorm

 

A severe thunderstorm rocked Illinois on Friday, March 31, 2023

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Peoria police officers investigate the area where a body was discovered Tuesday, March 21, 2023 in the Illinois River along the trail just north of the RiverPlex in Peoria.
 

Peoria woman's death now being investigated as homicide

 

The body of 58-year-old Tamara D. Schaidle of Peoria was found near the RiverPlex, partially submerged in the Illinois River.

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