The Althoff Catholic basketball team is headed to IHSA Class 2A tournament for the first time since 2016. Althoff (31-5) punched its ticket to state thanks to a gritty 48-37 win over the physical ...

Althoff has a 30 and 5 record this season. It’s the school’s third ever trip to state. The Crusaders play Thursday at 2 PM up at Champaign’s Assemble Hall/State Farm Arena.

In any conversation with longtime Althoff boys basketball coach Greg Leib, it doesn’t take long for the homespun humor of the self-proclaimed “Hillbilly from Clay County” to kick into high gear.

Hill is one of the best athletes in the country. He rushed for 438 yards and scored seven TDs for Belleville Althoff in the Class 1A football state title game. Hill has signed with Oregon.