PEORIA — After 25 years, the boys high school basketball state finals are leaving Peoria. State Farm Center in Champaign is to play host to the Illinois High School Association's crown-jewel event, beginning next year and running through 2023. During a teleconference Monday, the IHSA board of directors voted to accept the Champaign-Urbana bid to host. The 11-member board consists of high school principals from around the state. The decision returns the finals to the University of Illinois. They had been played there each March from 1919 until 1995, when Peoria outbid Champaign-Urbana for the honor...
