Last year Dan Lilly broke the season record for most points scored by a Uni boys basketball player. More importantly, he helped his team to a 16-8 record and a share of the conference title. Now a senior, Lilly is ready to lead the Illineks to an even better season, which gets underway Monday at Kenney Gym with the Central Illinois Turkey Tourney.

Sophomore Jamie Blue picked up where she left off from her spectacular freshman season by recording a triple-double in Uni's 2009-10 debut Thursday night. Freshman Emma Hoyer proved that she will be a force to be reckoned as well, adding a double-double and leading the team in both points and rebounds.

The girls varsity basketball season begins Thursday night with a road game against Atwood-Hammond. Coming off a successful 16-9 season, the Illineks will sport a new look with first-year head coach Jeff Blue and captains Michelle Wong, Rachel Harmon, and Jamie Blue.

Sophomore Milee Nelson will be competing the IHSA girls swimming state meet thanks to her sectional victory in the 500-yard freestyle Saturday. Nelson led Uni to a fifth-place finish as a team. This will be Nelson's second consecutive appearance at the state meet.

The 2009 swim season is drawing to a close, and for the team's four senior captains, that also means the end of their high school swimming careers. Recently, Eunjung Kim sat down with the foursome and asked them to share some of their memories of Uni High swimming.