After falling in the state semifinals in each of the last two seasons, Cissna Park went into CEFCU Arena in Normal this weekend on a mission.

Led by a senior class that has helped put together one of the state’s best runs over the last four years, the Timberwolves swept their way through Friday’s semifinal and were dominant in Saturday morning’s IHSA Class 1A State Championship match against Stockton, winning 25-11, 25-14 to claim the first-place trophy that had eluded them in those last two trips to state.

For the first time in program history, the Timberwolves are state champions. It’s the first girls state title the school’s won, and first IHSA title of any kind, as the Timberwolves’ other state championship came as a co-op with Milford for the 2018 Illinois 8-Man Football Associati

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