Champaign Centennial Wins Illinois Class 3A High School Boys Basketball Championship

Spring break at Champaign Centennial High School is especially sweet for the boys basketball team. The Centennial Chargers and Coach Tim Lavin are enjoying a vacation following their 61 to 59 win over the Oswego Panthers Saturday, to win the Illinois Class 3A Championship. I

Centennial Junior Forward Rayvonte Rice had 21 points, including the two winning free throws in the waning seconds of the game.

The team returned home from Peoria Saturday night to a rally at the Centennial gym.

Saturday's victory earned the Centennial Chargers their first state crown. The Chargers last saw state playoff action in 1984, when they lost the Class AA quarterfinal to Aurora (West), 73-44.