Pekin Community High School District #303 - The Fire is Within

Lady Dragons Soccer defeat the IVC Grey Ghosts 8-0, to move to 2-0-1 on the season. The Lady Dragons will be back in action at Coal Miners Park tomorrow morning at 10 am versus Normal Community.

The PCHS Exec Board attended the State Convention for the last two days. Five of them served as honor delegates - Brooke Rotherham, Stella Gutierrez, Jules Hill, and Karis Risner. Plus, honor delegate Hannah Rotherham earned gold for the Honor Council book!

The geese have officially clocked out for Spring Break too 🪿😄

Just like our feathered friends strolling across the pillars, it’s time for everyone to waddle into a well-deserved break! 🌸☀️

📅 Spring Break: Begins March 28
📚 Students Return: Tuesday, April 7

Enjoy the rest, recharge, and we’ll see you back soon—ready to soar into the rest of the school year!

Despite the incoming bad weather yesterday, Pekin Boys tennis team brought the heat to secure our first win of the season against UT!

GAME ALERTS!

We made Taco Bake in the microwave to finish up our kitchen appliances and equipment unit.

Mr Noreil's auto class doing some preventive maintenance on a jeep before it hits some trails this weekend.

Congrats, Coach!

Thanks for helping our student-athletes develop as athletes and young people, set and achieve goals, and for putting Pekin and our student-athletes first!

We appreciate everything you do to support the student-athletes of Pekin!

https://www.clutchsportsil.com/post/pekin-s-dowell-wins-2026-csm-girls-wrestling-coach-of-the-year

Baseball is in Stanford today, to take on Olympia High School. Good luck Dragons!

GAME ALERTS!

Thank you to the following community partners for their generous donations to the Attendance Matters Initiative! These students showed up during the month of February and won BIG prizes during our March Madness attendance incentive

It's the Outdoor Season Opener for the Lady Dragon's Track and Field team. They take on Peoria Notre Dame today.

Let's Go Dragons!

Boys' Tennis heads to United Township today! Good luck, Dragons!

Girls' Soccer is back in action at Coal Miner's Park today! Game time: 5:00 PM

Pekin Baseball won 6-1 today over Springfield SE!

Yesterday, PCHS freshmen Silas Michels was a Page for the Day on the House Floor. Rep. Travis Weaver posted that "Silas is a wonderful student and great tennis player who aspires to be a lawyer. Thank you for coming to Springfield, and good luck in your future endeavors!" #dragonpride

Boys' Swimming and Diving was in the Sports News recently, as they took home some awards from Clutch Sports Media.

Trey was named Clutch Sports Media All-Area Second Team, while Elijah was named All-Area Honorable Mention.

#FireUp

Find the full story here:
https://www.clutchsportsil.com/post/2026-clutch-sports-media-all-area-boys-swimming-and-diving-team-35-central-illinois-athletes-earn-h

The accolades continue to roll in for Girls' Wrestling! Tessa and Ava made the Clutch Sports Media All-Area First Team. Making the All-Area Honorable Mention list were Madizyn, Alyssa, and Piper. Congrats, Dragons!

See the full article here:
https://www.clutchsportsil.com/post/2026-clutch-sports-media-girls-wrestling-all-area-team-56-central-illinois-athletes-earn-honors