Central Junior High School

Tonight's JV game has been canceled in anticipation of extreme heat. The varsity will play at 6:00 PM.

August 18 – 6th Grade Orientation (6:00–7:00 PM)
Join us for 6th Grade Orientation on August 18 from 6:00–7:00 PM. Students and families will have the opportunity to meet teachers, tour the building, and learn about the upcoming school year.

Tonight's softball games have been canceled. Tonight's baseball game has been pushed back to 6:00 PM.

Tomorrow's Schedule... please note baseball and softball first pitches have moved forward by an hour to 9:00 AM.

August 18 – Teacher Institute
Teacher Institute Day will be held on August 18. No school for students.
August 19 – Teacher Institute
Teacher Institute Day will be held on August 19. No school for students.

The first pitch for the varsity baseball game at Kingsley has been moved from 10:00 AM to 9:00 AM. The game at Chiddix will follow afterwards. The bus will move the team from Kingsley to Chiddix between games.

A pair of Wildcats collect 3 hits and don't look back. CJHS Softball has their first win of the season!

This year students may purchase a "Wildcat Crew" t-shirt to serve as their "ticket" into all regular season CJHS basketball, volleyball, and wrestling events. 6-8th grade students wearing this shirt will be admitted for free.

Here's the link: https://teamworks.chipply.com/wildcat-crew/store.aspx?eid=409795&apid=16744702&acid=2022546&action=viewall

*Excludes IESA state series events and invite/round-robin tournaments.

The August CJHS newsletter is now available!

https://view.gogipper.com/page/3213839

Be sure to check out the new "Wildcat Crew" student section t-shirt!

Softball Families, Please note that the parking lot nearest the fields is closed for construction. Please drop softball players off outside the barricaded areas.

25-26 School Supply List

As of 8:00 am baseball camp is on as scheduled. Softball practice is on as scheduled at Eastside.

As of 7:30 AM softball tryouts and baseball camp are on as scheduled. Either thunderstorms in the forecast later this morning all activities will likely end early. Please be prepared to pickup as needed. In the case of severe weather, athletes and campers will be relocated to the CJHS cafeteria for pickup.

As of 8:30 AM softball tryouts are still on, but will finish today at 10:30 AM.

Fall sports tryouts are just around the corner. Students MUST have a current sports physical on file in order to tryout. Email jacobsonb@epd86.org with questions.

As of 8:00 AM, softball tryouts are still on as scheduled. Parents please be advised that weather conditions could cut tryouts short today.

2025 Softball, Baseball, and Cross Country Schedules

Attention CJHS parents,

The UIC Nursing Mobile Health & Wellness Unit will be offering free school and sports physicals at East Peoria Community High School on Thursday, July 31 from 9:00am to 3:00pm.

CJHS Students may attend, but must be accompanied by a parent/guardian in order to be seen. A current sports physical must be on file with the CJHS Athletics Office in order to tryout or continue to participate in any athletic activity.

The following paperwork must be completed in order to be seen: https://tinyurl.com/bdhz7vf7

Here is a link to the IESA sports physical card:
https://tinyurl.com/2t2e2anp

All questions should be directed to the EPCHS school nurse at ebarclay@ep309.org.

***Please Note: Softball tryouts begin July 28.***

The IESA has forwarded along a coupon from Dick's Sporting Goods for 20% purchases from July 25-July 28.

Here's the coupon link: https://www.iesa.org/news/2025-2026/25_dicks_summer_coupon.pdfs