Category Archives: Local Sports

First Neighbor Bank Scoreboard from the American Legion Baseball Great Lakes Regional. The tournament is hosted by Charleston Post 93 at Eastern Illinois University   Final: Lyon County (Kentucky...

For Immediate Release Godinez returns to Lake Land College as new head baseball coach After two successful years at Eastern Illinois University as the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator, Julio ...

Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White announced that a new St. Louis Cardinals permanent Illinois license plate will be coming soon and available for purchase after Labor Day. The license plate, whi...

Former baseball star Gary Gaetti is giving back to his hometown. He broke ground on the Gaetti Sports Academy in Centralia. The academy is the first phase in a $4.6 million development of the former M...

A star-studded Fighting Illini Athletics Hall of Fame Weekend is planned for September 20th and 21st when the Class of 2019 will be inducted. Induction activities begin at 6 pm, on the 20th at State F...

A's Outlast White Sox (Oakland, CA) -- Chad Pinder scored the walk-off run on a throwing error as the A's outlasted the White Sox 3-2 in Oakland. Ramon Laureano grounded into a fielder's choice in the...

Cubs Pound Pirates (Chicago, IL) -- The Cubs hit two of their three home runs in the sixth inning as they beat the Pirates 8-3 at Wrigley Field. Jayson Heyward, Albert Almora Junior and Kyle Schwarber...

Cardinals Down D'backs In Rubber Match (St. Louis, MO) -- Paul Goldschmidt smacked a two-run homer against his former team as the Cardinals defeated the Diamondbacks 5-2 in St. Louis. Yairo Munoz drov...

Cubs Host Pirates Today (Chicago, IL) -- The Cubs welcome the Pirates today to kick off the second half of the season. Yu Darvish opposes Pittsburgh's Chris Archer. Darvish is winless in his 12 starts...

Cards Host D'backs Tonight (St. Louis, MO) -- The Cardinals host the D'backs tonight to start the second half of the season. Adam Wainwright opposes Arizona's Robbie Ray. St. Louis is third in the NL ...