Category Archives: Local Sports

Starting Thursday, Mattoon's Grimes Field will be host to the 14 year-old Ohio Valley Regional Baseball Competition. Teams from various states will be in town partaking in the games, and Volunteers ar...

(Chicago, IL) -- The Cubs organization is urging Mayor Emanuel to remove the cap on night games at Wrigley Field to allow the league average of 54 games under the lights. The team currently is only ab...

The Mattoon Post 88 Junior Legion team is heading to the state tournament. Mattoon finished as the runner-up in the Division tournament after a 5-3 loss to Danville Gold yesterday. The Post 88 Juniors...

Tonight Mattoon American Legion Baseball competed against Danville for a chance to advance to the Championship game in the American Legion Baseball Tournament. In a nine inning game, Mattoon came up s...

Mattoon 7 on 7 Cancelled From the Mattoon High School Athletics Office: The Mattoon Football 7 on 7 scheduled for Saturday, July 22 at Mattoon High School has been cancelled due to an extreme heat adv...

For the third consecutive game, the Mattoon American Legion Post 88 baseball team was tied heading into the bottom of the 9th inning. Mattoon and Rantoul were each trying to stay alive in the Division...

Tonight Mattoon American Legion continued their journey in the American Legion Baseball Tournament. Mattoon took on Rantoul, and came out victorious after a close 9 inning game: -FINAL: Mattoon 7, Ran...

UPDATED: OJ Simpson Granted Parole (Carson City, NV) -- Former NFL star O.J. Simpson is being granted parole. Four members of Nevada's parole board voted in favor of freeing Simpson as early as Octobe...

Cutler Will Broadcast Bears Season Opener Against Falcons (Chicago, IL) -- Former Bears quarterback Jay Cutler will begin his broadcast debut by covering his ex-team's home opener this fall. He will c...

Click the play buttons to hear the highlights of Mattoon's 7-6 victory over Charleston Tuesday night in the 4th Division Senior Legion baseball tournament. Mattoon Post 88 will advance to play at 4:30...