Category Archives: Local Sports

The Mattoon girls' basketball team slipped one spot to #5 in Class 3A. T-town moved up to 4th in 2A, while Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond went from 9th to 10th. In 1A, St. Anthony received five votes...

Charleston punched their ticket to the Clinton Sectional with a 51-44 win over Effingham last night. They'll face the winner of tomorrow night's Springfield Grant/Chatham Glenwood game. In Class 1A ac...

(Cleveland, OH) -- Tom Brady's understudy is drawing interest from the Browns. Cleveland.com reports the Browns may attempt to acquire New England backup quarterback, and former EIU star, Jimmy Garopp...

8th Grade Regional Basketball: Class 8-1A: -FINAL: Sigel St. Michael's 41, Dieterich 23   Class 8-2A: -FINAL: Villa Grove 44, Fisher 35 -FINAL: Paris Crestwood 59, Cowden-Herrick 18 -FINAL: Neoga...

In a game heard on Victory 103.9 Monday night, the Charleston Lady Trojans handed Mattoon its first loss of the season. The final was 60-58 in overtime. Hear the final few moments of the game here: Th...

Raiders' Vegas Deal Takes Hit (Oakland, CA) -- The Raiders' path to moving from Oakland to Las Vegas just got a little bit harder. Billionaire Sheldon Adelson withdrew from a deal that was going to bu...

Indianapolis May Get Major League Soccer Team (Indianapolis, IN) -- Indy may be the next home of Major League Soccer. The city's team, the Indy Eleven, are expected to submit their application today t...

Boys' high school basketball: Charleston vs. Casey-Westfield, Neoga hosts North Clay, Arcola takes on Sangamon Valley, Okaw Valley against Argenta-Oreana, Cumberland @ Clay City, Dieterich plays Brown...

  Cubs Selling Wrigley Field Seats (Chicago, IL) -- Cubs fans will be able to purchase Wrigley Field seats this week. The team is selling 2015 and 2016 seats removed from the ballpark during ongo...

Girls' high school basketball: Charleston handed the Mattoon Lady Green Wave its first loss of the season in a thriller, 60-58 in overtime. Paige Swango led CHS with 23 points. Tri-County outscored Hu...