Category Archives: Local Sports

8th Grade Boys' Regional Basketball: Class 8-1A: -FINAL: Sigel St. Micheal's 52, Effingham Sacred Heart 22 -FINAL: Dieterich 62, Martinsville 43   Class 8-2A: -FINAL: St. Anthony 52, North Clay 2...

Cardinals Punished For Hacking Scandal (New York, NY) -- Major League Baseball is dropping the hammer on the St. Louis Cardinals with one of the harshest penalties in league history. The ball club has...

Braves' Rodriguez Involved In Deadly Crash (Miami, FL) -- Atlanta Braves infielder Sean Rodriguez and his family are recovering from a deadly car accident in Miami over the weekend. The team confirmed...

Alabama Assistant Strength Coach Arrested For DUI (Tuscaloosa, AL) -- Alabama assistant strength coach Josh Chapman is facing DUI charges after he was found "passed out" in his car. Chapman was arrest...

Super Bowl Opening Night This Evening (Houston, TX) -- Super Bowl Opening Night is this evening in Houston. What used to be referred to as Media Day is a prime time event for the second straight year,...

8th grade boys' regional match-ups: 1A: Sigel St. Michael's vs. Effingham Sacred Heart, Martinsville plays Dieterich, and Pana Sacred Heart battles Pocahontas 2A: Villa Grove vs. Fisher, St. Anthony a...

IESA 8th GRADE BOYS BASKETBALL: Regional round. Here are the final scores... Royal Prairieview Ogden (38) / Hume Shiloh (29) Decatur Garfield Montessori (54) / Decatur Lutheran (23) Effingham Sacred H...

Boys' High School Basketball: Regular Season: -FINAL: Effingham 92, Charleston 61 -FINAL: Mater Dei 69, Teutopolis 64 -FINAL: Mt. Zion 82 , Mattoon 71 -FINAL: Salem 50, Taylorville 42   Little Il...

Tomorrow is opening day for 8th grade boys' regional basketball. Coles County rivals Mattoon and Charleston square off at Effingham Junior High at 11:00 a.m., followed by Effingham and Decatur Jeffers...

Boys' high school basketball: Regular season: Mattoon hosts Mt. Zion, Charleston is at Effingham, T-town against Breese Mater Dei, Pana plays Carlyle LOVC Southeast Tournament: Martinsville takes on H...