Category Archives: Local Sports

Cubs World Series Trophy Coming To Champaign (Champaign, IL) -- Chicago Cubs fans will be able to view the team's World Series trophy next week in Champaign. The team's championship hardware will be o...

Westgate Las Vegas Lists Nearly 400 Props For Super Bowl (Las Vegas, NV) -- Bettors wagering on the Super Bowl in Las Vegas won't have a shortage of options. Sports books have made the New England Pat...

SIU Cutting Tennis, Men's Swimming Scholarships (Carbondale, IL) -- Southern Illinois University won't have a tennis team next year. And its men's swimming and diving teams will be much smaller as wel...

Boys' 7th grade regional basketball championships: Casey-Westfield won a thriller over T-town, 38-36, Shiloh topped Royal Prairieview, 36-25, and Pana Sacred Heart advanced with a 34-15 win over Pocah...

Girls' High School Basketball: Regular Season: -FINAL: Effingham 52, Mt. Zion 47 -FINAL: Meridian 55, Marion 46 -FINAL: Okaw Valley 39, Arcola 24 -FINAL: Olney 51, Newton 44 -FINAL: St. Elmo/Brownstow...

Federer Advances To Aussie Final (Melbourne, Australia) -- Roger Federer is heading to the Australian Open final. Federer advanced with a five-set victory over fellow Swiss Stan Wawrinka. The 35-year-...

Kraft Heinz Gives Employees Day Off After Super Bowl (Undated) -- Kraft Heinz is scoring a lot of extra points with its workers for the day after Super Bowl 51. The company is planning to give all its...

7th grade boys' basketball regional championships: In 1A, Shiloh takes on Royal Prairieview, and Pana Sacred Heart faces Pocahontas. In 3A, T-town battles Casey-Westfield Girls' high school basketball...

Illinois Beats Iowa (Champaign, IL) -- Illinois is back in the win column. The Fighting Illini hung on to beat Iowa last night 76-64 at the State Farm Center. Michael Finke scored 17 points off the be...

Okaw Valley defeated Neoga, 32-27, St. Anthony over North Clay, 46-28, Villa Grove lost to Champaign Judah Christian, 41-28, and Tuscola fell to Monticello. Three more champs will be crowned tonight. ...