Category Archives: Local Sports

Shelbyville and Clinton met up on Friday night for a Central Illinois Conference matchup. Both teams still have playoff hopes alive, Shelbyville's chances were slightly better coming into the game. Sh...

Casey-Westfield hosted Red Hill Friday night in a Little Illini Conference matchup. A Conference which already has two teams, Marshall and Newton, that clinched a playoff birth. Both of these teams ha...

The Tri-County Titans hit the road Friday night to take on Cumberland in Little Okaw Valley play. Cumberland has not lost a Conference game through week six. They came out early and often, did the Pir...

The Charleston Trojans traveled to Taylorville Friday night to take on the Tornadoes while still looking for their first win in Apollo Conference play. Taylorville wanted to make sure that did not hap...

The Mattoon Green Wave hosted the Effingham Hearts in Apollo Conference play on Friday night in Mattoon's homecoming game. Neither team scored in the first quarter as Mattoon was forced to punt the ba...

Newton and Marshall played an amazing first half keeping the game neck in neck throughout, however the Marshall Lions were not able to bring back that same momentum by the second half resulting with t...

Illinois Scores: -Arcola: 44 - Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond: 20 (Final) -Argenta-Oreana: 44 - Sangamon Valley: 14 (Final) -Central A&M: 56 - Sullivan/Okaw-Valley: 14 (Final) -Cumberland: 46 - T...

High school football: Mattoon hosts Effingham, Charleston is at Taylorville, Tri-County against Cumberland, Shelbyville is home, taking on Clinton, Sullivan-Okaw Valley vs. Central A&M, Tuscola pl...

The Mattoon High School Chess Team is selling 2017 St. Louis Cardinals calendars as a fundraiser. Cost is $15.00, and the team receives $7.00 from each calendar sold. They'll take orders until Novembe...

The Mattoon boys' soccer team is the Apollo Conference champion. The undefeated Wave clinched the crown with a 3-0 win over Mt. Zion. Charleston was a 6-2 winner over Salem, Effingham got by Taylorvil...