Category Archives: Local Sports

Laker Athletics will honor two new members to the Athletics Hall of Fame during the inaugural Laker Homecoming weekend. The newest members of the Lake Land College Athletics Hall of Fame are Jenna Bra...

The Panther volleyball team lost a tough match last Friday to conference favorite Belmont. Eastern Illinois is on the road this week, and it all starts with a match tonight at Indiana State. Head coac...

Five waterfowl blinds will be available for hunting at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers "Okaw Wetlands" during the 2016-2017 waterfowl hunting season. Due to high water and ice damage the area has bee...

The Shelby County showdown between Windsor/Stew-Stras and Shelbyville went the way of the Hatchets Monday night. The sweep for WSS went 25-17, 25-16. Hatchets' head coach Ronda Schlechte chatted with ...

Volleyball: EIU is at Indiana State, Mattoon hosts Charleston, Effingham takes on Taylorville, Windsor/Stew-Stras against CH/BC, Casey-Westfield plays Robinson, Cumberland takes on Hutsonville-Palesti...

Two EIU players that saw their first action of the season were awarded for their efforts. David Johnson was named OVC Defensive Player of the Week, and teammate Christopher Anderson is OVC Co-Newcomer...

Charleston, Dieterich and T-town all punched their ticket to the junior high state baseball tournament. Charleston will open against Pleasant Plains Friday afternoon, Dieterich takes on Pawnee Friday ...

The Casey-Westfield junior high softball team is the state champion in Class A. After a 15-1 rout of Dwight in the semifinals, the ladies outlasted Glasford Illini Bluffs, putting a run on the board i...

Alastair Johnson, Arnold Palmer Enterprises CEO, tells Golf Channel Arnold Palmer passed away Sunday afternoon at the age of 87. Palmer's death is reportedly due to complications of heart problems. Pa...

From NBC Sports, just hours after the LSU Tigers lost to Auburn, LSU fired head coach Les Miles and offensive coordinator Cam Cameron. Miles has been in Baton Rouge since 2005 and has a 114-34 record ...