Category Archives: Local Sports

Arcola and Cerro Gordo/Bement met up on Friday night in a Little Okaw Valley Conference game. Arcola struck first on a 26 yard touchdown run from Mario Cortez in the first quarter for a 7-0 lead after...

Two early middle of the pack teams in the Central Illinois Conference met on Friday night. Shelbyville traveled to Warrensburg-Latham to meet the Cardinals. Lots of scoring in this ball game and it st...

Cumberland got their first win of the season last week and traveled to winless Palestine-Hutsonville this week. Cumberland put up a lot of points and began early on in the first quarter. Keaton Titus ...

Sullivan took on Meridian on Friday night in a Central Illinois Conference game. Both teams came in at 0-2 in the Conference, Sullivan was 2-2 overall, Merdian was 0-4. After no score in the first qua...

Effingham football traveled to Salem Friday night to play at Jim Finks field. Salem came in with a 1-3 record 0-1 in the Conference and this was the final time these two teams will match up in the Apo...

In a shut out game Mattoon Green Wave defeated the Charleston Trojans for the 4th year in a row at the County Clash. The loss not only was a tough because of the Trojans rivalry between Green Wave, bu...

Two area junior high softball teams have advanced to the IESA Final Four. Casey-Westfield defeated A-C Central 10-3 and will play Dwight at noon tomorrow. Effingham won a pitcher's duel, 1-0 in 8 inni...

Illinois Schools: -Arcola: 38 - Cerro Gordo/Bement: 0 (Final) -Argenta-Oreana: 46 - ALAH: 8 (Final) -Cumberland: 52 - Palestine-Hutsonville: 7 (Final) -Effingham: 45 - Salem: 31 (Final) -Flora: 27 - O...

The annual fall demolition derby returns to the Cumberland County Fairgrounds Saturday, October 1st. Modified and stock full-size cars; stock mid-size; compact stock; small pickup and suv; truck class...

Eastern Illinois University's Office of Admissions will host its fourth annual junior and senior high school student tailgate on Saturday, Oct. 8. Check-in for the event will take place from 3:15 to 3...