Category Archives: Local Sports

The 12-year old Babe Ruth Ohio Valley Regional will be in Mattoon this week. They'll start on Wednesday, July 13th at 11:00 am with orientation at the Mattoon Depot. That night, the banquet will be he...

Four Eastern Illinois University athletic teams have been awarded for top academic performance. According to the NCAA, the Panther men's cross country, men's tennis, women's cross country and women's ...

    From the Illinois Radio Network

(Omaha, NE) -- Coastal Carolina is celebrating its first national championship in baseball. The Chanticleers beat Arizona 4-3 in the deciding Game Three of the College World Series finals in Omaha. G....

  Hear Lane's chat with Scott Paddock, President of Route 66 Raceway in Joliet. The Route 66 NHRA Nationals will be there July 7-10. For tickets, head to route66raceway.com  

The Lake Land College men's basketball coach, Brandon Colvin, is hosting boys' and girls' basketball camps starting July 5. Both camps are for athletes in 2nd-10th grade. The first camp will be July 5...

The Clay County Farm Bureau Young Leaders will host their 2nd annual Ranch Rodeo July 23rd. The event, which kicks off the Clay County Fair, will feature team sorting, mugging and branding. Plus, goat...

  Click the Play button for the recap of the NASCAR action from the Motor Racing Network

(Champaign, IL) -- A former University of Illinois basketball player is out of jail after a domestic battery arrest. Twenty-five-year-old Joseph Bertrand was released from a Champaign jail Saturday mo...

Mattoon JFL sign-ups are this Wednesday and Thursday (6/29-30) from 5:30-6:30pm at the JFL Complex at 6th and Shelby. Tackle players and cheerleaders must be entering grades 5-8 and flag players must ...