Category Archives: Local Sports

A familiar post-season foe came to the Roundhouse in Mattoon for Tuesday's Sectional softball semifinal. The Lady Wave put together a terrific all-around game and defeated the Glenwood Titans by a sco...

The Mattoon High School softball team left very little doubt in Saturday's Regional championship game. The Lady Wave beat Charleston, 17-4 in five innings. The first inning told the story of the game....

Baseball (Regional): Champaign Centennial: 3 - Mattoon: 1 (Final) Champaign Central: 10 - Clinton: 0 (Final) Edwards County: 7 - South Central: 3 (Final) Effingham: 7 - Massac County: 1 (Final) Mahome...

The season came to an end for the Mattoon baseball team Wednesday afternoon. Centennial rallied for a 3-1 victory to move into the Regional championship game. The game was scoreless heading into the f...

Indianapolis Motor Speedway is cutting off sales of general admission tickets for Sunday's Indy 500, making the race a complete sellout. Reserved seats already sold out for the first time in 20 years ...

Softball (Regional): Casey-Westfield: 11 - Okaw Valley: 0 (Final) Centralia: 12 - Benton: 1 (Final) Charleston: 8 - Paris: 3 (Final) Clinton: 5 - Mahomet-Seymour: 2 (Final) Lincolnwood: 2 - St. Anthon...

The Mattoon softball team punched its ticket to the Regional championship game with a 6-1 victory over Lincoln. The Lady Wave jumped ahead in the first inning. With two outs, Kyliegh Basham singled up...

The Mattoon Green Wave advanced to the semifinal round of its own baseball Regional. Mattoon blanked Paris 6-0 behind Tucker Rappe's two-hit shutout. The Green Wave scored a run in the bottom of the f...

The Mattoon baseball team finished up the home portion of the regular season with a 10-0 six-inning win over Urbana. The Green Wave swept the home-and-home series from the Tigers. A three-run, two-out...

Baseball (Regular Season): Mattoon: 10 - Urbana: 0 (Final)   Baseball (Regional): Casey-Westfield: 8 - Cisne: 2 (Final) Maroa-Forsyth: 10 - Shelbyville: 2 (Final) Northclay: 6 - Brownstown/St. El...