Category Archives: Victory Lane

Crystal Tipton is leaving St. Anthony to take over as softball coach at Teutopolis. She succeeds Rich Niebrugge who resigned after 17 seasons with the Lady Shoes.

A group of 6, 7 and 8 year old Mattoon Junior League baseball players are headed to the Pony League World Series in Mount Vernon today (Thursday, July 11). They'll open pool play with a 1:00 game agai...

Tuesday, July 9th: Mattoon Post 88 baseball at Decatur Post 105 (game in Mt. Zion). 6:00pm on Victory 103.9 Wednesday, July 10th: Charleston Post 93 Junior Legion baseball vs. IL Veterans. Both five-i...

U.S. Advances To Women's World Cup Final (Paris) -- The U.S. Women's national soccer team is through to the final match of the Women's World Cup in France. The U.S. beat England today by a score of tw...

Angels say pitcher Tyler Skaggs has died at age 27 (Arlington, TX) -- Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs is dead. The team announced his death today, calling him an important part of the organiza...

Former Super Bowl MVP Mark Rypien facing assault charge SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) Former Super Bowl hero Mark Rypien has been arrested in Washington state on suspicion of domestic violence. The Spokesman-Re...

MIAMI (AP) A person with knowledge of the situation says the Miami Heat have agreed to trade Hassan Whiteside to the Portland Trail Blazers for Meyers Leonard and Moe Harkless. The trade was agreed to...

The annual Alex Russell Memorial Kids' Fishing Derby will be held this Saturday (6/29) at Lake Charleston. Check-in is at 8:00 a.m. and kids will fish from 8:30-10:00 a.m. It's free to 5 to 15-year-ol...

Cookie Monster Sings During Cubbies 7th Inning Stretch (Chicago, IL) -- "Today C is for Cubbies!" That's was according to Sesame Street's Cookie Monster just before he sang "Take Me Out to the Ballgam...

Durbin And Duckworth Call For Extended Netting At MLB Parks (New York, NY) -- Two United States senators representing Illinois are calling for all 30 Major League Baseball teams to extend protective n...