Category Archives: Local Sports

DETROIT (AP) - Yan Gomes and Nick Madrigal hit doubles in the ninth inning and the Chicago Cubs held on to beat the Detroit Tigers 7-6 on Monday night. The Cubs squandered a three-run lead in the eigh...

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Joshua Palacios hit a three-run home run and had a career-high five RBIs to help the Pittsburgh Pirates beat St. Louis 11-1 on Monday night, sending the last-place Cardinals to their...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Luke Altmyer will be the starting quarterback for Illinois when it opens the season at home against Toledo on Sept. 2, coach Bret Bielema announced Monday. Altmyer transferred t...

The SC Cougars improved to 3-0 on the baseball season with their 10-0 win over Woodlawn on Saturday. Zane Montes drove in a pair of Cougars runs with RBI also from Colton and Callaway Smith, Coen West...

The Franklin Park Bobcats won both their games in Greenville on Saturday. They opened with a 9-5 win over Mascoutah scoring 6 times in the opening inning. Silas Lux and Kyler King homered in the game ...

The Selmaville Rockets are at Central City today after a pair of losses on Saturday. Selmaville lost to St Anthony 16-5. Walker Crank drove in a pair of Selmaville runs with 2 hits; Jaxon Ward also dr...

The Franklin Park Lady Bobcats are in action today after having the weekend off when they travel to Effingham. Selmaville is at Central City today coming off 2 wins over the weekend. The Lady Rockets ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Nicholas Gioacchini and Samuel Adeniran both scored twice, Eduard Lwen had three assists and St. Louis City breezed to a 6-3 victory over Austin FC on Sunday night as the league retur...

CHICAGO (AP) - Seiya Suzuki and Miguel Amaya hit solo homers, helping Kyle Hendricks and the Chicago Cubs beat the Kansas City Royals 4-3 on Sunday. Chicago, which has a one-game lead fir the NL's fin...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Paul Goldschmidt homered, Richie Palacios hit a two-run single and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the New York Mets 7-3 on Sunday to avert a four-game series sweep. Goldschmidt finished...