Category Archives: Local Sports

By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Jena Antonucci turned a Triple Crown marred by thoroughbred deaths on the track and threatened by bad air quality from wildfires in Canada into a celebr...

The IHSA 3a/4a baseball state tournaments began yesterday at Duly Health & Care Field in Joliet. The Effingham Hearts dropped their 3a semifinal to Grayslake Central 9-1. They will play today in t...

The Charleston Lady Trojans fell in their 3a state softball semifinal at Louisville Slugger Stadium in Peoria losing to Antioch 3-0. They will play in the 3rd place game for the programs first ever st...

Country Financial defeated Brad Decker 20-5 in boy's coach pitch baseball in the late game Friday. Offensively Country was led by Reed Knapp, Peyton Etnier, Grayson Dodson and Braydon Conner who each ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Cubs manager David Ross sent a text message to Nico Hoerner a night earlier letting the second baseman know he would be held out starting the series opener in San Francisco but to...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Rookie Jordan Walker homered and had a career-best three hits, Jordan Montgomery pitched six scoreless innings and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Reds 7-4 Friday night. N...

The Effingham Flaming Hearts are making just their 2nd trip to state in baseball and first since 1942 when they head to Duly Health & Care field in Joliet to open up the 3a state semifinals on Fri...

The Christ Our Rock Stallions were well represented in their final season in the Midland Trail Conference. 5 players were selected for All Conference honors. Colton Oelze, Parker Boehne, Damari Dabney...

Congratulations to Mount Vernon's Eli Garrett for being named All South 7 Pitcher. He went 9-5 with a 2.64 ERA on the year. Garrett pitched 66.1 innings and struck out 69 with an opponent batting aver...

At the Little League Complex in softball Majors, it was Radiac beating Salem Tire 10-4. Emily P was the winning pitcher striking out 8 and allowing just 2 hits. Emily P, Talya G and Jorja E all had a ...