Category Archives: Local Sports
Borah Leads First Run In Sectionals As Rams Take on Mascoutah In Centralia
The 3a baseball sectionals open today in Centralia with a pair of semifinal games. The day opens at 4pm with Mount Vernon and Mascoutah followed at 6:30 by Triad and Effingham. In 4a baseball today at...
May 31, 2023
Softball Post Season Continues With Sectionals
The 3a girls softball Sectional Semifinals began last night. At Highland, Waterloo broke it open in the 10th inning winning 7-0. They advance to play today's winner between Highland and Charleston. In...
May 31, 2023
Salem Jr Legion Sweeps Newton
The Salem Jr Legion evened up their record at 2-2 on the season with a pair of wins at Newton last night. Salem opened with an 11-4 victory. Brody Collier was the winning pitcher with relief help from...
May 31, 2023
Rotary Gets Majors Win, Bandy's Wins On Softball Field
In Little League Majors, Rotary beat Security Alarm 14-0 behind a 2-hit shutout from Jared Crompton. He struck out 9. At the plate, Zane Applegate had 3 hits including 2 doubles, Kai Graham singled tw...
May 31, 2023
YMCA Men's Softball Results From Tuesday
In YMCA men's softball, Eliminators doubled up ABC Pub 20-10 and then beat Wild Stallions 18-12. Pennington Chevrolet beat the Wild Stallions 26-13.
May 31, 2023
Hoerner homers, bullpen shines as Cubs beat McClanahan, Rays 2-1
CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Cubs turned one little mistake into another big win against Tampa Bay. A sharp, all-around performance was enough. Nico Hoerner homered and Chicago made the most of a rare g...
May 31, 2023
Mikolas works 8 shutout innings, leads Cardinals to 2-1 victory over the Royals
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Miles Mikolas pitched eight shutout innings, Nolan Arenado hit an RBI double and Nolan Gorman drove in a run with a sacrifice fly as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Kansas City R...
May 31, 2023
Blue Angels Turn Heads As 1st World Series Trip Ends With Elite Performance
Going into the DI NJCAA Softball World Series many did not expect much from the Kaskaskia College Blue Angels. The team was ranked at 14 of 16 teams that made the World Series and while other schools ...
May 30, 2023 Toby Gullion
Baseball Final Fours Set....Columbia Eagles Fly To State Semifinals, Goreville Knocks Off St Anthony
The small school baseball final fours are set after Super Sectional games played yesterday. In Class 1a at SIU-Carbondale, Goreville held on to beat St Anthony at Itchy Jones Stadium 6-5. That came a ...
May 30, 2023
Goreville, St Anthony Advance To Softball State Semifinals, Freeburg's Season Ends
The Goreville Lady Blackcats will play their state semifinal at Louisville Slugger Stadium in Peoria and take on Peru St Bede who won the Sterling Super over Orangeville 6-1. The other semifinal will ...
May 30, 2023
