Category Archives: Local Sports
Girls State Track Meet Held Over The Weekend
The girls state track meet was held over the weekend at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. It was a great weekend for Altamont sophomore Grace Nelson in Class 1a. She finished 3rd in the 200m,...
May 23, 2022 daveynin / CC
Prep Soccer Super-Sectionals Tuesday
Tomorrow is the Super Sectionals in girls Class 1a Soccer. Columbia is the site for Quincy Notre Dame and Alhtoff with Herscher and Normal playing at Bloomington Central Catholic, Lombard Montini take...
May 23, 2022
SC 13u Fall In Extra Innings Of Chatham GMB Championship
The SC 13u Storm Chasers fell in their bid for a 4th straight GMB Tournament championship falling in the title game at the Chatham Tournament over the weekend 5-4 to the BNBA Renegades 5-4 in 8-inning...
May 23, 2022
Lehkonen scores twice to help Avalanche beat Blues 5-2
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Artturi Lehkonen scored twice, Darcy Kuemper stopped 29 shots and the Colorado Avalanche beat the St. Louis Blues 5-2 in Game 3 of their second-round series. Logan O'Connor, Nazem Kad...
May 22, 2022 Chris Yunker / CC
Goldschmidt's 4-hit game lifts Cardinals over Pirates 5-4
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Paul Goldschmidt went 4 for 5 with two doubles and two RBIs to lead the St. Louis Cardinals over the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-4. Goldschmidt extended his hitting streak to 14 games and h...
May 22, 2022
Varsho's double scores 3 in 10th in Dbacks' 7-6 win vs Cubs
CHICAGO (AP) - Daulton Varsho drilled a two-out, three-RBI double in the 10th inning then scored on a throwing error by Andrelton Simmons to give the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 7-6 comeback win over th...
May 22, 2022
MLB Wrap-Up: Donaldson, Anderson spar again as Yanks beat White Sox
UNDATED (AP) - It's fair to say the New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox don't like each other. Yankees' third baseman Josh Donaldson got into a dustup with White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson for the ...
May 22, 2022
Blistering speeds at fastest Indy 500 qualifying since 1996
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The rain held off long enough for a full round of Indianapolis 500 qualifying on a soupy Saturday that saw blistering speeds. Some of the fastest speeds in race history were record...
May 22, 2022 Robert Rescot / CC
Ariarne Titmus sets 400-meter freestyle world record
ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) - Olympic gold medalist Ariarne Titmus has broken the women's 400-meter freestyle world record at the Australian swimming championships. Titmus finished in 3 minutes, 56.40 se...
May 22, 2022 Shelby L. Bell / CC
Early Voting wins Preakness
BALTIMORE (AP) - Early Voting captured the Preakness on Saturday, holding off hard-charging favorite Epicenter to win by 1 lengths at Pimlico. Early Voting stalked behind the leaders for much of the r...
May 22, 2022 Tsutomu Takasu / CC
