Category Archives: Local Sports

Pontiac High School has rolled out this year’s Hall of Fame class. It includes the Indians’ 2007 state quarterfinal football team, former basketball and volleyball standout Lindsay Freidma...

By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ NewsThe 87th Pontiac Holiday Tournament is headed your way from December 28 through 30, right here in Pontiac, bringing with it some top tiered basketball matchups.Director Jim Dr...

In high school basketball, Prairie Central edged Watseka 54-52, Tri-Point nipped Lexington 47-46, Woodland lost by 2 at LaMoille 52-50. In girls basketball Pontiac came up short at Flanagan-Cornell 44...

WJEZ tips off the high school basketball season today. We are live from the Thanksgiving Tournament at Gibson City. Tri-Point takes on Leroy at 5. Leron Black scored 17 points and Kipper Nichols had 1...

The high school basketball season has opened with girls activity.Girls high school basketball from Tuesday night included Beecher edging Dwight 44-43. Dwight was led in scoring by Mel Stewart with 12 ...

The Illini will usher in the Brad Underwood era tonight as Illinois men’s basketball plays host to Southern University from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Illini Sports Network pre-game on 98.9 begins ...

The Lovie Smith Show is tonight at 7:00 from Savoy on 98.9 as the Illini coach talks about Saturday’s loss at Purdue.Two Heart of Illinois Conference teams are still alive in the quarterfinal ro...

Illinois State men’s basketball coach Dan Muller says he’s had to scale back practice time a bit during the preseason because he has just eight scholarship players available because of inj...

The high school football playoffs open this weekend with limited action tonight. Prairie Central visits perennial power Rochester in a Class 4A opener at 7:00 that can be heard on 98.9 WJEZ-FM and on ...

By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ NewsIn his seventh year of raising funds for the kids of the Muscular Dystrophy Association, Oscar Gorbet of Pontiac will be donating his all-time high of $15,500 Wednesday at 11....