Category Archives: Local Sports

Pontiac native Emily Grove will be competing in the pole vault at the World Championships in London next month. (Photo courtesy University of South Dakota)VERMILLION, S.D. – A pole vaulter from ...

The Cardinals held off the Miami Marlins 4-3 to split a four-game series split as the Mets come to Busch Stadium tonight. The Cubs were crushed by the Milwaukee Brewers, 11-2. Kyle Schwarber returned ...

The Cubs rallied for a 7-3 win over the Rays. Ian Happ broke a tie with a two-run single in the seventh inning after Jon Jay drove his third career pinch-hit home run, a three-run shot to tie the game...

The Cardinals edged the Diamondbacks 4-3 behind two RBIs each from Yadier Molina and Jedd Gyorko. The Cardinals optioned shortstop Aledmys Diaz to Memphis before the game, and Cards manager Mike Mathe...

Emily Grove of Pontiac has qualified for the track and field World Championships in London later this summer. Grove, a senior at the University of South Dakota, earned the final spot on the USA roster...

Prairie Central High School basketball programs have new head coaches. The Prairie Central Athletic Boosters report Alan Dunahee returns as boys head coach after leading the Hawks from 2003 to 2007, i...

Pontiac has a state championship in bass fishing. The Pontiac-Morton co-op unified bass fishing team win the state tournament at Carlyle Lake yesterday. Pontiac’s Case Bear caught the biggest ba...

The Fighting Illini basketball program has added 6-foot-9 Slovenian Matic Vesel for next season. He’s new coach Brad Underwood’s fifth commitment in its 2017 recruiting class. Former Illin...

ESPN analyst Dick Vitale is coming to Pontiac to raise money for the Basketball Museum of Illinois and the V Foundation this fall. Dickie V will speak at the Pontiac Elks Country Club on Thursday, Sep...

Local flavor was featured in Thursday’s action at the NCAA track and field championships in Eugene, Oregon. Emily Grove of Pontiac, now at the University of South Dakota, tied for 15th in the po...