Category Archives: Local Sports

Illinois baseball slipped past Illinois State 6-5 in 10 innings in front of a large crowd at Duffy Bass Field in Normal.Illinois Wesleyan baseball outslugged North Park 17-14. Illinois Wesleyan visits...

Illinois visits Illinois State in the Redbirds' annual "Stuff the Duff" game at Duffy Bass Field. First pitch is at 6 p.m.Illinois Wesleyan baseball visits North Park for a 5 p.m. game. The Titans vis...

Illinois softball completed the series sweep with a 7-6 win over Purdue.Illinois baseball salvaged a win on the weekend with a 7-5 victory over Number 18 Michigan.Illinois State softball clobbered Loy...

Illinois State University plans to introduce Kristen Gillespie as its new women's basketball coach this afternoon. Gillespie was 51-12 during the past two seasons as the head coach at Lewis University...

 University of Illinois baseball completed the weekend sweep of Indiana State with a 5-2 Sunday win at Illinois Field. The Illini next face Missouri on Tuesday night at GCS Ballpark in Sauget in ...

Rain washed out all local sports on Thursday with many trying again today.Illinois softball hosts Minnesota today at 5:00 while Illinois baseball welcomes Indiana State to Illinois Field at 6:00.Illin...

University of Illinois baseball begins a five-game break from the Big Ten Conference schedule by hosting Bradley tonight at 6:00 at Illinois Field. The Illini were swept by Michigan State last weekend...

The NCAA men's basketball Final Four is now set. North Carolina won a thriller over Kentucky 75-73 to win the regional in Memphis after South Carolina knocked off Florida 77-70 in New York. South Caro...

In high school softball, El Paso-Gridley beat Prairie Central 9-7 and Woodland-Flanagan-Cornell run-ruled Gardner 14-3. On the high school baseball diamonds, Pontiac beat Ottawa 7-3, Prairie Central c...

Illinois used a strong second half to put away Boise State 71-56 to send the Illini into an NIT quarterfinal game against UCF on Wednesday night at 6 p.m. Central in Orlando. Tracy Abrams led the Illi...