Category Archives: Local Sports

By Greg Halbleib Illinois State men’s basketball broke out to an early lead and never trailed in a 75-57 win over Fort Wayne in the Redbirds’ home opener. Deontae Hawkins led the Bird...

By Greg Halbleib The Tampa Bay Buccaneers routed the Bears 36-10 behind 312 passing yards by Jameis Winston while Bears quarterback Jay Cutler was intercepted twice as the Bears turned the ball o...

By Greg Halbleib The longsuffering is no more. The Cubs have ended a 108-year gap between championships, claiming the World Series title with a Game 7 win over the Indians, 8-7 in 10 innings. Eur...

By Greg HalbleibThe World Series is even at one game each after the Cubs rebounded with a 5-1 win over the Indians in Game 2. Jake Arrieta took a no-hitter into the sixth inning and Kyle Schwarber rec...

By Greg Halbleib The Cubs offense revived to take Game 4 of the National League Championship Series in Los Angeles 10-4. Anthony Rizzo and Addison Russell each recorded three-hit nights with home...

By Greg Halbleib Pontiac girls swimming lost a dual at LaSalle-Peru 57-37.Pontiac girls volleyball lost at Olympia 25-9, 17-25, 25-11. Central Catholic topped Prairie Central and U-High beat Maho...

By Greg Halbleib The Illinois football team rolled up a 125 yards in penalties last week in a three-point loss against Purdue. Coach Lovie Smith says that the team needs to be better disciplined,...

By Greg Halbleib Prairie Central volleyball beat Pontiac 25-14, 21-25, 26-24.Pontiac girls swimming won its Senior Night meet over Paxton-Buckley-Loda, Peoria and Manual.In girls golf sectionals,...

By Greg Halblieb The final third of the high school football season opens tonight as Week 7 finds playoff berths on the line.Our featured game on WJEZ-FM 98.9 is Pontiac (2-4, 1-3 Corn Belt) host...

By Greg Halbleib The Giants won a gem over the Mets 3-0 behind a complete-game four-hitter from Madison Bumgarner. The game was scoreless until Conor Gillaspie delivered a three-run homer in the ...