Category Archives: Local Sports

By Greg Halbleib The Cardinals are not headed to the post-season for the first time in six years. The Cards won the final game of the season 10-4 over the Pirates, but the Giants also won to clin...

By Greg Halbleib Week 6 of high school football features Pontiac stepping out of league play to host Bowman Academy of Gary, Ind. tonight at 7:00. The game is live on WJEZ-FM 98.9.Friday’s ...

By Greg HalbleibPontiac volleyball lost to Reed-Custer 25-20, 25-11.Pontiac girls tennis edged GCMS 5-4.One of the new opponents of the Pontiac 66ers has its first head coach. Former Illinois State an...

By Greg HalbleibThe Bears are 0-3 after a 31-17 loss to Dallas in the Sunday night NFL game. The Cowboys scored on all four of their possessions in the first half to take a 24-3 halftime lead and ende...

By Greg Halblieb It’s a bye week for University of Illinois football. The Illini travel to Nebraska next Saturday. Pontiac girls tennis beat St. Bede 7-2.U-High is Intercity cross coun...

By Greg Halblieb Pontiac 7th grader Dani Grace Schrock won the Illinois Elementary School Association girls golf title with a 79 at Kellogg Golf Course in Peoria. Eureka’s Allison Pacocha w...

By Greg Halbleib Pontiac cross country finished fourth in the Gardner Panther Invitational at Dwight Country Club. The Indians’ Nate Durham finished third.Pontiac volleyball lost to IVC 25-...

By Greg Halbleib In girls volleyball, Flanagan-Cornell topped Pontiac 26-24, 26-24.Pontiac boys golf won a triangular over Normal West and Olympia. Pontiac’s Garret Bruner carded a 41 for t...

By Greg Halbleib Pontiac girls tennis edged Streator 5-4 on the Williamson Field courts.Mahomet-Seymour volleyball defeated Pontiac 25-15, 25-21.Pontiac finished third in a girls swimming triangu...

By Greg Halbleib U-High won a boys golf quadrangular over Central Catholic, Mahomet-Seymour and Pontiac.The CornBelters were eliminated from a chance at post-season play with an 8-3 loss to Evans...