Local Sports

Basketball fans in Olney and throughout the region will have a special opportunity to hear from one of Indiana basketball’s most accomplished players when Tyra Buss serves as the keynote speaker for the OCC Lady Knights Tip-Off Dinner on Sunday, September 13, 2026. The annual event will be held at Olney Central College, 305 N. West Street in Olney, Illinois, with the dinner beginning at 5 p.m. Doors will open at 4:30 p.m. Tickets for the Tip-Off Dinner […]

(BLOOMINGTON) The Illinois Coaches Association and the Shriners of Illinois are proud to present the 52nd Annual Illinois High School Football Shrine Game this Saturday (6/20/26) at Tucci Stadium on the campus of Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington. Admission is $12 per person and tickets will be available at the gate, with game time at 11:00 and pregame festivities starting at 10:00. The prestigious all-star event will feature 97 of […]

The St. Louis Cardinals opened their home series against San Diego with a 3-0 victory over the Padres on Monday night at Busch Stadium. Dustin May delivered the strongest performance of his Cardinals tenure, taking a perfect game into the seventh inning before completing a one-hit shutout with nine strikeouts. The outing marked May’s first career complete game and shutout. St. Louis received all the run support it needed from […]

(NORTH CLAY) North Clay wrapped up a memorable weekend at the Class 1A IHSA State Baseball Tournament in Champaign by bringing home third place in the state. The Cardinals opened the weekend with a tough 4 to 3 extra-inning loss to Putnam County in Friday’s state semifinal, a game that went beyond regulation before North Clay came up just short. North Clay answered in Saturday’s third-place game with a dominant […]

(NORTH CLAY/CLAY CITY) North Clay is headed back to the IHSA Class 1A State Finals after an 8-0 super-sectional shutout of Goreville on Monday in Carbondale. The Cardinals improved to 35-and-4 on the season and punched their ticket to Champaign with a dominant effort on the mound and at the plate. Jack Compton worked five scoreless innings; Ian Jones finished off the shutout in relief, and Trenton Ingram drove in […]

(OLNEY) Olney Little League has announced its teams for 8U, 10U, 11U and 12U All-Star teams.  For the 8U Boys with Coach Chris Foust: Brantley Burgund Chandler Deisher Case Runyon Carson Collyard Kasen Kuenstler Owen Graves Joel Royse Silas Wingert Zeke Kirkwood Chandler Foust Braxton Duncan Caleb Spivey For the 10U Boys with Coaches Greg Breeden, Matt Leist, Austin Bussard and Corey Steber: Deacon Bible Malaki Breeden Gannon Bussard Byron […]

(OLNEY) in High School Softball yesterday – here's the Super-Sectional results involving downstate area teams CLASS 1A @ Carbondale – Waltonville/Sesser-Valier beat Casey-Westfield, 5-0 @ Athens – Okawville beat Triopia, 4-3 CLASS 2A @ Carbondale – Carterville beat Red Bud, 6-0 @ Decatur – Williamsville beat Bloomington Central Catholic, 6-2 CLASS 3A @ Decatur – Chatham Glenwood beat Washington, 11-1 CLASS 4A @ Bloomington – Lincoln-Way West beat Edwardsville, 9-3 […]