MLB

The St. Louis Cardinals have won their first division title in four years by blanking the Chicago Cubs. Jack Flaherty limited the Cubs to a pair of hits over seven innings of the Redbirds’ 9-0 victory. St. Louis grabbed an 8-0 lead by the third inning after dropping the first two games of the series. Matt Carpenter’s three-run blast gave the Cards an eight-run cushion. Dexter Fowler belted a two-run homer in the second and Paul Goldschmidt added a solo blast.

Tim Anderson won the AL batting title despite going 0-for-2 in the White Sox’s 5-3 win against the Tigers. Welington Castro’s two-run homer capped Chicago’s four-run sixth

Manager Joe Maddon will not be back with the Cubs next season after they failed to make the playoffs for the first time in five years.

Maddon and Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein announced the move before the team's season finale at St. Louis. Maddon's contract expired after Sunday's game.

NFL

The Bears managed to beat the Vikings, 16-6 after Mitchell Trubisky got knocked out of the game with a left shoulder injury on the opening possession. Backup Chase Daniel was 22 of 30 for 195 yards and a touchdown, hitting Tarik Cohen for a 10-yard score moments after replacing Trubisky. 

Oakland Raiders beat the Indianapolis Colts 31-24 

NASCAR

Chase Elliott overcame a major mistake to win NASCAR’s Cup playoff race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Elliott recovered from an earlier gaffe when he was leading on a restart, locked his wheels headed into the first turn and drove directly into a tire barrier.  Alex Bowman finished second in the race, Kevin Harvick finished third and was followed by Stewart-Haas Racing teammate Clint Bowyer, who was in danger of being eliminated from the playoffs before his fourth-place finish.

The PBL Panthers took on Milford in the Championship game of the Watseka Invitational. PBL Head Coach Lindsay Staloway says many girls contributed to get the win.

PBL Head Coach Lindsay Staloway 

IHSA Volleyball tonight

Tonight on WPXN its Fast Talk. Get the latest news in NASCAR from 6-7.

Then it’s the Lovie Smith Show from 7-8.

Then it’s IHSA Volleyball with delayed coverage of PBL and Oakwood.

IHSA Volleyball

Clifton Central def Cissna Park 25-21, 10-25, 25-15

Dwight def Iroquois West 20-25, 25-22, 25-17

Eureka def Fisher 25-7, 25-11

St. Thomas More def St. Joe Ogden 21-25, 25-20, 25-20

Milford def Hoopeston Area 25-16, 25-17

Kaylee Warren had 23 assists

Bismarck Henning/Rossville Alvin def Armstrong Potomac 25-9, 25-20

Mahomet Seymour def Charleston 25-12, 25-17

Kayin Garner  had 24 assists

MLB

The Pirates beat the Cubs 9-5.

Brian McCann and Daniel Palka hit back to back homeruns as the White Sox blanked the Indians

The Philadelphia Eagles handed the Green Bay Packers their first loss of the season. Nigel Bradham picked off Aaron Rodgers' pass in the end zone with 20 seconds left to secure the Eagles’ 34-27 win over the Packers.

IHSA Football tonight

PBL vs Momence (Homecoming)

Iroquois vs Oakwood

Watseka vs Dwight

Rantoul @ St. Thomas More

St. Joseph Ogden vs Pontiac 

GCMS vs Fisher (Homecoming)

Hoopeston Area-Armstrong Potomac @ Georgetown Ridgefarm

Milford/Cissna Park @ Aldon-Hebron

Big Ten Football tonight

Penn St. at Maryland

Big Ten Football on Saturday

Rutgers at Michigan

Middle Tennessee at Iowa

Northwestern at Wisconsin

Indiana at Michigan St.

Minnesota at Purdue

Ohio St. at Nebraska

NFL Football on Sunday

Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears

Oakland Raiders at Indianapolis Colts

Tonight on WPXN it’s IHSA Football and homecoming as the PBL Panthers host the Momence Redskins at Jerry Zimmerman Field at I-57 Stadium. Our pregame begins in the WPXN Studios with Joel Cluver at 6:05. Then we’ll send it out to Jay Eshleman and Rocky Marron for their pregame at 6:35 with kickoff at 7pm.

Saturday Morning it’s On the Sidelines from 7-8 brought to you by Compass Insurance Partners in Paxton and Cissna Park, Premier Roofs in Paxton, and MATCO Fire Protection Service in Paxton. 

Saturday Afternoon its the BCBS Drive for the Cure Xfinity Race at 2pm

On Sunday it’s the Monster Energy Bank of America Royal 400 with a 12:30 start time.

IHSA Volleyball

Beecher def Watseka 25-18, 25-16

MLB

The Cubs are out of the playoffs for the first time since 2014 as they lost to the Pirates 4-2. 

The Cardinals coughed up a 5-2 lead as they lost to the Diamondbacks 9-7. 

Tim Anderson had 4 hits to help the White Sox beat the Indians 8-3.

IHSA Volleyball tonight

Cissna Park vs Clifton Central

Iroquois West vs Dwight

Rantoul at Prairie Central

St. Joe Ogden vs St. Thomas More

Fisher at Eureka

Milford at Hoopeston Area

Armstrong Potomac at Bismarck Henning/Rossville Alvin

NFL tonight

Philadelphia Eagles at Green Bay Packers

IHSA Volleyball

Unity def PBL 25-21, 25-21

Tri Point def Cissna Park 20-25, 25-23, 25-21

El Paso Gridley def GCMS 25-19, 25-13

Fieldcrest def Fisher 25-15, 25-15

St. Joe Ogden def Maroa Forsyth 25-16, 25-20

Katelyn Berry had 9 kills

Armstrong Potomac def Hoopeston Area 25-20, 18-25, 25-22

Emma Franzen had 12 kills and 18 digs

MLB

The Pirates beat the Cubs 9-2.

The Arizona Diamondbacks won a  3-2 decision over the St. Louis Cardinals in 19 innings.

The Indians blanked the White Sox 11-0.

IHSA Volleyball

Tri Valley def PBL 23-25, 25-20, 25-23

Cissna Park def Fisher 24-26, 26-24, 25-10

Carly Pence had 6 kills

Milford def Iroquois West 25-17, 25-0

Lexy Puetz served up all 25 points in the 2nd match

Watseka def Prairie Central 25-16, 17-25, 25-21

GCMS def Clifton Central 

Jessica Frehill had 22 kills and 18 digs

St. Joe Ogden def Urbana 25-19, 25-20

Emily Bigger had 17 assists

MLB

Paul Goldschmidt hit a two-run homer in his return to Chase Field, Yadier Molina hit another two-run shot and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-7 for their sixth straight win. The Cardinals have a 3 1/2-game lead over the Milwaukee Brewers in the NL Central.

NFL

Mitchell Trubisky threw his first three touchdown passes of the season, all to Taylor Gabriel in the second quarter, to finally get the Chicago Bears' offense going and build a big lead that held up to beat the Washington Redskins 31-15. 

IHSA Volleyball tonight

PBL at Unity

Cissna Park at Tri-Point

Rantoul at Mattoon

St. Joe Ogden Maroa Forsyth

GCMS vs El Paso Gridley

Fisher vs Fieldcrest

Milford at Schlarman

Armstrong Potomac vs Hoopeston Area

Tonight on WPXN it’s NASCAR Live. Get the latest news in NASCAR from 6-7.

MLB

Paul Goldschmidt laced a tiebreaking double in the ninth inning to give the Cardinals a 3-2 victory at Wrigley Field to complete a four game sweep. 

The Tigers beat the White Sox 6-3. 

NFL

Aaron Rodgers was 17 of 29 for 235 yards and a touchdown as the 3-0 Packers earned a 27-16 win over the 0-3 Broncos.

Jacoby Brissett (brih-SEHT') threw a pair of first-half scoring passes and Marlon Mack scored on a 4-yard run in the fourth quarter to lead the Colts past Atlanta 27-24.

The Bears play at Washington tonight

IHSA Volleyball tonight

PBL vs Tri Valley

Cissna Park at Fisher

Iroquois West vs Milford

Watseka vs Prairie Central

St. Joe Ogden at Urbana

GCMS vs Clifton Central

Tonight on WPXN it’s Fast Talk. Get the latest news in NASCAR from 6-7.

Then it’s the Lovie Smith Show from 7-8.

Then it’s bonus coverage of IHSA Volleyball between PBL and Tri Valley.

IHSA Volleyball

PBL def Cissna Park 25-10, 25-16

Makayla Klann had 11 digs

Watseka def Momence 25-17, 25-15

Teagan Cawthorn had 5 kills

GCMS def Eureka 25-23, 25-18

Jessica Freehill had 14 kills

Tri Valley def Fisher 25-9, 25-7

Bismarck Henning/ Rossville Alvin def Milford 21-25, 25-20, 25-18

Salt Fork def Armstrong Potomac 25-20, 25-19

Normal U-High def Mahomet Seymour 25-15, 25-16

MLB

The Cardinals coughed up a 4-1 lead in the ninth inning before Matt Carpenter smacked a home run in the 10th to give the Redbirds a 5-4 win over the Cubs at Wrigley Field.

IHSA Football Tonight

PBL vs Seneca

Iroquois @ Momence

Watseka @ Oblong

Rantoul vs Monticello (Hall of Fame Game)

St. Joseph Ogden @ Unity High School

GCMS @ Fieldcrest

Hoopeston Area Armstrong Potomac @ Oakwood 

Milford/Cissna Park @ Schlarman

Saturday 

Fisher vs Madison

Big Ten Football

Indiana vs Connecticut

Rutgers vs Boston College

Michigan St. at Northwestern

Michigan at Wisconsin

Ohio St. vs Miami Ohio

Illinois vs Nebraska

NFL Football

Green Bay Packers vs Denver Broncos

Monday Night Football

Chicago Bears at Washington Redskins

Tonight on WPXN it’s IHSA Football as the PBL Panthers host the Seneca Irish at Jerry Zimmerman Field at I-57 Stadium. Our pregame begins at 6:05 in the WPXN studios. Then we’ll join Jay Eshelman and Rocky Marron for their pregame at 6:35 with kickoff at 7pm.

Saturday morning it’s On the Sidelines from 7-8 brought to you by Compass Insurance Partners in Paxton and Cissna Park, and by Premier Roofs in Paxton.

Then it’s our Live Action Auction from 8-10. 

Saturday afternoon its IHSA Football from Fisher as the Bunnies take on Madison. Our pregame begins at 1:30 with kickoff at 2pm.

Then it’s Fighting Illini Football as Illinois hosts Nebraska. Pregame at 6pm with kickoff at 7pm.

IHSA Volleyball

St. Joe Ogden def PBL 

St. Thomas More def Watseka 25-14, 25-17

GCMS def Fieldcrest 18-25, 25-23, 25-18

Jessica Freehill had 14 kills

Milford def Georgetown Ridgefarm 25-23, 25-15

Lexy Puetz had 9 kills

Schlarman def Armstrong Potomac 25-20, 25-14

Bismarck Henning/Rossville Alvin def Hoopeston Area 25-9, 25-12

Mahomet Seymour def Taylorville 25-21, 25-21

Kayin Gardner had 33 assists

MLB

The Reds doubled up the Cubs 4-2

The Nationals beat the Cardinals 6-2.

The Twins won over the White Sox 9-8

IHSA Volleyball tonight

Iroquois West at Gardner South Wilmington

St. Joe Ogden vs Danville

(Undated--jc)  -- The latest IHSA Football Polls are out and in Class 8A Lincoln Way is number one. In Class 7A, the top spot belongs to Chicago Mount Carmel and tops in 6A is Carey-Grove High School. East St Louis leads the 5A Poll and IV Central remains the top team in the IHSA Class 4A poll this week. The Unity Rockets are in the receiving votes category in class 4A. In Class 3A, the Williamsville Bullets are number 1 with the Monticello Sages in the also receiving votes category. Gibson City Melvin Sibley is tops in 2A with Maroa Forsyth number 2, Central Clifton 3 and Bismark Henning at number 6. At the top of the polls in Class 1A is Forreston. Arcola and Tuscola are in the 10 ten and Watseka is also receiving votes.

IHSA Volleyball

PBL def Prairie Central 25-9, 25-23

Addison Oyer had 10 kills

Bismarck Henning/Rossville Alvin def Cissna Park 25-21, 25-20

GCMS def Iroquois West 25-12, 25-21

Jessica Freehill had 13 kills

South Newton Def Watseka 25-18, 20-25, 25-19

Rantoul def Georgetown Ridgefarm 25-15, 25-10

St. Joe Ogden def Hoopeston Area 25-5, 25-5

Lacey Kaiser had 6 kills

Judah Christian def Fisher 25-18, 25-6

MLB

The Cubs won their fifth in a row and moved a season-high 14 games over .500 by hammering the Reds, 8-2. Kyle Schwarber belted a three-run homer.

Marcell Ozuna was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer and four RBIs in the Cardinals’ 4-2 win over the Nationals.

The Twins beat the White Sox 5-3.

IHSA Volleyball tonight

PBL @ St. Joe Ogden

Watseka vs St. Thomas More

GCMS at Fieldcrest

Fisher vs Flanagan Cornell

Milford vs Georgetown Ridgefarm

Armstrong Potomac at Schlarman

Tonight on WPXN it’s NASCAR Live. Get the latest news in NASCAR from 6-7.

Then it’s IHSA Volleyball as the PBL Panthers travel to take on the St. Joe Ogden Spartans.

MLB

Kris Bryant homered twice, and Ian Happ, Kyle Schwarber and Jonathan Lucroy also connected as Chicago beat Pittsburgh 16-6.

Ryan Braun hit a go-ahead grand slam off Junior Fernández with two outs in the ninth inning, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-6.

The Chicago White Sox walked in the winning run as they lost to the Seattle Mariners 11-10. 

NFL

Eddy Pineiro's 53-yard field goal with no time left lifted the Chicago Bears to a stunning 16-14 win over the Denver Broncos.

Aaron Rodgers threw two early touchdowns and the Green Bay Packers held on for a 21-16 win over the Minnesota Vikings. 

Jacoby Brissett (brih-SEHT') became the latest Indianapolis quarterback to top Tennessee, throwing a 4-yard touchdown pass to T.Y. Hilton with 4:38 left to lead the Colts to a 19-17 victory.

NASCAR

Martin Truex Jr. has won the opening race of NASCAR's playoffs to earn an automatic berth into the second round. The top nine finishers were all playoff contenders as Truex was followed by Kevin Harvick, Brad Keselowski, Chase Elliott, Ryan Blaney, Alex Bowman, William Byron, Kyle Larson and reigning series champion Joey Logano.

Tonight on WPXN its Fast Talk. Get the latest news in NASCAR from 6-7.

Then it’s the Lovie Smith Show from 7-8.

IHSA Volleyball

PBL def Clifton Central 25-15, 25-17

Addison Oyer had 14 kills

Iroquois West def Momence 25-14, 25-19

Shelby Johnson had five kills

GCMS def Fisher 25-21, 26-24

Jessica Frehill had 11 kills

Milford def Armstrong Potomac 25-13, 25-12

Kaylee Warren had 16 assists

Mt. Zion def Mahomet Seymour 26-24, 25-23

MLB

Yu Darvish struck out a season-high 14 and allowed only two hits over six shutout innings as the Cubs downed the Padres, 4-1 

The Cardinals avoided a three-game sweep by homering five times in a 10-3 dismantling of the Rockies in Colorado.

The Royals beat the White Sox 6-3.

(Champaign--jc)  The Fighting Illini take a 2 and Oh record into a third non-conference game on Saturday morning at Memorial Stadium in Champaign. The Eagles of Eastern Michigan are the opponents for the Illini. U of I football Coach Lovie Smith says one positive in the game against U Conn was the play of  Oluwale Betiku Junior (OH-loo-WOE-lay  buh-TEE-koo)...

U of I Football Coach Lovie Smith

You can hear the U of I Football game live on WPXN starting at 10 tomorrow morning.

(Paxton--jc)  The Paxton Buckley Loda Panthers take their one and one record on the road tonight to John Boma Field at Iroquois West High School in Gilman. P-B-L Football Coach Josh Pritchard says last weeks win was a good one for win number one…

PBL Football Coach Josh Pritchard

(Las Vegas--jc)  It’s the start of the Chase for the Championship for Nascar. Race one in the chase is in Las Vegas.  One of the chase drivers is Joey Logano. He says its pressure time to work for a championship…

Nascar Driver Joey Logano.

IHSA Football tonight

PBL @ Iroquois West 

Watseka @ Momence

Rantoul @ Olympia

St. Joseph Ogden vs Bloomington

GCMS @ Heyworth

Fisher vs Tri Valley

Hoopeston Area-Armstrong Potomac at Bismarck Henning/Rossville Alvin

Milford/Cissna Park vs Metro-East Lutheran

College Football on Saturday

Ohio St. at Indiana

Maryland at Temple

Eastern Michigan at Illinois

Georgia Southern at Northwestern

Arizona St. at Michigan St.

Iowa at Iowa St.

TCU at Purdue

Northern Illinois at Nebraska

NFL Football on Sunday

Chicago Bears at Denver Broncos

Green Bay Packers vs Minnesota Vikings

Indianapolis Colts at Tennessee Titans

Tonight on WPXN it’s IHSA Football as the PBL Panthers travel North to take on the Iroquois West Raiders at Boma Field. Our broadcast begins at 6:05 in the WPXN Studios then we will join Jay Eshelman and Rocky Marron for their pregame at 6:35 with kickoff at 7pm.

Saturday morning join us for On the Sidelines from 7:05 til 8am brought to you by Compass Insurance Partners in Paxton and Cissna Park.

Then its Fighting Illini Football as Illinois take on Eastern Michigan at Memorial Stadium. Pregame at 10am with kickoff at 11am.

Saturday evening its Xfinity Racing with the Rhino Pro Truck Outfitters 300 at 6pm.

On Sunday its the Monster Energy South Point 400 NASCAR Race at 5pm. 

IHSA Volleyball

St. Anne def Iroquois West 25-16, 25-14

Watseka def Salt Fork 25-23, 25-21

Sydney McTaggart had 16 digs

MLB

The Cubs dropped a 4-0 decision at San Diego

The Rockies beat the Cardinals 2-1. 

The Royals beat the White Sox 8-6.

IHSA Volleyball tonight

PBL vs Clifton Central

Iroquois West vs Momence

Rantoul vs Judah Christian

GCMS vs Fisher

Milford vs Armstrong Potomac

(Las Vegas--jc)  -- Nascar’s Chase for the Championship begins this weekend in Las Vegas.  Nascar Driver Denny Hamlin has a good chance of getting to Homestead for the finals…

Nascar Driver Denny Hamlin. 

You can hear the race live on Sunday on WPXN.

(Milford--jc)  -- Going into week three, the Bearcasts of Milford Cissna Park will face a new team in 8man football and a new challenge. Milford C-P Coach Clint Swartz says the team is up to the challenge…

Milford Cissna Park Football Coach Clint Swartz

MLB
Kansas City at Chicago White Sox 1-20 first pitch

St Louis Cardinals at Colorado 2-10pm start

Chicago Cubs at San Diego 2-40 gametime

IHSA Volleyball

St. Thomas More def PBL 20-25, 25-14, 25-22

Judah Christian def Cissna Park 27-25, 25-21

Watseka def Hoopeston Area 25-11, 25-18

Kinzie Parson had 9 kills

Champaign Central def St. Joe Ogden 25-22, 25-20

Flanagan Cornell def GCMS 25-15, 25-22

Heyworth def Fisher 25-15, 25-14

Westville def Armstrong Potomac 25-22, 25-10

Mahomet Seymour def Mattoon 21-25, 25-22, 25-14

Ainsley Ranstead had 7 kills

MLB

The Padres beat the Cubs 9-8 in 10 innings.

The Rockies beat the Cardinals 2-1.

The White Sox knocked off the Royals, 7-3 as rookie Eloy (EE’-loy) Jiménez hit his first career grand slam and Yoán Moncada (yoh-AHN’ mohn-KAH’-dah) launched a mammoth two-run homer. 

(Undated--jc)  -- The latest IHSA Football polls are out after week 2. Leading the way in Class 8A is Lincoln Way East. Chicago Mount Carmel is tops in 7a, and Oak Lawn Richards is the number 1 team in 6A. East Saint Louis leads the 5A polls and I-C Catholic is at the top of the 4A poll. The Prairie Central Hawks are in the also receiving votes category in 4A. In 3A, the Williamsville Bullet are number 1, and Monticello is in the also receiving votes category. The Gibson City Melvin Sibley Falcons lead the 2A poll.  Central Clifton is at number 3 this week and Bismark Henning is number 6. And Forreston is tops in 1A. Tuscola and Arcola are in the top 10 in this weeks 1A poll.

IHSA Volleyball tonight

Iroquois West vs St. Anne

St. Joe Ogden vs Oakwood

MLB

The Chicago Cubs took another step backward in the NL Central race as they lost to the Brewers 8-5. 

The Redbirds won for the eighth time in 11 games as Jack Flaherty held the Pirates to five hits over eight innings to lead St. Louis to a 2-0 shutout in Pittsburgh.

Danny Mendick hit his first career home run and José Abreu (ah-BRAY’-oo) slammed his 31st of the season as the White Sox dumped the Angels, 5-1. 

NFL

The Chargers got past the Colts, 30-24.

NASCAR

Kevin Harvick won the Brickyard 400 for the second time, beating Joey Logano by 6.118 seconds in a crash-marred race that ended Jimmie Johnson's perfect playoff run. Clint Bowyer and Ryan Newman claimed the final two spots in the 16-driver field, while Johnson was eliminated for the first time.

IHSA Volleyball tonight

PBL vs Rantoul

Cissna Park at Grant Park

Iroquois West vs Bismarck Henning

GCMS at Deer Creek Mackinaw

Fisher at Blue Ridge

Milford at St. Anne

Tonight on WPXN it’s Fast Talk. Get the latest news in NASCAR from 6-7.

Then it’s the Lovie Smith Show from 7-8.

IHSA Volleyball 

PBL def Watseka 25-4, 26-24, 25-16

Abbie Schmidt had 13 assists and 10 digs

Ridgeview def Cissna Park 25-7, 25-10

Clifton Central def Iroquois West 25-19, 27-25

St. Joe Ogden def Teutopolis 25-18, 25-13

Emily Bigger had 25 assists

Arthur Lovington/Atwood Hammond def GCMS 18-25, 25-23, 25-23

Fisher def Hoopeston Area 25-22, 25-18

Kylee Bishop had 5 kills and 6 assists

Mahomet Seymour def Lincoln 25-16, 25-23

Amber Yeakel had 6 kills

MLB

The Cubs kept pace with the Cardinals as Kyle Schwarber’s grand slam highlighted a five-run sixth that led them to a 10-5 win at Milwaukee.

Dakota Hudson pitched 6 scoreless innings as did the bullpen and the Cardinals blanked the Giants 10-0. 

Reynaldo López pitched a one-hitter for his first complete game in 75 career big league starts, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Cleveland Indians 7-1 Thursday.

NFL

The 100th NFL season has opened with a victory for the Green Bay Packers.

Aaron Rodgers hit Jimmy Graham in the second quarter for the game's only touchdown as the Packers beat the Bears, 10-3 in Chicago.

IHSA Football tonight

PBL vs Georgetown Ridge Farm

Iroquois West @ Hoopeston Area/Armstrong Potomac

Watseka vs Salt Fork

Rantoul vs St. Joseph Ogden (Homecoming)

GCMS vs Eureka

Fisher @ Tremont

Milford/Cissna Park @ North Fulton

Big Ten on Saturday

Syracuse at Maryland

Army at Michigan

Cincinnati at Ohio St.

Vanderbilt at Purdue

Rutgers at Iowa

Central Michigan at Wisconsin

Nebraska at Colorado

Illinois at Connecticut

Eastern Illinois at Indiana

Western Michigan at Michigan St.

Buffalo at Penn St.

Minnesota at Fresno St.

NFL on Sunday

Indianapolis Colts at LA Chargers

Tonight on WPXN, it’s week two of IHSA Football. The Panthers of Paxton Buckley Loda host the Georgetown Ridgefarm Buffaloes at Jerry Zimmerman Field at I-57 Stadium. Our Friday Nite Preview Show begins at 6-0h-5 at the WPXN Studios. We will join Jay Eshleman and Rocky Marron for their pre-game show at 6-35. The opening kick-off is set for 7pm 

SATURDAY on WPXN

On The Sidelines 7-05 til 8am brought to you by Compass Insurance Partners in Paxton and Cissna Park. Then it’s our Live Action Auction from 8-10. 

Then it’s Fighting Illini football as Illinois is on the road to take on the Connecticut Huskies. Coverage begins at 12:30pm.

SUNDAY on WPXN its the Nascar Monster Energy  Big Machine 400 from the Brickyard at Indianapolis Motor Speedway with a 1pm broadcast.

IHSA Volleyball

Heritage def Fisher 25-16, 25-10

MLB

The San Francisco Giants rallied to cool off the St. Louis Cardinals 9-8.

The Indians beat the White Sox 8-6.

The Cubs were off.

NFL Tonight

Green Bay at Chicago

IHSA Volleyball tonight

PBL at Watseka

Cissna Park at Ridgeview

Iroquois West at Clifton Central

Rantoul vs Urbana

St. Joe Ogden at Teutopolis

Fisher vs Hoopeston Area

IHSA Volleyball

PBL def GCMS 25-17, 25-27, 25-19

Addison Oyer had 18 kills

St. Joe Ogden def Cissna Park 25-7, 25-9

Kennedi Burnett had 7 kills

Fisher def Uni High 25-8, 25-15

Leah McCoy had 4 kills

Unity def Mahomet Seymour 25-20, 25-23

MLB

Nicholas Castellanos homered and drove in four runs, and the Chicago Cubs celebrated the return of Willson Contreras and Ben Zobrist with a 6-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners.

Marcell Ozuna homered and Jack Flaherty carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning as the Cardinals beat the San Francisco Giants 1-0.

James McCann and Eloy Jiménez hit home runs in the eighth inning that lifted the Chicago White Sox over the Cleveland Indians 6-5.

MLB
Chicago Cubs have the day off

San Francisco Giants at St Louis Cardinals 6-45pm first pitch

Chicago White Sox at Cleveland Indians 6-10 Gametime

(Rantoul--jc)  It’s Homecoming week for the Rantoul Eagles at Bill Walsh Field. Tom Hess’s Eagles play host to the St Joe Odgen Spartans. Coach Hess says getting a win over a perennial power house like the Spartans during homecoming week would be a huge program win…

Rantoul Eagle Football Coach Tom Hess. 

Kick off for game two, homecoming week for the Rantoul Eagles, is set for 7pm on Friday night.

(Indianapolis--jc)  Its the brickyard 400 on WPXN Sunday afternoon. It’s the last race before the chase begins in the Monster Energy Nascar series. Nascar Driver Jimmy Johnson was asked if he is tired of all the questions on his team making the chase…

Nascar Driver Jimmy Johnson

You can hear the race on Sunday afternoon starting at noon here on WPXN.

IHSA Volleyball

Rantoul def Clinton 25-20, 15-25, 28-26

MLB

Kyle Schwarber’s bases-loaded triple broke a 1-1 tie as the Cubs scored five times in the seventh inning to rally past the Mariners, 5-1. 

Adam Wainwright scattered four hits over seven scoreless innings as the Cardinals won for the 10th time in 12 games, 3-1 over the Giants.

The Indians beat the White Sox 11-3.

College Football

Illinois running back Mike Epstein has sustained a season-ending injury for the third straight year. Coach Lovie Smith said Monday the junior hurt his knee in the third quarter of the opener against Akron. Epstein has played 13 games over three seasons and rushed for 802 yards and scored seven touchdowns.

IHSA Volleyball

PBL at GCMS

Cissna Park at St. Joe Ogden

Iroquois West at Grace Baptist Academy

Fisher at Uni High

MLB

Seattle at Chicago Cubs 7-0h-5pm

San Francisco Giants at St Louis Cardinals 6-45pm

Chicago White Sox at Cleveland Indians 6-10pm

Tonight on WPXN it’s Nascar Live. Get the latest news of Nascar from 6 to 7pm.