MLB

NLCS

Philadelphia Phillies def Arizona Diamondbacks 5-3 Phillies lead series 1-0

 

ALCS

Texas Rangers def Houston Astros 5-4 Rangers lead series 2-0

 

NFL

Dallas Cowboys def LA Chargers 20-17 

 

NHL

Chicago Blackhawks def Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1

 

IHSA Volleyball

PBL def Iroquois West 25-14, 25-10

Brooke Kleinert had 7 kills

Aubrey Busboom had 13 assists

 

Prairie Central def Newark 25-20, 17-25, 25-23

 

Mahomet Seymour def Charleston 25-13, 25-11

Avery Allen had 10 kills

 

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Illinois will open the 2023-24 season at No. 25 in the Associated Press Top 25. Head Coach Brad Underwood's Illini appear in the AP preseason rankings for the fourth year in a row, which marks the longest streak in school history. Illinois started at No. 8 in 2020-21, No. 11 in 2021-22, and No. 23 in 2022-23. It is the 20th time in program history, meanwhile, that the Illini are ranked in the AP preseason poll. Illinois is one of just three Big Ten teams ranked in the preseason poll, along with No. 3 Purdue and No. 4 Michigan State. Illinois also will play No. 1 Kansas in a charity exhibition game Oct. 29 at State Farm Center. Illinois-Kansas tickets are on sale now and available at a newly introduced price of just $40, to go along with $85. All net proceeds from the Maui Strong Relief Matchup will go toward providing financial resources to the relief efforts from the devastating Maui wildfires.

 

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – For the first time in Illinois women's basketball program history, a Fighting Illini player has been named to the Nancy Lieberman Top-20 Preseason Watch List as Makira Cook was announced as an honoree on Monday. The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) have given the award annually since 2000 to the top point guard in the country.   Cook is a senior in her second year at Illinois and fourth season under Shauna Green. She averaged a team-best 18.3 points per game and dished out 125 assists while starting all 30 games last year for the Illini.

 

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Illinois outside linebacker Seth Coleman and running back Kaden Feagin earned Big Ten honors following the Fighting Illini's Big Ten road win at Maryland. Coleman is this week's Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week, and Feagin earned Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors. 

Seth Coleman
• Six tackles, 3.0 sacks, 3.0 TFLs in Illinois' 27-24 win at Maryland
• 3.0 sacks are the most in a game by any Big Ten player this season
Kaden Feagin
• 19 carries for 84 yards and one touchdown in Illinois' 27-24 win at Maryland
• Game's leading rusher among both teams

 

(Maryland–jc)  The University of Illinois Fighting Illini football team got a big road win on Saturday at Maryland.  The final score was 27 to 24. U of I Football Coach Bret Bielema provided compliments to Barry Lundy,  Luke Altmeyer and his  C-I-P squad…

 

 

U of I Football Coach Bret Bielema

Next up for Illinois is a homecoming game this Saturday against Wisconsin. The broadcast starts on Saturday here on WPXN at 1-30 Saturday afternoon with the kickoff from Memorial Stadium at 2-30pm

 

(Cissna Park–jc) One of the goals of the Cissna Park Lady Timberwolves Volleyball team is to win the conference. To accomplish that goal, two matches remain. The first is a match at Watseka tonight and the next a match against Iroquois West. Cissna Park Volleyball Coach Josh Landon says it remains a team goal…

 

 

Cissna Park Volleyball Coach Josh Landon

 

(Paxton–jc)  The Paxton Buckley Loda Panther Squad has two tough opponents to close out the Illini Prairie Conference schedule with a road match tonight at St Joe Ogden and Senior Night on Thursday at home against St Thomas More. P-B-L Coach Tyler Rubarts says the challenge for the team is competing…

 

 

P-B-L Volleyball Coach Tyler Rubarts

Tonight’s game is live on WPXN at 7pm

 

(Champaign–jc)  The University of Illinois Fighting Illini are ranked 25 in the first A-P Poll of the year. U of I Men’s Basketball Coach Brad Underwood says it’s an exciting time of the year for the best conference in the nation…

 

 

U of I Men’s Basketball Coach Brad Underwood.

The Fighting Illini have an exhibition game on Friday night at 8 at the State Farm Center in Champaign. 

 

IHSA Volleyball Schedule

PBL @ St. Joseph Ogden

Rantoul @ Tolono Unity

Cissna Park @ Watseka

Milford @ Chrisman

Armstrong Potomac @ Westville

 

Tonight on WPXN its Nascar Live from 6pm to 7pm 

Then it’s IHSA Volleyball from St Joe Ogden High School as the Spartans host the Paxton Buckley Loda Panthers. Our pre match show is set for 7pm with the opening volley to follow.