MLB
The Texas Rangers are World Series Champs for the first time. They beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-0. Shortstop Corey Seager was named World Series MVP
IHSA Volleyball
1A Sectional Finals
Cissna Park def Lexington 25-16, 25-23
Windsor def Cerro Gordo 25-16, 25-17
2A
St. Thomas More def Bismarck Henning Rossville Alvin 18-25, 25-21, 25-14
Rock Falls def Chillicothe IVC 25-20, 25-15
(Champaign–jc) Illinois volleyball picked up its sixth-straight victory when the team swept Northwestern at Huff Hall on Wednesday night.With the win, the Fighting Illini own a 13-10 on the year with an 8-5 mark in Big Ten play.. The Orange and Blue recorded 50 kills as a team while hitting .268 in the match. Raina Terry led the way with 22 kills, her eighth match this season with 20 or more kills. Defensively, Caroline Barnes shined with 18 digs and Cari Bohm tallied five blocks. Jessica Nunge tied her season best with three aces and Brooke Mosher dished out a team-high 40 assists.
(Bloomington, IN- dg)-Legendary College Basketball coach Bobby has passed away. He was 83. Knight known as “The General” was among the winningest coaches in college basketball over 43 years with Army, Indiana and Texas Tech.
(Cissna Park–jc) The Cissna Park Lady Timberwolves Volleyball team won over Lexington for the 1-A Sectional Crown last night at Streator Woodland High School. Senior Outside Hitter Brooklyn Stadeli says the team continues to work well together…
Cissna Park Sophomore Outside Hitter Addison Lucht says it always a “team” effort”...
You can hear the Elite 8 match on Friday night live starting at 5-40pm, here on WPXN.
(Champaign–jc) The University of Illinois Fighting Illini football team is back in action on Saturday afternoon at Minnesota. The Golden Gophers are at the top of the Big 10 West. U of I Football Coach Bret Bielema says he has been busy with some recruiting during the bye week and the team has had several good practices…
U of I Football Coach Bret Bielema
You can hear the Illini-Minnesota game live on WPXN starting at 1-30 Saturday afternoon.
(Phoenix–jc) – The final race in the Chase for the Championship in the Nascar Cup Series is on Sunday near Phoenix Arizona. Nascar Driver Christopher Bell is back in the final four and hopes for a different outcome this year…
Nascar Driver Christopher Bell
You can hear the Xfinity and Cup Series final races this weekend on WPXN.
NFL tonight
Tennessee Titans at Pittsburgh Steelers 7:15pm