MLB
LA Dodgers def Chicago Cubs 14-8
St. Louis Cardinals def Washington Nationals 6-3
Kansas City Royals def Chicago White Sox 10-4
World Baseball Classic
USA def Dominican Republic 2-1
Advances to WBC final
(Clinton–jc) Congratulations to the Cissna Park 7th grade girls volleyball team. They finished 4th in the 7-1-A state tournament on Saturday in matches held at Clinton Junior High. The Wildcats won their Elite 8 match on Friday, but fell 25-19, 25-19 to Decatur Unity on Saturday. Hailey Kaeb was named as a sportsmanship award winner for Cissna Park.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The bracket is officially set for the 2026 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. Illinois (24-8) is an at-large selection, earning the program's sixth consecutive bid under head coach Brad Underwood. Illinois is the No. 3 seed in the South Region. The Fighting Illini open play in the First Round on Thursday in Greenville, S.C, taking on No. 14 seed Penn , who won the Ivy League Tournament championship under first-year coach Fran McCaffery, the former Iowa head coach. Game time is approximately 8:25 p.m. WPXN will have the game live on Thursday night. Illinois is one of only 10 teams nationally – including one of just three from the Big Ten – to earn a bid in each of the last six.
(Champaign–jc)-For the third time under head coach Shauna Green, the Illinois women's basketball team has earned an at-large berth into the NCAA Tournament. The Fighting Illini have secured back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances for the first time since making four consecutive trips from 1996-2000. Illinois is going dancing for the 11th time in program history. Illinois will face Colorado on Saturday, March 21, at 8:30 p.m. Green's Illini will be the youngest team across the 68-team NCAA Tournament field. Also in the field of women's teams in the NCAA tournament are the Clemson Tigers. They are coached by former Crescent City Cissna Park player Shawn Poppie. One of his assistants is former PBL Basketball player Corey Fox. The Lady Tigers take on U-S-C on Saturday in the NCAA Tournament.
(Champaign–jc) It's now time for the NCAA Tournament. The University of Illinois men’s team is a number 3 seed. Per one of his players, University of Illinois Men’s Basketball Coach Brad Underwood says it's time to “let it rip”...
University of Illinois Men’s Basketball Coach Brad Underwood
(Clinton–jc) Congratulations to the Cissna Park 7th grade volleyball team. They finished 4th in the state tournament. Cissna Park 7th grade volleyball coach Nicole Trumble says the team continues to learn more about the game of volleyball and that was shown in their performance this year…
Cissna Park 7th Grade Volleyball Coach Nicole Trumble
IESA 8th Grade Sectional Finals tonight
6pm at Cissna Park 8-1-A
Prairieview Ogden vs Rantoul St Malachy
6pm at Prairie Central 8-3-A
Iroquois West vs Monticello
Tonight on WPXN its the Brad Underwood Show. hear about the Illini and the NCAA tournament tonight from 7pm to 8pm
