MLB 

Chicago Cubs 5 San Diego Padres 2

St Louis Cardinals 6 San Francisco Giants 0

Tampa Bay Rays 14 Chicago White Sox 4

IHSA Softball

PBL def St. Thomas More 23-6

Charley Ulrich had 5 hits and 4 RBI

Fisher def Fieldcrest 5-4

Jenna Clemmons had 3 hits including the game winning RBI single

Bismarck Henning Rossville Alvin def Milford/Cissna Park 5-4

St. Joe Ogden def Mahomet Seymour 13-6

Emma McKinney had 5 RBI 

Shayne Immke and Alyssa Acton each hit a home run

IHSA Baseball

PBL def St. Thomas More 12-1

Noah Steiner had 3 hits and an RBI

St. Joe Ogden def Charleston 10-5

Tyler Voorhees had 4 hits and 2 RBI

Milford Bismarck Henning Rossville Alvin 10-1

Beau Wright had 8 strikeouts

Mahomet Seymour def Hoopeston Area 16-1

Alex McHale and Dallas Nelson each had 3 RBI

NFL Draft

The Chicago Bears made several moves after having the number 1 overall pick in the NFL draft. The Bears traded down two times to the number 10 overall pick and chose Offensive Tackle  Darnell Turner from Tennessee University

The Carolina Panthers chose Alabama quarterback Bryce Young as the number one overall pick in this year’s draft

The University of Illinois had the number 5 overall pick in cornerback Devon Witherspoon chosen by the Seattle Seahawks

MLB

Chicago Cubs at Miami Marlins540 start

Chicago White Sox vs Tampa Bay Rays 6-10 first pitch

St Louis Cardinals at L A Dodgers 9-10 game time

Dirt Track racing at its best is back in action at the Farmer City Raceway. See the best in Late Models, Modifieds, Pro Lates,  & Street Stocks. Racing gets underway at 7:30pm. Admission is $15 for adults. Veterans $5, and kids 12 and under are free. 

Nascar Racing

Saturday on WPXN its the Xfinity race…A-Game 200 from Dover Motor Speedway noon broadcast on saturday

Sunday on WPXN its the NASCAR Cup race… Worth Race 400 from Dover Motor Speedway Noon broadcast on Sunday

MLB

San Diego Padres def Chicago Cubs 5-3

SF Giants def St. Louis Cardinals 7-3

Toronto Blue Jays def Chicago White Sox 8-0

IHSA Baseball

GCMS def Rantoul 11-1

Ty Cribbett had 2 hits and 3 RBI

St. Joe Ogden def Westville 7-3

Nolan Early had 8 strikeouts

IHSA Softball

Blue Ridge def GCMS 8-3

Villa Grove def Fisher 7-0

Milford/Cissna Park def St. Anne 22-0

Kirstyn Lucht threw a no hitter

St. Joe Ogden def Champaign Central 15-0

Addy Martinie had 3 hits including a home run 

Shayne Immke also hit a home run

Casey Westfield def Mahomet Seymour 14-2

630am

(Peoria–jc)  The Illinois Basketball Coaches Association have handed out district awards for their district coaches of the year.

They include in Boys High School Basketball

Tuscola Warriors  Coach Justin Bozarth 

Prairie Central Coach Darin Bazell

Pontiac Coach Matt Kelly

Bloomington Central Catholic Coach Jason Welch

Girls Basketball District Honorees

Watseka Coach Barry Bauer

Tuscola Coach Tim Kohnbecker

St Thomas More Coach Erin Quarnstrom

Cissna Park Coach Anthony Videcka

Mahomet Seymour Coach Garrett Risley

Cissna Park’s Anthony Videcka was also honored as a

Junior High Coach this year.

Also in the Junior High category was Jon Donovan of GCMS

MLB

Chicago Cubs vs San Diego Padres 1-20pm game time

St Louis Cardinals at San Francisco Giants 2-45pm first pitch

Chicago White Sox vs Tampa Bay Rays 6-10 start 

MLB

Chicago Cubs def San Diego Padres 6-0

SF Giants def St. Louis Cardinals 5-4

Toronto Blue Jays def Chicago White Sox 7-0

IHSA Softball

Centennial def PBL 23-0

Rantoul def Danville 6-3

Tremont def GCMS 8-0

Fisher def Cerro Gordo/Bement 15-0

Peyton Murphy had 2 hits and 2 RBI

Armstrong Potomac def St. Thomas More 15-3

Brynn Spencer had 4 hits and 2 RBI

St. Joe Ogden def South Vermillion 12-7

Shayne Immke, Addison Frick , Alyssa Acton, Addy Martinie and Halle Brazelton each hit a homerun

Watseka def South Newton 15-0

Sarah Parsons threw a no hitter 

Mahomet Seymour def Normal 6-5

Ava Henderson got the win and also had 2 hits and 2 RBI

IHSA Baseball

PBL def Armstrong Potomac 7-5

Bryar Cosgrove had 2 hits and an RBI

Tremont def GCMS 5-4

Fisher def Cerro Gordo/Bement 18-8

Drayton Lutz had 4 hits and 5 RBI

Milford def Hoopeston Area 15-8

Chase Clutteur had 2 hits and 3 RBI

Mahomet Seymour def Centennial 10-0

Blake Wolters threw a no hitter with 14 strikeouts. He also had 2 hits including a home run and 3 RBI

(Paxton–jc)  –  The Paxton Buckley Loda Panther baseball team has gone in streaks this baseball season. The team has put wins together and the same with some losses. Paxton Buckley Loda Baseball Coach Brock Niebuhr says the team continues to to streak wins and losses…

PBL Boys Baseball Coach Brock Niebuhr

(Dover–jc)  The Nascar Circuit heads to the Monster Mile in Dover Delaware this weekend. Nascar Driver Alex Bowman says the Dover track is one that is a challenge for his team and him…

Nascar Driver Alex Bowman.

You can hear the races live on WPXN Saturday and Sunday

 (Champaign–jc)  The Big Ten Conference has revealed the breakdown of all 14 schools' conference opponents for the 2023-24 men's basketball season. Big Ten teams will once again compete in a 20-game conference schedule, playing seven teams both home and away and six teams once 

Here is the listing of Illinois' opponents for the 2024 Big Ten schedule:

Home & Away – Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Northwestern, Purdue, Rutgers
Home Only – Indiana, Minnesota, Nebraska
Away Only – Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin

Illinois is the Big Ten's winningest team in conference play over the last four years with a 55-25 record. Under head coach Brad Underwood the Illini have made three straight NCAA Tournament appearances, own four straight 20-win regular seasons, and have recorded four straight top-five Big Ten finishes highlighted by a league-best 16 wins in 2021 and 15 wins en route to the Big Ten title in 2022.

MLB

SF Giants def St. Louis Cardinals 4-0

Toronto Blue Jays def Chicago White Sox 5-2

Cubs were off

IHSA Baseball

PBL def Prairie Central 6-3

Kayden snelling had 2 RBI

Bloomington Central Catholic def Rantoul 10-0

Bismarck Henning Rossville Alvin def Iroquois West 4-0

GCMS def Heyworth 6-2

Altin Nettleton had 2 RBI

Armstrong Potomac def Georgetown Ridgefarm 7-3

Nathan Rogers and Colton Murphy each had 2 hits and 2 RBI

St. Joe Ogden def Mt. Pulaski 9-6

Adam Price had 2 RBI

Westville def Milford 3-2

IHSA Softball

Prairie Central def PBL 15-1

Bismarck Henning Rossville Alvin def Iroquois West 19-3

Fisher def Eureka 16-4

Kailey May had 4 hits including a home run and 7 RBI

Paige Hott also hit a home run

Armstrong Potomac def Georgetown Ridgefarm 22-7 and 12-8

Tinley Parerson had 3 hits and 5 RBI in game 1

Lindsey Suits had 2 hits including a home run and 2 RBI in game 2

Westville def Milford/Cissna Park 2-0

St. Joe Ogden def Maroa Forsyth 18-0

Shayne Immke had 2 hits including a homerun and 3 RBI

Watseka def Hoopeston Area 13-6

(champaign-dg)-Brad Underwood and the Fighting Illini have landed former Oregon forward Quincy Guerrier. The 6-8, 220 pound forward hit the transfer portal on April 18th. He played one year at Syracuse before entering the portal and going to Oregon. He was recruited by the Illini out of high school and after leaving Syracuse. 

(Champaign–jc)   The Illinois vs. Nebraska football game originally scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 7 has been selected by the Big Ten and its television partners to move to Friday, October 6th. The game will kick off in prime time at Memorial Stadium on Friday night. Kick time and television network designation for the game will be announced later this spring.

(Dover–jc)  – The Nascar Cup series heads to Dover Delaware for a race on the Monster mile on Sunday Nascar Driver Joey Logano says Delaware is a tough track for his team…

Nascar Driver Joey Logano

U of I Sports

University of Illinois Fighting Illini baseball team is on the road tonight in Peoria to take on the Bradley Braves Game Time is 6pm

MLB

Chicago Cubs vs San Diego Padres 6-40pm first  pitch 

Chicago White Sox at Toronto Blue Jays 6-07pm game time

St Louis Cardinals at San Francisco Giants 8-45 start

Tonight on WPXN its Nascar Live. Hear the latest news of Nascar on 

WPXN from 6pm to 7pm

MLB

LA Dodgers 7 Chicago Cubs 3
St Louis 7 Seattle Mariners 3

Tampa Bay Rays 4 Chicago White Sox 1

U OF I Sports

The University of Illinois FIghting Illini baseball team swept the Minnesota Golden Gophers in a three game series over the weekend. The Illini won Friday 9 to 3. The Illini took game two in the series on Saturday by a score of 5 to 3 and won the finale on Sunday 6 to 5. Next up for Illinois baseball is a road game tomorrow night at Bradley University. Gametime is 6pm

The University of Illinois Softball team also swept a three game series at Eichelberger Field, against Michigan State,  in Urbana over the weekend. The Illini won 4 to 3 on Friday, 12 to 8 on Saturday and also won on Sunday 4 to 3. Illinois softball hosts DePaul University at 5pm tomorrow. The Illini are 27 and 21 on the year

Illini Men’s Golf hosted the Illinois Spring Collegiate to close out the regular season. The Illini won the team event and will look to the  Big 10 Championships in New Jersey this weekend. 

Illini women’s golf heads to the Big 10 Championships in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania this weekend. 

(Talladega Al–jc)  Kyle Busch was in the right place at the right time for a win at Talladega Superspeedway. The Motor Racing network was there…

MLB Schedule Today

St Louis Cardinals at San Francisco Giants Game time 8-40 pm

Chicago White Sox at Toronto Blue Jays 6-oh-7 first pitch

Chicago Cubs have the day off

Tonight on WPXN its Fast Talk. Hear the latest news of Nascar from 6pm to 7pm

MLB

LA Dodgers def Chicago Cubs 6-2

Cards and Sox were off

IHSA Baseball

Clifton Central def Cissna Park 17-7

St. Joe Ogden def Pontiac 4-3

Braxton Waller had 2 hits and 2 RBI

Milford and Covington ended in a 2-2 tie after 5 innings

Beau Wright had 13 strikeouts

St. Anne def Watseka 10-4

IHSA Softball

Monticello def PBL 20-3

Kankakee Trinity def Iroquois West 23-13

St. Joe Ogden def Pontiac 3-2

Addison Frick had 3 hits

Armstrong Potomac def Donovan 19-3

Cami Saltsgaver had 3 hits and 3 RBI

Watseka def St. Anne 19-4

Champaign Central def Mahomet Seymour 12-11

(Urbana–jc)  –Fighting Illini women's basketball head coach Shauna Green has announced the hiring of Britney Anderson as an assistant coach. Anderson joins the Illinois program after three seasons on Stanford's staff, where she worked primarily with the guards. She's been in the collegiate coaching ranks since 2013. Stanford went 92-12 in Anderson's three season Anderson is a 2007 graduate of Virginia Tech,

(Talladega–jc)  The Nascar Cup Series race is at the Superspeedway at Talladega on Sunday. Nascar Driver Martin Truex Junior says the race in Talladega is like Daytona…

Nascar Driver Martin Truex Junior.

Sundays race starts at 1pm on WPXN

Chicago Cubs vs Los Angeles Dodgers 1-20pm game time

St Louis Cardinals at Seattle Mariners 9-10 start

Chicago White Sox at Tampa Bay Rays 5-40pm first pitch

U of I

U of I Baseball a three game home series against Minnesota at Illinois Field

U of I Softball a three game home series against michigan State at Eichelberger Field

Dirt Track racing at its best is back in action at the Farmer City Raceway. See the best in Late Models, Modifieds, Pro Lates,  & Street Stocks. Racing gets underway at 7:30pm. Admission is $15 for adults. Veterans $5, and kids 12 and under are free. 

Nascar

Saturday on WPXN its the Ag-Pro 300 Xfinity Race from Talladega Superspeedway 2-30pm 

On Sunday its the Geico500 Cup Series Race. Broadcast start 1pm

MLB

Chicago Cubs 12 Oakland 2

St Louis Cardinals 14 Arizona 5

Philadelphia 5 Chicago White Sox 2

IHSA Softball

Casey-Westfield def Rantoul 16-6

Iroquois West def St. Thomas More 16-3

Abby Kraft had 2 hits including a 3 run home run

Milford/Cissna Park def Salt Fork 6-5

Addison Lucht had 3 hits including a home run and 3 RBI

GCMS def Eureka 21-7

Mallory Rosendahl had 5 hits, 5 runs scored and 4 RBI

Heyworth def Fisher 8-0

Armstrong Potomac def Watseka 10-7

Cami Saltsgaver had 3 hits and 4 RBI

St. Joe Ogden def Mount Zion 13-3

Halle Brazelton had 2 hits including a home run and 4 RBI, Shayne Immke also homered

Mahomet Seymour def Urbana 10-6

Madelyn Logsdon had 4 hits and 2 RBI

IHSA Baseball

Eureka def GCMS 15-3

Fisher def Heyworth 7-3

Drayton Lutz had 2 hits and 2 RBI

Armstrong Potomac def Watseka 8-6

Luke Townsend had one hit and 3 RBI

(Champaign–jc)  –  The University of Illinois Spring Football scrimmage is being postponed from tonight to Friday night at Memorial Stadium in Champaign. With the change, the University sports network will NOT be offering coverage. Those wanting to see the latest version of the Illinois football team can attend the contest on Friday night. The scrimmage begins at 7pm

MLB today

Los Angeles at Chicago Cubs 6-40 game time

St Louis Cardinals and Chicago White Sox have the day off today

MLB Scores

Chicago Cubs 4 Oakland A’s 0

Philadelphia 7 Chicago White Sox 4

Chicago White Sox 3 Philadelphia 0

Arizona Diamondbacks 8 St Louis Cardinals 7

IHSA Softball

Blue Ridge def PBL 11-0

Iroquois West def Donovan 23-6

Jersey Fowler and Amelia Scharp each had 4 hits

Villa Grove def GCMS 8-3

Unity def Fisher 3-2

Milford/Cissna Park def Clifton Central 9-8

Brynlee Wright had 4 hits

St. Joe Ogden def Mattoon 12-2

Peyton Jones had 3 hits and 3 RBI

Watseka def Grant Park 12-2

IHSA Baseball

PBL def Cissna Park 10-0

Kayden Snelling had 2 hits and 6 RBI

St. Thomas More def GCMS 8-3

Villa Grove def Fisher 8-4

St. Joe Ogden def Oakwood 10-0

Connor Hale had 10 strikeouts and Coach Josh Haley picked up his 400th win

Milford def Clifton Central 11-1

Payton Harwood had 8 strikeouts

Grant Park def Watseka 9-2

Mahomet Seymour def Pontiac 3-2

Blake Wolters had 2 hits and an RBI 

U of I Baseball

Eastern Illinois University 1 U of I  0

The Fighting Illini are home this weekend for a three game series against the Gophers of the University of Minnesota

U of I Softball

Illinois State University 3  U of I 2

The Illini softball team hosts Michigan State this weekend at Eichelberger Field.

MLB Schedule

Chicago Cubs at Oakland 2-37 game time

St Louis vs Arizona 12-15pm first pitch

Philadelphia at  Chicago White Sox 1-10 start

MLB

Chicago Cubs 10 Oakland A’s 1

Arizona Diamondbacks 6 St Louis Cardinals 3

IHSA Baseball

Mahomet Seymour def PBL 8-1

St. Thomas More def Rantoul 16-1

GCMS def Ridgeview 8-3

David Hull had 5 strikeouts

St. Joe Ogden def Prairie Central 14-4

Adam Price had 3 hits and 3 RBI

IHSA Softball

LeRoy def PBL 21-3

St. Joe Ogden def Prairie central 8-1

Shayne Immke and Halle Brazelton each hit a home run

Today

Chicago Cubs at Oakland A’s 8-40 gametime

Arizona at St Louis 6-45pm start

Philadelphia Phillies at Chicago White Sox 3-10 and  6-10 day night double header

Tonight on WPXN its Nascar Live Hear the latest news of Nascar from 6 to 7pm. It’s Talladega racing this weekend on WPXN.

MLB

Pittsburgh Pirates def St. Louis Cardinals 5-0

IHSA Baseball

St. Joe Ogden def PBL 14-0

Nolan Earley and Kendrick Johnson combined to throw a no hitter

Rantoul def Prairie Central 6-5

Caden Evans hit a walk off home run

Mahomet Seymour def GCMS 15-2

Mateo Castillas had 2 hits including a home run and 3 RBI

Fisher def Heritage 18-9

Peyton Sapp had 4 hits including 2 home runs and 7 RBI

Armstrong Potomac def Schlarman 13-3

Bowen Hesterberg had 3 RBI

IHSA Softball

St. Joe Ogden def PBL 14-0

Halle Brazelton and Kat Short each had 3 hits

Rantoul def Prairie Central 7-2

Milford/Cissna Park def GCMS 12-3

Addison Lucht had 2 hits including a home run and 4 RBI

Normal U-High def Mahomet Seymour 14-4

NHL

Philadelphia Flyers def Chicago Blackhawks 5-4 OT

(Martinsville–jc)  Nascar racers are in Martinsville this weekend. It’s a day race for the Cup series on Sunday and Nascar Driver Michael McDowell talks about how the weather is a factor at the track…

Nascar Driver Michael McDowell. 

MLB Today

Chicago Cubs at L A Dodgers 9-10 start

St Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh 7-10pm game time

Chicago White Sox at Baltimore Orioles 6-10pm first pitch

NBA tonight

Chicago Bulls vs Miami Heat 6pm

Dirt Track racing at its best is back in action at the Farmer City Raceway. See the best in Late Models, Modifieds, Pro Lates,  & Street Stocks. Racing gets underway at 7:30pm. Admission is $15 for adults. Veterans $5, and kids 12 and under are free. 

Saturday on WPXN its our Live Action Auction starting at 8am.

Saturday afternoon its Xfinity racing with the Call Before You Dig 250 from Martinsville at 6pm

On Sunday its NASCAR Cup Series racing with the NOCO 400 from Martinsville  Speedway at 1pm.

MLB

Seattle Mariners def Chicago Cubs 5-2

St. Louis Cardinals def Colorado Rockies 7-4

Minnesota Twins def Chicago White Sox 3-1

IHSA Baseball

Dwight def Cissna Park 11-5

GCMS def Lexington 6-4

Mason Kutemeier had 3 hits and 5 RBI

Tri Valley def Fisher 14-1

St. Joe Ogden def Villa Grove 15-0

Luke Landrus pitched the 1 hit shutout

Armstrong Potomac def Georgetown Ridgefarm/Chrisman 6-1

Nathan Rogers had 2 hits and an RBI

Champaign Central def Milford 19-8

Mahomet Seymour def Oakwood 13-3

Carter Johnson had 3 hits including a homerun and 3 RBI

IHSA Softball

PBL def Iroquois West 17-2

Mackenzie Swan had 2 hits and 3 RBI

Maroa Forsyth def Rantoul 7-6

Lexington def GCMS 9-8 in 8 innings

Tri Valley def Fisher 9-7

Milford/Cissna Park def Donovan 17-7

Lydia Puetz hit a home run with 3 RBI

Watseka def Crete Illinois Lutheran 20-9

NBA 

Chicago Bulls def Toronto Raptors 109-105

NCAA Basketball

(Champaign-dg)-Terrance Shannon Jr. is the latest Illini to enter the NBA Draft. The announcement came yesterday with no mention if he plans to retain his college eligibility. The mock draft came out and Shannon Jr. is slotted as an early to mid second rounder going at #40 with Coleman Hawkins being taken 7 spots later. 

MLB

Chicago Cubs off today before starting a weekend run on the west coast tomorrow night at Los Angeles. 

Pittsburgh Pirates at St. Louis Cardinals 6:45pm

Chicago White Sox are off

MLB

Chicago Cubs def Seattle Mariners 14-9

St. Louis Cardinals def Colorado Rockies 9-6

Minnesota Twins def Chicago White Sox 4-3 10 innings

IHSA Softball

LeRoy def Iroquois West 16-0

GCMS def Armstrong Potomac 11-2

Mallory Rosendahl had 3 hits and 3 RBI

Salt Fork def Fisher 1-0

IHSA Baseball

Westville def PBL 7-6

Prairie Central def Hoopeston Area 12-3

NHL

Chicago Blackhawks def Pittsburgh Penguins 5-2

(Martinsville–jc)  The Nascar circuit heads to Martinsville on Sunday. With races at night and another during the day, the track is also different, says Nascar Driver Michael McDowell…

Nascar Driver Michael McDowell

You can hear the Nascar races live this weekend on WPXN

MLB

Chicago Cubs vs Seattle Mariners 1-20pm first pitch

Chicago White Sox at Minnesota Twins 12-30 start

St Louis Cardinals at Colorado Rockies 2-40pm game time

NBA Play In Games

Chicago Bulls at Toronto Raptors 6pm tip

Oklahoma City at New Orleans 8-30pm game time

MLB

Chicago Cubs def Seattle Mariners 3-2 10 innings

Colorado Rockies def St. Louis Cardinals 7-4

Chicago White Sox def Minnesota Twins 4-3

IHSA Baseball

Unity def PBL 5-3

Iroquois West def Cissna Park 12-2

Mario Andrade had 3 hits and 4 RBI

Bismarck Henning Rossville Alvin def Armstrong Potomac 2-1

Milford def Schlarman 12-2

Sawyer Laffoon hit a home run and had 3 RBI

St. Joe Ogden def Olympia 15-0

Adam Price had 2 hits and 4 RBI

IHSA Softball

Unity def PBL 15-0

Pontiac def Rantoul 12-2

Chrisman def Iroquois West 13-0

Milford/Cissna Park def Schlarman 10-0

Kirstyn Lucht had 10 strikeouts

Bismarck Henning Rossville Alvin def Armstrong Potomac 10-6

Watseka def Oakwood 8-6

St. Joe Ogden def Olympia 2-0

Bloomington Central Catholic def Prairie Central 16-4

NHL

Minnesota Wild def Chicago Blackhawks 4-2

(Champaign-dg)-The Fighting Illini basketball team has added a few players through the transfer portal. Southern Illinois forward Marcus Domask and Utah Valley guard Justin Harmon have committed to play for Brad Underwood. South Dakota guard Keaton Kutcher will join as a walk on. 

MLB

Seattle Mariners at Chicago Cubs 640pm start

Chicago White Sox at Minnesota Twins 640pm Game time

St Louis at Colorado 740pm first pitch

University of Illinois

Baseball

U of I at Illinois State 6pm

NHL 

Chicago Blackhawks at Pittsburgh 6pm start

Tonight on WPXN its Nascar Live. Hear the latest news of Nascar from 6pm to 7pm

Golf

Jon Rahm earned the green jacket at this year's Masters tournament. He started the day 2 shots behind Brooks Koepka but fired a final round 3 under 69, while Koepka fired a 3 over 75 to finish tied for second. Phil Mickelson shot a 7 under 65 on the final day to earn the second place tie. 

MLB

Texas Rangers def Chicago Cubs 8-2

Milwaukee Brewers def St. Louis Cardinals 6-1

Pittsburgh Pirates def Chicago White Sox 1-0

NBA

Chicago Bulls def Detroit Pistons 103-81

NASCAR

Christopher Bell held on through a restart eight laps from the end to hold off Tyler Reddick and win the dirt race at Bristol Motor Speedway last night. Austin Dillon, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Chase Briscoe rounded out the top 5. 

MLB

Seattle Mariners at Chicago Cubs 6-40pm Start

St Louis Cardinals at Colorado Rockies 7-40pm First Pitch

Chicago White Sox at Minnesota Twins

NHL

Chicago Blackhawks vs Minnesota Wild 7-30pm puck drop

Tonight on WPXN Its Fast Talk. Hear about the dirt race from Bristol Tennessee and more. Fast Talk from 6pm to 7pm tonight on WPXN.

MLB

SF Giants def Chicago White Sox 16-6

Cubs and Cards were off

IHSA Softball

PBL def Urbana 8-2

Tanner Graham and Devani McClatchey each had 3 hits

St. Joe Ogden def Rantoul 12-2

Addy Martinie had 3 hits including a home run

Westville def Watseka 12-2

IHSA Baseball

PBL def Hoopeston Area 13-0

Noah Steiner threw a no hitter

Bismarck Henning Rossville Alvin def Cissna Park 14-0

Bradley Bourbonnais def Milford 12-0

Westville def Watseka 11-1

NHL

Vancouver Canucks def Chicago Blackhawks 3-0

Golf

Opening day of the Masters Tournament was no disappointment. Jon Rahm, Brooks Koepka and Victor Hovland share the first round lead of 7 under. Cameron Young and Jason Day sit at 5 under, and last year’s winner Scottie Scheffler sits at 4 under. 

The NASCAR Cup series is in Bristol, Tennessee on Sunday. NASCAR Driver Christopher Bell says its doesn’t feel like a normal dirt race.

NASCAR Driver Christopher Bell

MLB today

Texas Rangers at Chicago Cubs 1:20pm

Chicago White Sox at Pittsburgh Pirates 3:12pm

St. Louis Cardinals at Milwaukee Brewers 7:10pm

Dirt Track racing at its best is back in action at the Farmer City Raceway. It's opening night. See the best in Late Models, Modifieds, Pro Lates,  & Street Stocks. Racing gets underway at 7:30pm. Admission is $15 for adults. Veterans $5, and kids 12 and under are free. 

On Sunday its NASCAR Cup Series racing with the Food City Dirt race from Bristol at 5pm.

MLB

Atlanta Braves def St. Louis Cardinals 5-2

Chicago White Sox def SF Giants 7-3

Cubs and Reds were postponed

IHSA Baseball

Westville def Cissna Park 12-2

Pleasant Plains def St. Joe Ogden 5-3

Mahomet Seymour def Villa Grove 10-0

Cade Starrick had 3 hits and 2 RBI

IHSA Softball

Armstrong Potomac def Schlarman 7-0

Kyla Bullington pitched a no hitter with 10 strikeouts

Westville def Mahomet Seymour 3-2

U of I Softball

Northwestern 12 Illinois 0

NBA

Milwaukee Bucks def Chicago Bulls 105-92

Golf

Golf’s 1st major starts today with the 87th playing of the Masters at Augusta. Scottie Scheffler is looking to become just the 4th person to win back to back Masters tournaments.

(Richmond–jc)  The new Next-Gen Car in Nascar has changed how teams prepare and run in the Nascar circuit.  Nascar Crew Chief Rodney Childers talks about changes at short tracks…

Nascar Crew Chief Rodney Childers.

The next Nascar race is at Bristol Motor Speedway on Sunday evening. The broadcast on WPXN begins at 5pm

MLB

Chicago White Sox vs San Francisco Giants 1-10pm

Lance Lynn starts for Chicago

Chicago Cubs and St Louis Cardinals have the day off

MLB

Chicago Cubs def Cincinnati Reds 12-5

Atlanta Braves def St. Louis Cardinals 4-1

Bismarck Henning Rossville Alvin grad Dylan Dodd picked up the win in his Major League debut

White Sox were off

IHSA Softball

Watseka def PBL 19-10

Kankakee Trinity def Iroquois West 21-11

Bloomington Central Catholic def GCMS 13-6

Fisher def Hoopeston Area 14-1

Kailey May hit a home run

LeRoy def Armstrong Potomac 11-1

Villa Grove def St. Joe Ogden 13-8

Mahomet Seymour def Lincoln 2-1 and 16-5

IHSA Baseball

PBL def Watseka 14-3

Noah Steiner had 3 hits and 3 RBI

Hoopeston Area def Fisher 14-8

Seeger, IN def Armstrong Potomac 8-7

Salt Fork def Milford 6-0

Mahomet Seymour def Lincoln 14-3 and 22-0

Alec Bergman pitched a no hitter in game 2

NBA

Atlanta Hawks def Chicago Bulls 123-105

NHL

Chicago Blackhawks def Calgary Flames 4-3

MLB

Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati Reds Noon start

Atlanta Braves at St. Louis Cardinals 12:15

SF Giants at Chicago White Sox 1:10

NCAA Championship

UConn def San Diego St. 76-59

MLB

Cincinnati Reds def Chicago Cubs 7-6

Atlanta Braves def St. Louis Cardinals 8-4

SF Giants def Chicago White Sox 12-3

Minnesota Twins def Mimi Marlins 11-1

Champaign Centennial Graduate Jeff Lindgren pitched 5 innings of relief for the Marlins in his Major League debut

IHSA Baseball

PBL def Chillicothe IVC 5-4

Jeremiah Ager had 6 strikeouts

Cissna Park def Schlarman 8-4

Ryan King had 2 hits and an RBI

GCMS def Fisher 4-2

Brayden Elliott had a home run with 3 RBI

Milford def Georgetown Ridgefarm/Chrisman  4-2

Adin Portwood had 2 hits and an RBI

Mahomet Seymour def Effingham St. Anthony 8-4

Blake Wolters had 2 hits including a home run

IHSA Softball

Unity def Rantoul 10-0

Watseka def Iroquois West 11-0

Fisher def GCMS 5-0

Alexis Moore had 2 hits and an RBI

Milford/CP def Georgetown Ridgefarm 15-2

Lillie Harris had a 3 run home run

Salt Fork def Armstrong Potomac 7-0

(Champaign-dg)-University of Illinois sophomore Guard RJ Melendez is the latest Illini to announce a departure from the program. He joins Jayden Epps and Brandon Lieb in the transfer portal. Coleman Hawkins has declared for the NBA draft, but maintains his college eligibility. Terrance Shannon Jr. hasn’t committed a return to Illinois.

MLB

Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati Reds 5-40 First Pitch

Atlanta Braves at St Louis Cardinals 6-40pm Start

Bismarck Henning Rossville Alvin Graduate Dylan Dodd will get his Major League debut start for the Braves

Chicago White Sox have the day off

University of Illinois

Mens Baseball is home against Illinois State at Illinois Field in Champaign 6pm

NBA

Atlanta Hawks at Chicago Bulls 

NHL

Chicago Blackhawks at Calgary Flames

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MLB

Milwaukee Brewers def Chicago Cubs 9-5

St. Louis Cardinals def Toronto Blue Jays 9-4

Chicago White Sox def Houston Astros 6-3

NCAA Women’s Basketball

Championship

LSU def Iowa 102-85

U of I

(Champaign–jc  The University of Illinois softball team won one of three games over the weekend against the Wisconsin Badgers. The Illini lost 6 to 2 on Friday, the Illini split a double header yesterday winning the first game 6 to 4 and losing the nightcap by a score of 10-9.

The U of I Men’s Baseball team won one of three against the Michigan Wolverines over the weekend. The Illini lost 12 to 9 on Friday and 10 to 5 on Saturday before winning on Sunday 11 to 1. Sunday was also the annual Easter Egg Hunt for kids at Illinois Field. The Illini take on Illinois State tomorrow afternoon in Champaign. 

(MRN–jc)  the Nascar racers were in Richmond Virginia on Sunday in a race heard live on WPXN. The motor racing network was there…

MLB

Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati Reds 5-40pm first pitch

San Francisco Giants at Chicago White sox 2-20 pm start

Atlanta Braves at St Louis Cardinals 6-45pm

NCAA Championship

#5 San Diego St. vs #4 UConn

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