MLB

Chicago Cubs def Tampa Bay Rays 2-1

St. Louis Cardinals def KC Royals 2-1

Chicago White Sox def LA Angels 7-3

IHSA Softball

3A Sectional

Chatham Glenwood def Mahomet Seymour 13-0

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(Madison–jc)  The Nascar Cup Series heads to the Worldwide Technology Center near St Louis on Sunday for the Enjoy Illinois 300. Nascar Driver Kyle Busch talks about downshifting at World Wide Technology center…

Nascar Driver Kyle Busch

The race airs live on Sunday at 1-30 here on WPXN. 

IHSA Baseball tonight

3A Sectional at Lincoln

Mahomet Seymour vs Rochester

MLB

Tampa Bay Rays at Chicago Cubs 1-20 pm first pitch

Los Angeles Angels at Chicago White Sox 1-10 game time

St Louis Cardinals are off for two days

MLB

Chicago Cubs def Tampa Bay Rays 1-0

KC Royals def St. Louis Cardinals 7-0

LA Angels def Chicago White Sox 6-4

IHSA Baseball

1A Super Sectional

Henry def Milford 3-2

2A Super Sectional

Quincy Notre Dame def Bloomington Central Catholic 13-1

IHSA Softball

1A LeRoy def Ottawa Marquette 2-1 in 8 innings

E. I. Baseball from Sunday

Buckley Dutch Masters def Arcola Riders 22-1 and 14-0

Royal Giants def Decatur Commodores 11-0 and 22-1

NASCAR

Ryan Blaney held off William Byron to win the rescheduled Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte. Byron finished second followed by Martin Truex Jr., Bubba Wallace and Tyler Reddick. NASCAR comes to Illinois this weekend for the inaugural race at World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison. 

IHSA Softball tonight

3A Sectional at Chatham Glenwood 6pm

Mahomet Seymour vs Chatham Glenwood

MLB

Tampa Bay Rays at Chicago Cubs. 7-05pm first pitch

Kansas City Royals at St Louis Cardinals 6-45 game time

Chicago White Sox vs California Angels  7-10 pm start

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

MLB

Cincinnati Reds def Chicago Cubs 8-5

Cleveland Guardians def St. Louis Cardinals 4-3

Detroit Tigers def Chicago White Sox 6-5 10 innings

IHSA Baseball

1A Super- Sectional

Milford vs Henry

2A Super- Sectional

Bloomington Central Catholic vs Quincy Notre Dame

IHSA Softball

1A Super- Sectional

LeRoy vs Ottawa Marquette

(Champaign–jc)  The Milford Bearcats are in the Class 1 A Super-sectional this morning at Illinois Wesleyan University.  The Bearcats had an up and down season, early, but are playing their best baseball now says Milford Bearcats Coach Greg Dewerff…

The Bearcats are a team that looks to run on the base paths, Milford Bearcats Coach Greg Dewerff says they want to create run opportunities…

Milford Bearcat Baseball Coach Greg Dewerff

This morning on WPXN its IHSA 1A Super Sectional baseball featuring the Milford Bearcats and Henry High School on the campus of Illinois Wesleyan. Pre game is 10-45 with the first pitch at 11.

Following IHSA Baseball we will have coverage of the Xfinity Nascar race which was postponed from Saturday and then at 3pm its the Coca Cola 600 which was rained out from Sunday.

MLB

NY Mets def Chicago Cubs 10-1

St. Louis Cardinals def Cincinnati Reds 2-1

Detroit Tigers def Chicago White Sox 7-2

MLB

Cincinnati Reds at Chicago Cubs 1-20pm game time Wrigley Field

St Louis Cardinals at Cleveland Guardians 6-40pm first pitch

Chicago White Sox at Detroit Tigers 5-40pm start

IHSA Baseball

1A  Sectional Final at St Thomas More

Saturday 10am first pitch

Milford vs Champaign St Thomas More

2A  Sectional Final at Millikin University

Saturday 11am Eureka vs Bloomington Central Catholic

3A Regional Final at Bloomington High School

Saturday 11am  Champaign Central vs Normal U-High

3A Regional Final at Mahomet Seymour

Saturday 1pm Mahomet Seymour vs Lincoln

IHSA Softball

2A Sectional Final at Unity

Saturday 11am Effingham St Anthony vs Tolono-Unity

3A Regional Final 

Rantoul vs Mahomet Seymour 11am

E I Baseball

Sunday 1pm Doubleheaders

Paxton Swedes at Royal Giants-Meier Field in St Joseph

Buckley Dutchmasters vs Arcola Riders–Schiewe Field Buckley

Decatur Commodores have the weekend off

The Paxton Swedes and Royal Giants are both 2 and 0 after the first weekend of 

E I Baseball regular season action. 

Dirt Track racing at its best is back in action at the Farmer City Raceway. Tonight it's 5 thousand to win for MARS Late Models, 2 thousand to win for MARS Modified plus a full show. Racing gets underway at 7:30pm. Admission is $15 for adults. Veterans $5, and kids 12 and under are free. 

Saturday Morning on WPXN its the Boys 1A Sectional Final baseball game featuring the Milford Bearcats and the St Thomas More Sabres. Our pre game is set for 9-45 with the opening pitch at 10am from St Thomas More.

Then its the NASCAR Xfinity race...Alsco Uniforms 300  from Charlotte Motor Speedway 

On Sunday its the 107th running of the - Indy 500 at 10-30am 

The Coca Cola 600 NASCAR Cup Series race from Charlotte Motor Speedway has a 6pm start time.

MLB

Chicago Cubs def NY Mets 4-2

Cincinnati Reds def St. Louis Cardinals 10-3

Chicago White Sox def Cleveland Guardians 6-0

IHSA Baseball

1A Sectional

Milford def St. Teresa 6-2

St. Thomas More def Armstrong Potomac 10-0

2A Sectional

Eureka def Unity 7-2

Bloomington Central Catholic def Oakwood 15-0

3A Regional 

Mahomet Seymour def Danville 19-1

IHSA Softball

3A Regional 

Mahomet Seymour def Danville 14-7

Fighting Illini Baseball ended its season with a loss to Michigan 6-3

NASCAR 

Alex Bowman has been cleared to return to racing this weekend for the Coca Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway after missing 4 events with a fractured vertebra. 

MLB

Chicago Cubs vs New York Mets 6-40pm  first pitch

St Louis Cardinals at Cincinnati 11-35am game time

Chicago White Sox at Detroit 5-40 pm start

MLB

Chicago Cubs def NY Mets 7-2

St. Louis Cardinals def Cincinnati Reds 8-5

Chicago White Sox def Cleveland Guardians 4-2

IHSA Softball Sectionals

1A

LeRoy def Villa Grove 4-3

Heyworth def Salt Fork 3-2

2A

St. Anthony def Bloomington 2-1

Unity def Marshall 3-0

3A Regional

Rantoul def Urbana 2-1

 U OF I

The Fighting Illini baseball team lost to Indiana 4 to 3 yesterday in the Big10 Baseball Conference tournament. The Illini play on Thursday night against Michigan. 

IHSA Baseball Sectional

1A at St. Thomas More

Milford vs St. Teresa 4:30pm

St. Thomas More vs Armstrong Potomac 7pm

2A Sectional at Millikin University

Eureka vs Unity 5pm

Oakwood vs Bloomington Central Catholic 7pm

3A Regional at Mahomet Seymour

Mahomet Seymour vs Danville 7pm

MLB

New York Mets at Chicago Cubs 6-40pm first pitch

St Louis Cardinals at Cincinnati Reds 5-40pm game time

Chicago White Sox at Cleveland Guardians 12-10 pm start

Today on WPXN its IHSA Boys Baseball Sectional semifinals from St Thomas More High School in Champaign. Milford takes on Decatur St Teresa at 4-30 followed by Armstrong Potomac and St Thomas More. Our coverage will begin at 4-15 with the opening pitch for the first game at 4-30.

MLB

Cincinnati Reds def St. Louis Cardinals 6-5 10 innings

Cleveland Guardians def Chicago White Sox 3-0

Cubs were off

IHSA SOFTBALL

1A Girls Softball sectional from Tuscola

4-30pm  Villa Grove vs Leroy

6-30pm Salt Fork vs Heyworth

2A Sectional at Tolono

4-30pm Effingham St Anthony vs  Bloomington Central Catholic

6pm Unity vs Marshall

3a Girls Softball Regional at Mahomet Seymour

5pm Rantoul vs Urbana

University of Illinois Baseball

Big 10 Tournament At Nebraska

2pm Illinois vs Indiana 

MLB

Chicago Cubs vs New York Mets 6-40pm first pitch

St Louis Cardinals at Cincinnati Reds  5-40pm game time

Chicago White Sox at Cleveland Guardians 5-10pm start

Tonight on WPXN its Nascar Live. Hear the latest news of NASCAR from 6pm to 7pm. The Coca Cola 600 is Sunday at 4 here on WPXN. 

MLB

Philadelphia Phillies def Chicago Cubs 2-1

St. Louis Cardinals def LA Dodgers 10-5

Chicago White Sox def KC Royals 5-2

E.I. Baseball

Paxton Swedes def Decatur Commodores 11-0 & 23-4

Royal Giants def Arcola Riders 14-1 & 1-0

Buckley had a bye

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IHSA Girls Track State Finals

1A

100 meter 4th Bre Crose Hoopeston Area

1A

400 meter 5th Addison Lucht Milford-Cissna Park

7th Alyson Clements St Thomas More

1A

800 meter 3rd Trixie Johnson Paxton Buckley Loda

1A

Long Jump 3rd Addison Lucht Milford-Cissna Park

1A

Pole Vault

6th Bailey Luebchow Paxton Buckley Loda

2A

200 Meter 

7th Brianna Dixon Rantoul

2A

400 Meter

2nd Madaly Marx Mahomet Seymour

5th Kennedy Ranshaw Champaign Central

2A

1600 Meter 4th Ava Boyd Mahomet Seymour

2A

100 Meter Hurdles

2nd Briana Dixon Rantoul

400 Meter Relay and 800 Meter Relay Champaign Central was second in both races

2A High Jump

2nd Briana Dixon Rantoul

IHSA Baseball

(Undated–jc) Several Class 1A Baseball teams are in the IHSA Sectionals this week. The Armstrong Potomac Trojans won the regional at Cissna Park 8 to 1 over St Anne. The Milford Bearcats beat Illinois Lutheran 10 to nothing and the St Thomas More Sabres won 5 to 2 over Mount Pulaski. All three teams play in the St Thomas More Sectional on Wednesday. 

(Undated–jc) St John’s of Buckley Junior High finished 6th in the Lutheran Sports Association State Track Meet on Saturday. Grace Bohlmann finished 2nd in the 100 and 200 meter race. Bohlman was state champion in the 400. The team finished 6th overall. The team included Anna Birge, Kaelyn Schwing, Ella Schulter, Edith Conn and Grace Bohlmann. 

(North Wilkesboro–jc)  The Nascar Cup Series All Star race was held yesterday in Wilkesboro North Carolina. MRN was there…

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          MLB                                                                               

Chicago White Sox at Cleveland Guardians 5-10pm

St Louis Cardinals at  Cincinnati Reds 5-40pm first pitch

Cubs have the day off

Tonight on WPXN its Fast Talk. Hear about the annual All-Star race and the upcoming Coca Cola 600 on Sunday. Fast Talk from 6pm to 7pm tonight on WPXN. 

MLB

St. Louis Cardinals def LA Dodgers 16-8

Cleveland Guardians def Chicago White Sox 3-1

IHSA Baseball

1A Regional 

St. Anne def Cissna Park 10-4

LeRoy def Ridgeview 11-6

2A Regional

Unity def PBL 6-4

Non tournament

Mahomet Seymour def Bloomington 11-5

Carter Selk and Alex McHale each homered

IHSA Softball

1A Regional

Villa Grove def Watseka 12-0

IHSA Softball

1A Regional Final at Salt Fork

4-30pm Milford Cissna Park vs Salt Fork

1A Regional Final at Macon Meridian 

4-30pm Tuscola vs Leroy

2A Regional Final at Sullivan

4-30pm Marshall vs St Joe Ogden

2A at Maroa 

4-30pm Unity of Tolono vs Maroa Forsyth

2A Iroquois West  Gilman

4-30pm Kankakee Bishop McNamara vs Pontiac

Several area track athletes advanced through preliminaries and will be participating in the State Finals on Saturday.

MLB

Chicago Cubs at Philadelphia Phillies 6-05pm- start

Kansas City Royals at Chicago White Sox 7-10pm first pitch

L A Dodgers at Chicago White Sox 7-15pm game time

E. I. Baseball on Sunday

Decatur Commanders at Paxton Swedes 

Royal Giants at Arcola Riders

Buckley Dutchmasters are on a bye week

DH begin at 1pm

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 Stock and Kids Modz. 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.

Then its qualifying for the Indy race from 10-noon

Qualifying for the All-Star race begins at 4pm

Sunday on WPXN its the NASCAR All-Star race from Wilkesboro North Carolina with a 4pm broadcast

MLB

Houston Astros def Chicago Cubs 7-6

St. Louis Cardinals def Milwaukee Brewers 3-0

Chicago White Sox def Cleveland Guardians 7-2

IHSA Baseball

1A Regional

Armstrong Potomac def Fisher 12-2

Gavin Parkerson had 2 hits including a homerun with 7 RBI

Milford def Watseka 11-3

2A Regional

Bismarck Henning Rossville Alvin def St. Joe Ogden 4-2

IHSA Softball

1A Regional

Argenta Oreana def Fisher 10-4

Non Tournament

Rantoul def Danville 11-10

Emily Curtis and Sophia Roelfs each homered

(Paxton–jc)  The Paxton Buckley Loda Panthers baseball team heads into the semi finals of 2-A baseball regional play tonight in Gibson City. P-B-L baseball coach Brock Niebuhr talks about his lineup that is ready for Unity…

P-B-L Baseball Coach Brock Niebuhr.

(Wilkesboro–jc)  The Nascar All-Star Race is set for Sunday May 21st at North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Carolina. Nascar Driver Tyler Reddick talks about the need to check on tire wear during the competition…

Nascar Driver Tyler Reddick. You can hear the race live Sunday at 4pm here on WPXN. 

IHSA Baseball

1A Argenta Oreana

4-30pm St Thomas More vs Cerro Gordo

1A Cissna Park

4-30pm St Anne vs Cissna Park

1A Leroy

4-30pm Leroy vs Ridgeview

2A Tri Valley

4-30pm Tri Valley vs Bloomington Central Catholic

2A Eureka 

4-30pm Pontiac vs El Paso Gridley

2A Gibson City Melvin Sibley

4-30pm Paxton Buckley Loda vs Unity

2A at St Joe Ogden

4-30 Westville vs Oakwood

IHSA Softball

1A at Villa Grove

4-30pm Villa Grove vs Watseka

MLB

Cleveland at Chicago White Sox 1-10pm start

L A Dodgers at St Louis Cardinals 6-45 pm first pitch

MLB

Houston Astros def Chicago Cubs 7-3

Milwaukee Brewers def St. Louis Cardinals 3-2

Chicago White Sox def Cleveland Guardians 8-3

IHSA Baseball

Non tournament

Rantoul def Arthur Christian 11-3

Holden Cargo drove in 2 runs

Mahomet Seymour def Mt. Zion 13-5

Cade Starrick had 3 hits and 2 RBI 

IHSA Softball

1A Regional

Milford/Cissna Park def Georgetown Ridgefarm 10-0

Brynlee Wright had 3 hits and 2 RBI

Salt Fork def Armstrong Potomac 12-2

Watseka def Tri County 16-6

2A Regional

Pontiac def Iroquois West 15-0

Kankakee Bishop Mac def GCMS 7-2

St. Joe Ogden def Sullivan 9-0

Alyssa Acton had 2 hits and 2 RBI

Herscher def Prairie Central 11-1

MLB

Chicago Cubs at Houston Astros 7-10pm gametime

Milwaukee Brewers at St Louis Cardinals 6-45 first pitch

Cleveland Guardians at Chicago White Sox 7-10 start

IHSA
Girls Regionals

1A at Heyworth

4-30pm Fisher vs Argenta Oreana

2A at Bloomington Central Catholic

4-30pm BCC vs Tri Valley

IHSA

Boys Baseball Regionals

1A Milford Regional

4-30pm Milford vs Watseka

7pm Illinois Lutheran vs Grant Park

1A Cissna Park Regional

4-30pm Fisher vs Armstrong Potomac

2A Gibson City Melvin Sibley 

4-30pm Monticello vs Central Clifton

2A St Joe Ogden 

4-30pm St Joe Ogden vs Bismark Henning 

(Wilkesboro–jc)  The Nascar Cup Series All-star Race is set for this weekend in Wilkesboro North Carolina. Nascar Driver Kevin Harvick was asked about his emotions going into the all-star race during his last season as a driver…

Nascar Driver Kevin Harvick

You can hear the race live on WPXN at 4pm on Sunday. WPXN will also carry the qualifying races on Saturday. 

MLB

Minnesota Twins def Chicago Cubs 16-3

St. Louis Cardinals def Boston Red Sox 9-1

Houston Astros def Chicago White Sox 4-3

U of I Sports

(Piscataway–jc)  The University of Illinois Fighting Illini baseball team lost 2 of 3 games at Rutgers over the weekend. The Illini won on Saturday 8 to 7 after dropping a one run loss on Friday night. The Scarlet Knights beat Illinois on Sunday by a score of 3 to nothing. The Illinoi close out the regular season this week with a three game series against the University of Tennessee Martin, That series begins on Thursday

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(Champaign–jc) Illinois women's basketball rising senior Makira Cook has been named a finalist for the 2023 USA Women's AmeriCup Team, USA Basketball announced Sunday night. USA Basketball announced eight athletes selected to the 2023 USA Women's AmeriCup Team following three days of trials in Colorado Springs from May 12-14. Additionally, five finalists - including Cook - will return for AmeriCup training camp, which begins June 22 in Colorado Springs, to compete for the remaining four roster spots.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Illinois track and field teams completed the third and final day of the Big Ten Outdoor Championships on Sunday, May 14. Junior Olivia Howell defended her 1,500m B1G title for the second time, she ran a 4:20.13 to secure the win. That's not all, she claimed a silver medal in the 5,000m just a couple hours later with the program's third fastest time (16:12.40). In the last lap she passed five runners, three of which were in the last 50 meters. She scored a team high 18 points and claimed first team All-Big Ten honors.

(Darlington–jc)  –William Byron was the winner at Darlington on Sunday in the Nascar Cup Series. MRN radio was there…

IHSA Regionals Today

IHSA Softball 

1A Salt Fork Regional

4-30pm Chrisman vs Georgetown Ridge Farm

1A Heyworth Regional

4-30pm 1A St Thomas More vs Blue Ridge

2A Hersher Regional

4-30pm Momence vs Prairie Central

2A Iroquois West Regional

430pm Iroquois West at Hoopeston Area

430pm Paxton Buckley Loda at Gibson City Melvin Sibley

IHSA Baseball 

1A Milford Regional

430pm Kankakee Grace at Watseka

1A Cissna Park Regional

430pm Blue Ridge at Fisher

2A GCMS Regional

430 Gibson City Melvin Sibley at Central Clifton

430pm Iroquois West at Paxton Buckley Loda

2A St Joe Ogden Regional

430pm Hoopeston Area at Bismarck Henning

2A  Tri Valley Regional

430pm Prairie Central at Clinton

430pm Olympia at Bloomington Central Catholic

U Of Golf

The University of Illinois Golf team starts NCAA Regional play today

MLB

Chicago Cubs at Houston Astros  710pm first pitch

Milwaukee Brewers at St Louis Cardinals 645pm game time

The Chicago White Sox have the day off

Racing is back in action at Farmer City tonight with The Farmer City 74  resuming after getting rained out on Friday night. 

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

MLB

Kansas City Royals def Chicago White Sox 4-3

Cubs and Cards were off

IHSA Baseball

PBL def Herscher 11-5

Aiden Johnson had 3 hits and an RBI

Armstrong Potomac def Rantoul 1-0

Kollin Asbury pitched the 1 hit shutout with 11 strikeouts

Bloomington Central Catholic def GCMS 4-3

St. Joe Ogden def Mattoon 3-0   in  9 innings

Adam Price had 2 hits and 2 RBI

Milford def Watseka 5-0

Payton Harwood threw the shutout 

IHSA Softball

Salt Fork def PBL 11-0

Villa Grove def Rantoul 11-3

GCMS def Mahomet Seymour 5-1

Mallory Rosendahl had 8 strikeouts

Charleston def St. Joe Ogden 9-7

Shayne Immke hit her 24th home run of the season for the Spartans tying the IHSA record for a single season

The Fighting Illini softball team ended their season with a 1-0 loss to Nebraska in the Big Ten Tournament. 

(Paxton–jc)  The Paxton Buckley Loda Panthers baseball team is closing out its regular season this week. The Panthers continue to compete in the tough Illini Prairie Conference with regionals starting next week. Paxton Buckley Loda Baseball Coach Brock Neibuhr says his lineup has seen players step up…

Paxton Buckley Loda Baseball Coach Brock Neibuhr

(Darlington South Carolina–jc)  Nascar Cup series racing heads to Darlington for Xfinity racing on Saturday and Cup series racing on Sunday. Nascar Driver Denny Hamlin talks about reasons for his success at Darlington…

Nascar Driver Denny Hamlin

MLB

Chicago Cubs at Minnesota Twins 7-10 gametime

St Louis Cardinals at Boston Red Sox 6-10 first pitch

Houston Astros at Chicago White Sox  7-10 start

Dirt Track racing at its best is back in action at the Farmer City Raceway. Its the Farmer City 74 with the Lucas Dirt Classic night number 3. Lucas Oil Super Late models, DIRTcar UMP modifieds and kid mods. Racing gets underway at 7:30pm. Admission is $35 for adults. and kids 12 and under are free. 

Nascar

Saturday on WPXN its Xfinity racing with the Shriner’s Children 200 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington South Carolina with a Noon broadcast

On Sunday its NASCAR Cup Series racing with the Goodyear 400 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington South Carolina with a 1pm broadcast 

MLB

Chicago Cubs def st. Louis Cardinals 10-4

Kansas City Royals def Chicago White Sox 9-1

IHSA Baseball

Westville def Iroquois West 19-0

GCMS def Armstrong Potomac 11-1

Zach Price had 2 hits and an RBI

St. Joe Ogden def Mt. Zion 6-1

Nolan Early had 2 RBI

Mahomet Seymour def Maroa Forsyth 14-0

Braden Houchin hit 2 homeruns including a grand slam and had 6 RBI

Blake Wolters and Carter Selk each hit a home run

IHSA Softball

Westville def Iroquois West 16-0

Watseka def Momence 5-4

U of I 

The University of Illinois Women’s softball team beat Wisconsin in the opening round of the Big 10 Tournament in Champaign last night. The final was 8 to 4. Daniell Davis hit a grand slam to lead the way for Illinois. Top seed Northwestern and second seed Indiana get into tournament play in Champaign today.  The Illini take on Nebraska in the quarterfinals tonight at 7pm.

(Darlington–jc) Nascar continues to celebrate 75 years of racing and its top75 drivers of all time. With some of those attending this weekend in Darlington, South Carolina, Nascar Driver Brad Kesolowski says that makes Darlington even tougher…

Nascar Driver Brad Kesolowski

MLB

Chicago White Sox at Kansas City Royals 1-10pm first pitch

Chicago Cubs and St Louis Cardinals have the day off.

MLB

St. Louis Cardinals def Chicago Cubs 6-4

Chicago White Sox def Kansas City Royals 4-2

IHSA Softball

Clifton Central def PBL 12-2

Westville def GCMS 5-0

Ridgeview-Lexington def Fisher 1-0

St. Joe Ogden def Daville 20-3

Peyton Jones had 3 hits and 3 RBI

Salt Fork def Armstrong Potomac 13-8

Mahomet Seymour def Monticello 11-10

Madelyn Logsdon had 2 hits and 3 RBI

IHSA Baseball

PBL tied Clifton Central 6-6 through 13 innings

Milford def Kankakee 8-4

Sawyer Laffoon had 2 RBI

(Darlington–jc) Darlington South Carolina is the track for the Nascar Cup Series on Sunday. Nascar Driver Christopher Bell says the track at Darlington is always a tough test...

Nascar Driver Christopher Bell

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(Urbana–jc)  The Big 10 Softball tournament begins hosted by the University of Illinois.  The Northwestern Wildcats are the number one seed and Indiana is the number two seed in the tournament. The Illini as the number 12 seed takes on Wisconsin tonight around 7pm. Tournament play then continues through the weekend. 

MLB

St Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs 6-40 start

Chicago White Sox at Kansas City Royals 6-40pm game time

MLB

St.Louis Cardinals def Chicago Cubs 3-1

Kansas City Royals def Chicago White Sox 12-5

IHSA Baseball

GCMS def PBL 2-0

Brayden Elliott had 2 hits and an RBI

Salt Fork def Iroquois West 4-3

Hoopeston Area def Armstrong Potomac 2-0

Mahomet Seymour def Prairie Central 11-1

Carter Selk had 2 hits including a homerun 

IHSA Softball

Chillicothe IVC def PBL 8-4

Salt Fork def Iroquois West 6-2

Fisher def Blue Ridge 7-1

Kylan Arndt had 10 strikeouts she also hit a homerun

Milford/Cissna Park def Watseka 12-4

Addison Lucht had 2 hits including a homerun and 3 RBI

Hoopeston Area def Armstrong Potomac 6-5

St. Joe. Ogden def Tuscola 12-1

Shayne Immke hit 2 homeruns and had 5 RBI

Addy Martine and Alyssa Acton each hit a homerun

Heyworth def Mahomet Seymour 8-4

(Urbana–jc)  There is a new class of Hall of Famers at the University of Illinois. Joel Cluver has the details…

(Paxton–jc)  –  The Paxton Buckley Loda Panthers baseball team continues to march through a very tough Illini Prairie Conference. P-B-L is currently 5 and 4 in the conference. The Panthers are led in pitching by Jeremiah Ager and Noah Steiner, but the staff has a wide list of contributors, says PBL Baseball Coach Brock Niebuhr…

Paxton Buckley Loda Baseball Coach Brock Niebuhr.

MLB

St Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs  6-40pm first pitch

Chicago White Sox at kansas City Royals  6-40pm Game time

All

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

MLB

Miami Marlins def Chicago Cubs 5-4 14 innings

St. Louis Cardinals def Detroit Tigers 12-6

Chicago White Sox def Cincinnati Reds 17-4

U OF I

The University of Illinois Fighting Illini baseball team swept a three game series at home against Michigan State over the weekend. The Illini won games by scores of 10 to 9 on Friday, 14-7 on Saturday and 10 to three on Sunday, The Illini are 22-22 on the year

The University of Illinois Fighting Illini softball team lost three games over the weekend to Maryland. The Illini are 28 and 26 on the year and the University of Illinois is hosting the Big 10 Women’s softball tournament this week. The Illini are the number 12 seed and will take on Wisconsin on Wednesday evening. 

(Kansas–jc)  Denny Hamlin was the winner at Kansas on Sunday in the Nascar Cup series. MRN was there…

MLB Schedule

St Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs 6-40pm start

Chicago White Sox at Kansas City Royals 6-40m first pitch

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

MLB

Washington Nationals def Chicago Cubs 4-3

LA Angels def St. Louis Cardinals 11-7

Minnesota Twins def Chicago White sox 7-3 in 12 innings

IHSA Softball

Monticello def Rantoul 4-1

St. Joe Ogden def Unity 10-3

Peyton Jones hit a grand slam

Villa Grove def Armstrong Potomac 11-0

IHSA Baseball

Pontiac def PBL 4-3 in 10 innings

Monticello def Rantoul 10-0

Milford def Iroquois West 12-5

Adin Portwood had 2 hits and 3 RBI

St. Joe Ogden def Unity 8-7

Tanner Jacob had 2 hits and 3 RBI

Mahomet Seymour def Heyworth 13-0

Mateo Casillas pitched a perfect game with 13 strikeouts

MLB

Chicago Cubs vs Miami Marlins 1-20on Game time

Chicago White Sox at Cincinnati Reds 6-40 first pitch

Detroit Tigers at St Louis Cardinals 7-40 start

U of I Sports

Baseball

U of I vs Michigan State. Three game series starts tonight at 6pm

Softball

U of I vs Maryland. Three game series. Game one is 4-30 this afternoon

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 Morning on WPXN its our Live Action Auction. Bid Buy and Save starting at 8am.

Sunday on WPXN its NASCAR Cup series racing with the AdventHealth 400 from Kansas Motor Speedway. 

MLB

Washington Nationals def Chicago Cubs 2-1

LA Angels def St. Louis Cardinals 6-4

Chicago White Sox def Minnesota Twins 6-4

IHSA Softball

Clifton Central def Iroquois West 10-0

St. Joe Ogden def Fisher 17-2

Shayne Immke hit 2 homeruns, Addy Martinie, Emma McKinney, Kat Short, Alyssa Acton, and Addison Frick each hit a home run

Bismarck Henning Rossville Alvin def Armstrong Potomac 8-2

Watseka def Donovan 22-1

Tri Valley def Mahomet Seymour 17-2

IHSA Baseball

Watseka def Cissna Park 13-8

St. Thomas More def Fisher 7-6

St. Joe Ogden def Milford 6-1

Luke Landrus hit a 3 Run home run

Bismarck Henning Rossville Alvin def Armstrong Potomac 3-0

College Women Basketball

The Fighting Illini Women’s basketball team has gotten its first commit for 2024 and she’s not far from home. Coach Shauna Green’s impact in her first year netted the Illini a verbal commit from 6-6 junior center Hayven Smith from Lincoln Way-East. 

MLB Today

Chicago Cubs at Washington Nationals 12:05

LA Angels at St. Louis Cardinals 12:15

Minnesota Twins at Chicago White Sox 1:05

MLB

Washington Nationals def Chicago Cubs 4-1

LA Angels def St. Louis Cardinals 5-1

Chicago White Sox def Minnesota Twins 3-2 10 innings

IHSA Softball

Tri Valley def PBL 10-0

Salt Fork def GCMS 11-2

IHSA Baseball

GCMS def Milford 4-0

Braydon Elliott had 2 hits and 2 RBI

Armstrong Potomac def LeRoy 8-7

Cain Buhr had 3 RBI 

IHSA Track

The St. Joe Ogden boys won the Illini Prairie Conference track meet.Carson Maroon won the 3200 and 1600 meter runs. Unity won the girls Conference meet by sweeping four relay events and both long distance runs. Rantoul’s Brianna Dixon won the 100 and 200 meter dash, 100 hurdles and the high jump. PBL’s Trixie Johnson won the 800 meter run.

MLB

Chicago Cubs at Washington 6-05pm start

Chicago White Sox vs Minnesota Twins 6-15pm game time

St Louis Cardinals vs California Angels 6-45 first pitch

MLB

Chicago Cubs def Washington Nationals 5-1

Cards and Sox were off

IHSA Baseball

PBL def Rantoul 10-7

Tyler Cole had 3 hits 

GCMS def Dee Mack 10-8

Ryan DeFries and Braydon Elliott each had 2 hits including a triple

Oakwood def Armstrong Potomac 10-0

IHSA Softball

Rantoul def PBL 17-3

Caya Flesner and Reece Morgan each had 3 hits

Dee Mack def GCMS 9-7

Tremont def Fisher 9-4

Armstrong Potomac def Oakwood 10-4

Cami Saltsgaver and Brynn Spencer each had 3 hits

Monticello def St. Joe Ogden 13-10

Mahomet Seymour def Decatur MacArthur 18-2

(Rantoul–jc)  On line registration began on Monday for the Rantoul Hurricane Swim team. The competitive team has an 8 and under team up to 18 and under. Fee is 75 dollars per swimmer and a parental meeting is set for 6pm Wednesday night at the Forum Fitness Center. 

(Dover DE–jc)  The Nascar Cup series raced on Monday after a rainout on Sunday. A large crowd attended the race at the Dover Motor Speedway. Martin Truex Junior was the winner of the Wurth 400…

Nascar Driver Martin Truex  Junior

U of I Sports

The University of Illinois Fighting Illini are on the road today in Terre Haute Indiana to face the Indiana State Sycamores. Gametime is 5pm

MLB

Chicago Cubs at Washington Nationals 6-0h-5pm game time

St Louis Cardinals vs California Angels 6-45pm start

Chicago White Sox home against Minnesota Twins 6-10 First pitch

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MLB

Miami Marlins def Chicago Cubs 4-3

LA Dodgers def St. Louis Cardinals 6-3

Chicago White Sox def Tampa Bay Rays 12-9

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Four former Illini were drafted during the 2023 NFL Draft. Devon Witherspoon (Seattle) was the first Illini off the board at No. 5 overall, followed by second-rounder Jartavius Martin (Washington), third-rounder Sydney Brown (Philadelphia), and fifth-rounder Chase Brown (Cincinnati).

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(Buckley–jc)   The 88th season of E I Baseball is set to begin later this month. The league added another team this year in the Decatur Commodores. They join the Buckley Dutchmasters, Royal Giants, Paxton Swedes and Arcola Riders.  Games will begin on Sunday May 21st. All Double headers begin at 1pm in the wood-bat league. Following the regular season a two week post season tournament will start the first weekend in August. 

MLB

Chicago Cubs at Washington Nationals  6-05 gametime

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

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