MLB

Texas Rangers def St. Louis Cardinals 2-1

Minnesota Twins def Chicago White Sox 9-6

IHSA

Girls State Tournament Softball

1A at Illinois Wesleyan University

Gardner South Wilmington 2 Macon Meridian 0

2A at Millikin

Williamsville 6 Bloomington Central Catholic 2

630am

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Illinois director of track, field and cross country Petros Kyprianou announced the addition of All-American transfer Sofia Yakushina to the team earlier today. Yakushina has accumulated some notable accolades in a short time in her collegiate career. She owns the NCAA freshman heptathlon record with her personal-best score of 6,260 points 

7am

IRVING, Texas – The National Football Foundation  and College Hall of Fame announced today the names on the 2027 ballot for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame, including former Fighting Illini Kevin Hardy and Simeon Rice. The 2027 ballot includes 80 players and nine coaches.

Eighteen former Illini are currently enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame, with linebacker Dana Howard (2018) and defensive tackle Moe Gardner (2022) as the most recent inductees. Other Illinois college football legends in the College Hall of Fame are  Red Grange (inducted 1951) and Dick Butkus (inducted 1983).

MLB

7-0h-5pm Oakland A’s at Chicago Cubs

6-45pm Texas Rangers at St Louis Cardinals

6-40pm Chicago White Sox at Minnesota Twins

MLB

St. Louis Cardinals def Chicago Cubs 5-1

Chicago White Sox def Detroit Tigers 2-1

E. I. Baseball

Buckley Dutchmasters took a double header from Arcola High Riders 12-1 and 20-1 Nate Redd was 2-2 with 3 RBI in game 1. Tuff Elson had 2 hits and 5 RBi in game 2. 

IHSA Baseball Regional Finals from Saturday

1A

Armstrong Potomac 5 Salt Fork 4

Central Clifton 2 St Anne 0

Gibson City Melvin Sibley 5 Milford 2

2A

Unity Rockets 6, Monticello 0

St. Joseph-Ogden 10, Bismarck-Henning-Rossville-Alvin 0

3A

Normal Community 9 Rantoul 0

IHSA Boys State Track Meet

CLASS 1A

400-meter..State Champion Evan Landers-Kristensen, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley

Pole Vault… State Champion  Riley Hogan, St. Thomas More

CLASS 2A

4×800-meter Relay…Third The  Mahomet-Seymour Bulldogs

100-meter and 400-meter State Champion D’Mario Jackson, Danville High School

CLASS 3A

4×400-meter Relay Third Place The Champaign Centennial Chargers

NASCAR

Denny Hamlin outraced Christopher Bell over the final four laps after a final restart to win the Cracker Barrel 400 at Nashville Superspeedway. Chase Briscoe finished third with Ricky Stenhouse Jr.  4th and Chase Elliott 5th.

MLB

Texas Rangers at St. Louis Cardinals 6:45

Chicago White Sox at Minnesota Twins 6:40pm

Cubs are off