WPXN Sports Page Thursday September 10 2026

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MLB

Milwaukee Brewers def Chicago Cubs 8-6

SF Giants def St. Louis Cardinals 7-6

Pittsburgh Pirates def Chicago White Sox 4-2

NFL

Seattle Seahawks def NE Patriots 13-10

IHSA Volleyball

St. Thomas More def Cissna Park 13-25, 25-17, 25-17

(Clinton–jc) A second area school is canceling the remainder of its football schedule. School officials at Clinton High School say the varsity Maroons are canceling the remainder of the season due to injuries and participation numbers. The Maroons were Oh and 3 heading into week 4. Clinton High School will continue to have JV football. Earlier this week, Hoopeston Area High School officials are planning to play one more game this season and forfeiting the rest. Watseka High School also is not playing varsity football this year. They continue to have a J V team.

(Texas–jc)  – Illinois women's golf wrapped up season-opening play at The Bruzzy on Wednesday in Texas. The Orange and Blue tied for fourth as a team, carding three-straight below par rounds to finish the event -12. Individually, Sofia Vargas scored 10-under-par to earn co-champion honors from the Trophy Club Country Club.

(Illinois–jc) It’s racing at Worldwide Technology Raceway in Madison this Saturday and Sunday. Nascar Cup Series Driver Joey Logano talks about his confidence to get to the winners circle on Sunday…

Nascar Cup Series Driver Joey Logano

(Fisher–jc)  The Fisher Bunnies Girls Volleyball team is 7 and One on the year. They host Okaw Valley tonight. Fisher Volleyball Coach Laura Collins talks about the winning streak that started in the Cissna Park Tip Off Tournament…

Fisher Volleyball Coach Laura Collins

IHSA Volleyball Schedule

Clinton @ Rantoul

Iroquois West @ Watseka

Armstrong @ Salt Fork

Flanagan Cornell @ Gibson City Melvin Sibley

Mahomet Seymour @ Mt Zion

Cissna Park @ Chrisman

Fisher vs Okaw Valley

MLB

Chicago Cubs and St Louis Cardinals have the day off

1-20pm Pittsburgh Pirates at Chicago White Sox

NFL

LA Rams vs SF 49ers from Melbourne Australia

MLB

Milwaukee Brewers def Chicago Cubs 4-3 10 innings

SF Giants def St. Louis Cardinals 2-1

Pittsburgh Pirates def Chicago White Sox 9-3

IHSA Volleyball

PBL def Milford 25-14, 25-22

Rantoul def Oakwood 14-25, 25-16, 25-23

Salt Fork def Cissna Park 26-24, 22-25, 25-20

Dee Mack def GCMS 25-14, 25-18

St. Joe Ogden def Casey Westfield 18-25, 25-20, 25-21

Unity def Clinton 25-14, 25-16

(Hoopeston-jm) – Hoopeston Area High School  has announced the are forfeiting 5 of their last 6 football games this season.  The school says they are forfeiting this week's game against Bismarck Henning Rossville Alvin, before they play their week 5 game against Momence.  Then they will be forfeiting the rest of the games. The school says injuries are the reason for the forfeitures. In addition to the Bismarck Henning game, the other games affected are Georgetown Ridge Farm, Oakwood, Clifton Central and Westville. Hoopeston co-ops with Armstrong Potomac High School for football.

(Gibson City–jc)  The Gibson City Melvin Sibley Falcons football team is one and two on the year heading into a week four matchup with Tuscola. Gibson City Melvin Sibley Football Coach Seeff Grauer talks about his defensive coordinator in Luke Stout…

Gibson City Melvin Sibley Football Coach Seeff Grauer

(Paxton–jc)  The Paxton Buckley Loda Panther Volleyball squad is now 4 and 4 on the year after a two set win over Milford last night in Paxton. Paxton Buckley Loda Volleyball Coach Tyler Rubarts talks about the play of one of his Liberos in Peyton Luebchow…

Paxton Buckley Loda Volleyball Coach Tyler Rubarts

(Undated–jc)  It’s year two for Chase Briscoe driving the number 19 car in the Nascar Cup Series for Joe Gibbs racing. Briscoe says he is more comfortable in the seat in year two..

Nascar Cup Driver Chase Briscoe

(Paxton–jc)  The Milford Bearcats lost to Paxton Buckley Loda last night in I H S A Volleyball. One positive for Milford is they played through being down by 9 points in the second set, to come back and take the lead in set two. Milford Volleyball Coach Shawn Lane talks about the team starting to work together more and play tough…

Milford Volleyball Coach Shawn Lane

IHSA Girls Volleyball Tonight

St. Joseph Ogden @ Oakwood

Momence @ Iroquois West

Cissna Park @ St. Thomas More

NFL returns tonight with Super Bowl rematch

New England Patriots @ Seattle Seahawks

MLB Today

St. Louis Cardinals @ San Francisco Giants - 2:45

Chicago Cubs @ Milwaukee Brewers - 6:40

Pittsburgh Pirates @ Chicago White Sox - 6:40

MLB

Milwaukee Brewers def Chicago Cubs 4-3

SF Giants def St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 11 innings

Sox were off

IHSA Volleyball

Fisher def GCMS 25-19, 21-25, 25-21

630am

(Champaign–jc)  The University of Illinois’ second football game is now sold out. The Illini take on Duke Saturday afternoon  The Illinois vs. Duke game is scheduled to kick off at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. The game airs live on WPXN starting at 1-30pm 

(Paxton–jc)  The Paxton Buckley Loda Volleyball team uses two setters with their offense this year. They include Kylie Rust and Logan Loschen. Paxton Buckley Loda Volleyball Coach Tyler Rubarts talks about his pair of setters…

Paxton Buckley Loda Volleyball Coach Tyler Rubarts

(St Joe–jc)  The look to the playoffs for I H S A Football is still a ways into the fall, but area coaches are always looking at where their team might go. For the St Joe Ogden Spartans, any post season birth would be in Class 3-A says St Joe Ogden Football Coach Shawn Skinner…

St Joe Ogden Football Coach Shawn Skinner

IHSA Volleyball Schedule

Milford @ PBL

Casey Westfield @ St. Joseph Ogden

Rantoul @ Oakwood

Armstrong @ Judah Christian

Deer Creek Mackinaw @ GCMS

Mattoon @ Mahomet Seymour

Cissna Park @ Salt Fork

MLB

640pm Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee Brewers

845pm St Louis Cardinals at San Francisco Giants

640pm Pittsburgh Pirates at Chicago White Sox

Tonight on WPXN its IHSA Volleyball as the PBL Panthers host the Milford Bearcats. Pregame at 6:45 with opening volley around 7pm.

MLB

Milwaukee Brewers def Chicago Cubs 9-5

St. Louis Cardinals def LA Dodgers 8-6 10 innings

Houston Astros def Chicago White Sox  2-0

IHSA Volleyball

Decatur MacArthur def Rantoul 25-23, 25-12

Tri Valley def Cissna Park 25-11, 25-10

(Milford–jc) The Milford Cissna Park Bearcats are one and one on the year in 8 man football play. M-CP Football Coach Clint Schwartz looks at getting physical at the varsity level…

Milford Cissna Park Football Coach Clint Schwartz

(Darlington–jc)  It’s a grueling race. That is the way Nascar Cup Series driver Ryan Blaney describes the upcoming race on Sunday at Darlington South Carolina…

Nascar Cup Series Driver Ryan Blaney

IHSA Volleyball

Watseka @ PBL

Teutopolis @ St. Joseph Ogden

Rantoul @ Urbana

Armstrong @ LeRoy

GCMS @ El Paso Gridley

MLB

Milwaukee Brewers at Chicago Cubs 6:15pm

St. Louis Cardinals at LA Dodgers 9:10pm

Chicago White Sox at Houston Astros 1:10pm

Big Ten Football

UAB at Illinois

UMass at Rutgers

Eastern Illinois at Minnesota

Tonight on WPXN its Fighting Illini football as the Fighting Illini host the University of Alabama-Birmingham. Pregame at 7pm with kickoff at 8pm.

MLB

Milwaukee Brewers def Chicago Cubs 9-4

St. Louis Cardinals def LA Dodgers 13-8

Chicago White Sox def Houston Astros 5-1

IHSA Volleyball

GCMS def PBL 25-22, 25-15

Mahomet Seymour def St. Joe Ogden 25-23, 25-19

Iroquois West def Illinois Lutheran 25–22, 19-25, 25-23 

(St Joe–jc)  The Illini Prairie Football conference is one where not only do you face the top talent in the area, but one of diverse schemes both offensively and defensively.  St Joe Ogden Football Coach Shawn Skinner talks about the diversity in the Illini Prairie…

St Joe Ogden Football Coach Shawn Skinner

(Darlington–jc) Its the Southern 500 from Darlington, South Carolina for the Nascar Cup Series. Nascar Driver Christopher Bell looks at preparing for this popular race…

Nascar Cup Series Driver Christopher Bell

The race airs live on Sunday on WPXN at 3pm

IHSA Volleyball

Rantoul @ Decatur MacArthur

Beecher @ Cissna Park

Iroquois West @ Grant Park

Armstrong Potomac @ St. Joseph Ogden

MLB

6-40pm Milwaukee Brewers at Chicago Cubs

9-10pm St Louis Cardinals at L A Dodgers

7-10pm Chicago White Sox at Houston Astros

MLB

Chicago Cubs def Milwaukee Brewers 17-3

Houston Astros def Chicago White Sox 6-3

Cards were off

IHSA Volleyball

Bismarck Henning Rossville Alvin def PBL 18-25, 25-19, 25-16

CHAMPAIGN, Ill.– The Division of Intercollegiate Athletics will host the 2026 Illinois Athletics Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and 10th-Anniversary Gala, presented by the University of Illinois Foundation, on Friday, Sept. 11. Some of the greatest names in Fighting Illini Athletics are expected to be in attendance on the floor of State Farm Center for the evening's festivities. 

This year's 10th-anniversary ceremony is a ticketed event for all attendees that includes a plated dinner at a tabled seat, open bar, and program that will induct the 2026 class and also welcome back what is approaching 30 Illinois Athletics Hall of Famers from the previous nine classes. A limited number of tickets remain and can be purchased online at FightingIllini.com. Tickets are $150, with doors opening at 6 p.m. Formal attire is required; black tie is encouraged.

(St Joseph–jc)  St Joe Ogden schools are set to honor their next class of Hall of Fame members in September. . The 2026 St. Joseph-Ogden Hall of Fame induction ceremony is on Friday, September 18th. . The 2026 SJO Hall of Fame Class is Marla Dickerson, Bob Glazier, Lucas Marrs, & Stephanie (Canfield) Stinnett.

The induction ceremony is during the homecoming game between the St Joe Ogden Spartans and the Rantoul Eagles. 

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Fighting Illini senior men's golfer Max Herendeen was selected today as a Preseason Second Team All-American by Golf Channel as one of the top-20 competitors in the nation entering the 2026-27 season. As a team, the Illini were also tabbed as the No. 11 squad in the Golf Channel Preseason Top 30 ranking.

(St Joe–jc)  One area football coach is praising the athletes of the Illini Prairie Conference. St Joe Ogden Football Coach Shawn Skinner says schools in the conference have players that excel in multiple sports during the entire school year and that is one reason the Illini Prairie is a high rated conference…

St Joe Ogden Football Coach Shawn Skinner

(Paxton–jc) The Paxton Buckley Loda Volleyball Team is 2 and 2 on the young season. Paxton Buckley  Loda Volleyball Coach Tyler Rubarts says this group of ladies is competitive on the court and in practices too…

Paxton Buckley Loda Volleyball Coach Tyler Rubarts

MLB

6-40pm Milwaukee Brewers at Chicago Cubs

9-10pm St Louis Cardinals at L  A Dodgers

7-10am Chicago White Sox at Houston Astros

IHSA Volleyball

Paxston Buckley Loda at Gibson City Melvin Sibley

St. Joseph Ogden @ Mahomet Seymour

Iroquois West @ Illinois Lutheran 

Tonight on WPXN It’s IHSA Volleyball as the Paxton Buckley Loda Panthers travel to take on their county rival, the  Gibson City Melvin Sibley Falcons. Pre match begins around 6-45 and the opening tip at 7pm