IHSA Volleyball

Prairie Central def PBL 25-17, 25-22

IVC def Rantoul 25-11, 25-13

Cissna Park def Watseka 25-12, 16-25, 25-17

Westville def Armstrong Potomac 28-26, 25-13

Fisher def Tri County 25-13, 27-25, 25-12

Bloomington Central Catholic def Unity 26-24, 25-19

Mahomet Seymour def Charleston 25-15, 25-18

 

HOIC Tournament

GCMS def Fieldcrest 25-19, 25-20

Eureka def GCMS 25-14, 25-16

 

(Taladega–jc)  It’s Talladega racing this weekend for the Nascar Cup and O”Reilly series. Nascar Cup Series Driver Kyle Larson looks at the importance of his “pit crew”...

Nascar Cup Series Driver Kyle Larson

 

(Champaign–jc)  One exhibition game is in the books and there are two more for the University of Illinois Men’s Basketball program. University of Illinois Men’s Basketball Coach Brad Underwood looks at some positives in the second half of the first exhibition game against Cincinnati…

 

University of Illinois Men’s Basketball Coach Brad Underwood

 

(Paxton–jc)  The Prairie Central Lady Hawks defeated the Lady Panthers of Paxton Buckley Loda in Illini Prairie Conference volleyball  in straight sets 25-17 and 25-22.  Prairie Central Lady Hawks Volleyball Coach Kirsten Smith says with the win, they achieved a goal of 21 wins for the year…

Prairie Central Volleyball Coach Kirsten Smith

 

IHSA Volleyball

St. Anne @ Iroquois West

Urbana @ Mahomet Seymour

 

NBA

Chicago Bulls at Toronto Raptors 6:30pm

 

MLB

ALCS Tampa Bay Rays def Cleveland Guardians 7-3 

They will face the Milwaukee Brewers in the World Series. 

 

NFL

SF 49ers def Washington Commanders 23-17

 

IHSA Volleyball

PBL def Iroquois West 25-21, 25-11

Mattoon def Rantoul 25-16, 25-17

Fisher def Milford 25-3, 25-13

St. Joe Ogden def Villa Grove 25-9, 25-11

Unity def Urbana 25-18, 25-20

 

Vermillion Valley Conference Tournament Championship

Westville def Armstrong Potomac 25-16, 25-18

 

(Urbana–jc) The University of Illinois Men’s Basketball team starts off the new season ranked number 3 in the initial  A-P Poll. Florida is number one and Duke number 2. Then it’s the Illini and number 4 is U-Conn with Arizona rounding out the top 5. All the Illini Men’s games can be heard live on WPXN, again this year. 

 

(Paxton–jc)  The Paxton Buckley Loda Volleyball team is playing its best volleyball of the year as they are in the last week of the regular season. Paxton Buckley Loda Volleyball Coach Tyler Rubarts says the rotating lineups continue to get better…

Paxton Buckley Loda Volleyball Coach Tyler Rubarts

 

(Champaign–jc) – The University of Illinois Men’s basketball  team had its first exhibition game of the year over the weekend at Cincinnati. University of Illinois Men’s Basketball Coach Brad Underwood says he looked to get a lot of different combinations of players in a “high paced” contest…

University of Illinois Men’s Basketball Coach Brad Underwood

The Illini are home for another exhibition game against Baylor at the State Farm Center on Friday night

IHSA Volleyball

Prairie Central @ PBL

IVC @ Rantoul

Watseka @ Cissna Park

Westville @ Armstrong Potomac

St. Thomas More @ St. Joseph Ogden

Charleston @ Mahomet Seymour

Tonight on WPXN it’s IHSA Girls Volleyball as the Lady Panthers of Paxton Buckley Loda host the Lady Hawks of Prairie Central. Our pre match show begins at 6-45 with the opening volley at 7pm Joel Cluver on the call for WPXN Sports. 

 

MLB

NLDS

Milwaukee Brewers def San Diego Padres 4-3. Brewers lead series 2-0

Atlanta Braves def LA Dodgers 3-2. Series tied 1-1

 

NFL

Chicago Bears def NY Jets 23-12

Green Bay Packers def Tampa Bay Bucs 17-14

Indianapolis Colts def Washington Commanders 30-13

 

NASCAR

Chase Briscoe held off a last lap charge from points leader Kyle Larson to win at Las Vegas. Briscoe swept all 3 stages. He moves up to 6th place in the Chase standings.

 

CIFL

Mighty Mites 

GCMS def PBL 22-8

 

Juniors 

GCMS def Momence 40-12

 

CIFL Cheerleading Championships on Sunday in Dwight

Mascot Competition

First place- Dwight Trojans

Second place -Paxton Buckey Loda Panthers

Mighty Mites

First Place- Momence

Second place- Herscher

Third Place- Paxton Buckley Loda

 

Juniors
First Place- Herscher

Seniors 

First Place- Momence

 

(Undated–jc)  Week 7 is in the books for IHSA Football. WPXN”s Joel Cluver has the wrap up…

 

(Champaign–jc)  The University of Illinois football team  fell to two wins and three losses this year after a homecoming game loss to the Purdue Boilermakers. University of Illinois Football Coach Bret Bielema gives an insight into the contest…

 

University of Illinois Football Coach Bret Bielema

 

IHSA Volleyball

PBL @ Cissna Park

East Peoria @ Rantoul

Iroquois West @ Ridgeview

Dwight @ GCMS

 

MLB

ALDS

4pm Chicago White Sox at Cleveland Guardians

7pm New York Yankees at Tampa Bay Rays

 

NFL

Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints 7:15pm

Tonight on WPXN its IHSA Volleyball as the PBL Panthers travel to take on the Cissna Park Timberwolves. Pregame at 6:45 with opening volley at 7pm.

 

MLB

Atlanta Braves def Philadelphia Phillies 6-2

 

NFL

Cleveland Browns def Pittsburgh Steelers 27-24

 

IHSA Volleyball

PBL def Rantoul 25-20, 25-22

Cissna Park def Hoopeston Area 25-9, 25-13

Armstrong Potomac def Iroquois West 25-14, 25-18

GCMS def Lexington 25-18, 25-22

Fisher def Argenta Oreana 25-23, 25-20

Bloomington Central Catholic def Pontiac 25-17, 25-16

Mahomet Seymour def Mattoon 25-14, 25-18

 

(Champaign–jc)  – The University of Illinois Fighting Illini football team hosts Purdue for the annual homecoming game on Saturday in Champaign. University of Illinois Football Coach Bret Bielema talks about where the offense is under Coach Barry Lunney…

University of Illinois Football Coach Bret Bielema

 

(GIlman–jc)  Getting a quick start in the first set and bringing the proper energy has been the focus of the Armstrong Potomac Trojans volleyball team. Armstrong Potomac Volleyball Coach Candy Franzen says her team brought that energy last night in a road match against Iroquois West …

 

Armstrong Potomac Volleyball Coach Candy Franzen

 

(Paxton–jc)  The Paxton Buckley Loda Volleyball team got a win last night over their neighbors to the south in the Rantoul Eagles at Rantoul Township High School. Paxton Buckley Loda Volleyball Coach Tyler Rubarts talks about the play of junior Ellie Dirks…

Paxton Buckley Loda Volleyball Coach Tyler Rubarts

 

(Tolono–jc)  The Unity Rockets are the opponent for the Paxton Buckley Loda Panthers tonight in IHSA Football. Unity Football Coach Tony Reetz says all games in the Illini Prairie Conference prepare you for the post season…

Unity of Tolono Football Coach Tony Reetz

 

IHSA Football

Tolono Unity @ PBL

Rantoul @ Prairie Central

Bloomington Central Catholic @ St. Joseph Ogden

Elmwood/Brimfield @ Illinois Valley Central

Iroquois West @ Georgetown Ridge Farm

GCMS @ LeRoy

Mattoon @ Mahomet Seymour

Peoria @ Champaign Central

Peoria Richwoods @ Urbana

Nokomis @ Fisher - Saturday, October 3rd – 1pm

 

8MAN Football 

Milford/Cissna Park at South Newton

St. Thomas More at Blue Ridge

 

Big Ten Football Friday

Penn St. at Northwestern

 

Saturday

Michigan at Minnesota

Michigan St. at Wisconsin

Ohio St. at Iowa

Maryland at Nebraska 

Purdue at Illinois 

Washington at USC

Indiana at Rutgers

 

MLB on Saturday

Division Series

American League

Chicago White Sox at Cleveland Guardians Noon

NY Yankees at Tampa Bay Rays 5:30pm

National League

Atlanta Braves at LA Dodgers 3pm

San Diego Padres at Milwaukee Brewers 7:30pm

 

Central Illinois Football League

Playoffs Round 2 

Mighty Mites 

Herscher vs Dwight at Clifton Central 

PBL vs GCMS at Gibson City

 

Juniors

GCMS vs Momence at Gibson City

Herscher vs Central at Clifton Central 

 

Seniors 

Dwight vs Momence at Gibson City

Iroquois West vs Herscher at Clifton Central 

 

NFL Football

NY Jets at Chicago Bears Noon

Green Bay Packers at Tampa Bay Bucs Noon

Indianapolis Colts vs Washington Commanders in London 8:30am

 

Tonight on WPXN it's IHSA Football as the PBL Panthers host the Unity Rockets at Jerry Zimmerman Field at I-57 Stadium. Our coverage begins at 6-oh-5 with the Friday Night Preview Show. We’ll join Jay Eshleman and Rocky Maron at 6-35 with their pre-game show and the kick off is set for 7pm. 

 

Saturday morning it’s the Illini Guys radio program from 6am to 7am. Get the latest on U of I Sports and more. Sponsored by Popejoy Roofing and the Shields Auto Group.

 

Then it's On the Sidelines from 7-8. Sponsored by Angel Auto Services of Onarga, Matco Fire Protection Services of Paxton, Elite Performance-Gibson Area Hospital and The Roofing Dog

 

Following On the sidelines it's our WPXN Live Action Auction starting at 8am.

 

Then it's Fighting Illini Football as Illinois hosts Purdue. Pregame at 1:30pm with kickoff at 2:30pm. 

 

Following Illinois football its O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Focused Health 302 Race from Las Vegas. Broadcast at 5:30pm

 

On Sunday it's the NASCAR Cup Series South Point 400 Race from Las Vegas with a 3:30 Start time.

 

MLB

Philadelphia Phillies def Atlanta Braves 4-3 10 innings

San Diego Padres def Chicago Cubs 4-1

Chicago White Sox def Houston Astros 7-3

NY Yankees def Boston Red Sox 9-2

 

IHSA Volleyball

Westville def PBL 25-14, 17-25, 25-17

Cissna Park def St. Joe Ogden 16-25 25-20 27-25

 

(Cissna Park –jc)  It was a battle between two volleyball programs last night in Cissna Park.  The host Cissna Park Timberwolves beat the Spartans of St Joe Ogden in three sets 16-25 25-20 27-25. Cissna Park Volleyball Coach Josh Landon says the team looked to play better team volleyball in sets two and three…

Cissna Park Volleyball Coach Josh Landon

 

(tolono–jc)  The Unity Rockets football team graduated a large group of seniors last year that were successful in football, basketball and baseball. One constant for this year’s football team is some returners on the offensive line, says Unity Football Coach Tony Reetz…

Unity Football Coach Tony Reetz

The PBL vs Unity game airs live on WPXn starting with the Friday Night Preview Show at 6-oh5-pm Friday

 

(Paxton–jc) The Paxton Buckley Loda Football Panthers are home on Friday night against conference powerhouse Unity. Paxton Buckley Loda Football Coach Josh Pritchard says the team continues to battle in a tough conference,..

Paxton Buckley Loda Football Coach Josh Pritchard

 

(Vegas–jc)  Vegas Motor Speedway is the next stop on the Nascar Cup Series tour on Sunday. Nascar Driver Tyler Reddick talks about some changes in Vegas…

Nascar Cup Series Driver Tyler Reddick

Sunday’s race airs live on WPXN at 3-30pm. It’s the SouthPoint 400.

IHSA Volleyball

Hoopeston Area  @ Cissna Park

Armstrong Potomac @ Iroquois West

GCMS @ Lexington

Prairie Central @ St. Joseph Ogden

Mahomet Seymour @ Mattoon

 

MLB

National League Wild Card Series

7pm Philadelphia Phillies at Atlanta Braves

 

NFL

Pittsburgh Steelers at Cleveland Browns 7:15pm