MLB
St. Louis Cardinals def Baltimore Orioles 7-5
Cubs and Sox were off
IHSA Volleyball
PBL def Urbana 25-19, 25-22
Kills: Ellie Dirks 13, Hallee Johnson 7, Morgan Goss 4, Tessa Boehme 1, Meredith Foster 1, Logan Loschen 1
Assists: Kylie Rust 12, Logan Loschen 10, Josie Kaufmann 4
Armstrong Potomac def Rantoul 10-25, 25-15, 25-12
Iroquois West def Tri Point 24-26, 25-19, 25-17
Nevaeh Medina led the team with 6 kills and 4 blocks. Claire Schumacher contributed 3 aces.
St. Joe Ogden def Bismarck Henning Rossville Alvin 25-15, 25-22
Mattoon def Unity 23-25, 26-24, 25-20
Cissna Park Tipoff
GCMS def. Milford 25-13, 25-15
Watseka def. Milford 25-15, 25-9
GCMS def. Watseka 25-20, 25-18
(Champaign–jc) – For the second consecutive year, Fighting Illini senior golfer Max Herendeen has been named as one of 25 collegiate standouts on the Fred Haskins Award Preseason Watch List. Herendeen is a two-time PING All-American, earning second team honors in 2024 and honorable mention accolades in 2025.
(Paxton–jc) Week two is another tough opponent for the Panthers of Paxton Buckley football team on Friday night. Paxton Buckley Loda Football Coach Josh Pritchard says the Spartans of St Joe Ogden do the right thing on the football field…
Paxton Buckley Loda Football Coach Josh Pritchard
(Daytona–jc) It’s NASCAR racing at Daytona on Saturday night. The Coke Zero Sugar 400 airs live on WPXN starting at 5-30pm. Nascar driver Joey Logano looks at the handling on the track especially in turn four…
Nascar Cup Series Driver Joey Logano
(St Joe–jc) The St Joe Ogden Spartans are 1 and 0 on the young football season with a victory over Prairie Central last Friday night. St Joe Ogden Football Coach Shawn Skinner says schools had less practice time going into the season, but looks for improvements in week two…
St Joe Ogden Football Coach Shawn Skinner
(Milford–jc) The Milford Cissna Park 8 Man football team is looking for their first win on the season after losing in the season opener last week. Milford Cissna Park Football Coach Clint Schwartz says they have some familiar faces on the team, with some in new positions…
Milford Cissna Park 8 Man Football Coach Clint Schwartz
(Champaign–jc) –For the seventh time in program history, the Big Ten women's tennis tournament will be hosted at Illinois. The 2027 Big Ten Women's Tennis Tournament will take place at the Atkins Tennis Center from April 22-25. The Fighting Illini most recently hosted the event during the spring of 2017.
MLB
Cincinnati Reds at Chicago Cubs 1:20pm
Pittsburgh Pirates at St. Louis Cardinals 7:15pm
Chicago White Sox at Minnesota Twins 7:10pm
IHSA Football Week 2
St. Joseph Ogden @ PBL
Mattoon @ Rantoul
Monticello @ Tolono Unity
Bloomington Central Catholic @ Illinois Valley Central
Pontiac @ Prairie Central
Iroquois West @ Hoopeston
GCMS @ Ridgeview Lexington
Fisher @ Tri County
Normal University @ Mahomet Seymour
Normal West @ Champaign Central
Bloomington @ Urbana
Champaign Centennial @ Danville
8Man Football
Milford/CP at Peoria Heights
St. Thomas More at Bushnell
NFL Preseason Week 3
Friday Night
Arizona Cardinals at Green Bay Packers 7pm
Saturday
Detroit Lions at Indianapolis Colts noon
Chicago Bears at Tennessee Titans 5pm
IHSA Volleyball on Saturday
Cissna Park Tipoff
2nd Place Pool
9am Clifton Central vs Fisher
10am Grant Park vs Fisher
11am Grant Park vs Clifton Central
Championship Pool
1pm Cissna Park vs Bishop Mac
2pm Manteno vs Bishop Mac
3pm Manteno vs Cissna Park
Tonight on WPXN its IHSA Football as the PBL Panthers host the St. Joe Ogden Spartans 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
Then we’ll have live coverage of the Cissna Park Timberwolves Tipoff Tournament. Our coverage begins at 8-45am from Cissna Park
WPXN Sports will cover all 6 matches from Cissna Park on Saturday.
Saturday evening on WPXN its NASCAR Cup Series Racing with the Coke Zero Sugar 400 from Daytona. Broadcast at 5:30pm.
