Category Archives: Local Sports

In softball, the tandem of Regan Krause and Amanda Fox combined on another no-hitter for Pontiac in a 5-0 win over Streator. Krause struck out 13 in five innings, Fox fanned five in the final two fram...

In baseball, Dwight won at Iroquois West, 5-2. El Paso-Gridley romped over Ridgeview, 20-2, in five innings. Prairie Central fell to Tri-Valley, 11-6. Putnam County scored the game’s only run in...

In high school baseball, El Paso-Gridley routed Woodland-Flanagan-Cornell, 18-7. Nathan Lavender and Kyler Edelman both homered and drove in five runs in the five-inning win. Ridgeview routed, Dee-Mac...

In baseball, Prairie Central defeated Pontiac, 7-1. Peyton Risgby pitched a complete game and drove in a run for the Hawks. El Paso-Gridley nipped Fieldcrest, 3-2. Nathan Lavender fanned 15 Knights in...

Mahomet-Seymour repeated as champions at the 46th Pontiac Relays. Providence took second place. Pontiac claimed first place in the long jump with the foursome of Cameron Dawson, Angelo Borrego, Donova...

Pontiac High School plans to mark the 25th anniversary of its state championship football team this fall. The players, coaches, managers, and cheerleaders of that squad, along with several other digni...

More cold nasty weather kept the local diamonds quiet on Wednesday, including Pontiac’s baseball game with Central Catholic. In softball, Lexington shutout Dee-Mack, 11-0, at Mackinaw. Jayden St...

In high school baseball, Pontiac got a homerun and two hits from Jacob Duffy in a 5-3 win over IVC. Prairie Central blanked Tolono Unity, 10-0. Dwight was two-hit by Clifton Central, 18-0. Woodland-Fl...

In high school baseball, Pontiac fell to Herscher, 12-4. The loss drops the Indians to 3-4 on the season. GCMS clipped Lexington, 7-6. Heyworth routed Fieldcrest, 16-2. Dee-Mack bested El Paso-Gridley...

High school softball, Dwight shutout Clifton Central, 10-0, in five innings. LynnDee Dale collected three hits in the Trojans’ win Ridgeview was blanked, 10-0, at Tremont in five innings. Woodla...