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Jose Abreu Chicago White Sox

MLB News

White Sox’s Abreu negative for COVID-19, will travel for ALDS

CHICAGO (UPI) -- Chicago White Sox slugger and reigning American League MVP Jose Abreu tested negative for COVID-19 and will travel to Houston for Game 1 of the AL Division Series against the Astros on Thursday. The 34-year-old Abreu has been dealing with flu-like symptoms since the weekend and didn't travel with the White Sox to Houston on Tuesday. The team said he'll be a game-day decision for the first game of the ALDS. "Sunday he didn't play. He just […]

todayOctober 6, 2021

Justin Field Chicago Bears

Football News

Bears’ Nagy reverses course, names Fields starting QB

CHICAGO (UPI) -- Chicago Bears head coach Matt Nagy changed course Wednesday and revealed that rookie quarterback Justin Fields will be the team's starter moving forward, regardless of veteran Andy Dalton's health. Throughout the off-season and the first few weeks of the regular season, Nagy insisted that Dalton would remain the Bears' starter at quarterback when healthy. However, Fields' performance in last week's 24-14 win over the Detroit Lions made the franchise rethink its plan. "After this past weekend with […]

todayOctober 6, 2021

Illinois Nokomis Edwards County football gridiron

Football News

RANKINGS: Top Illinois high school football teams

Week 6 is over as high school football in Illinois is three weeks out from the playoffs. Here are the latest Illinois High School Association rankings (via the Associated Press) following the conclusion of Week 6: Class rankings across Illinois Class 8A No schools in central or southern Illinois in the rankings. 1. (Wilmette) Loyola (11) (6-0) 110 1 2. Naperville Neuqua Valley (6-0) 97 2 3. Gurnee Warren (5-1) 79 5 4. Maine South (5-1) 71 8 5. Lockport (6-0) […]

todayOctober 6, 2021

Matthis Besard

NCAA Golf

Besard wins individual title at Grover Page Classic

JACKSON, Tenn. -- Southern Illinois senior Matthis Besard claimed his second-straight individual title of the 2021-22 season Tuesday at the Grover Page Classic in Jackson, Tenn. Besard led the entire field of 92 at the Jackson Country Club with commanding scores of 68, 66, and 67 to finish at 15-under par. This performance would tie the school record for an individual score over 54 holes with a 201. It also marks Besard surpassing Jake Erickson for most individual tournament wins […]

todayOctober 6, 2021

Blackburn College volleyball

NCAA News

Blackburn volleyball sweeps Eureka in home opener

CARLINVILLE -- The Blackburn College volleyball team served as host to Eureka College Tuesday, October 5 in the season home opener. Final 1 2 3 T BLACKBURN (1-17, 1-4 SLIAC) 25 25 25 3 EUREKA (4-13, 2-5 SLIAC) 12 23 17 0 Blackburn was in control in all three matches with no lead changes in the first two sets and only one tie. While the Red Devils out-attacked the Beavers 109-104, the Beavers had a better hitting percentage. Blackburn was hitting 14.4% […]

todayOctober 6, 2021

Football News

Football scores from across central and southern Illinois, Missouri

Saturday night’s football action on the gridiron has concluded. Teams from across central and southern Illinois, and parts of Missouri are now preparing for next week’s competition. Here are the football scores from across Illinois and Missouri from Saturday, October 2 (Week 6 in Illinois, Week 7 in Missouri): Illinois football results Black Diamond Flora 28, Hamilton County 14 Little Illini Mt. Carmel 49, Olney 2 Lawrenceville 24, Casey-Westfield 14 WIVC - North Division Brown County 34, Jacksonville Routt 6 […]

todayOctober 3, 2021

Culver-Stockton Wildcats

Football News

Turnovers haunt Wildcats as four-game winning streak ends

ATCHISON, Kan. — The Culver-Stockton College football time had their four-game winning streak broken Saturday afternoon with a 65-24 loss at Benedictine College. It marks the 32nd consecutive loss by the Wildcats against the Ravens. The Ravens missed a field goal attempt on their initial drive. Culver-Stockton marched 80 yards on eight plays to take a 7-0 early lead. The score was a result of a 22-yard pass from quarterback Jase Orndorff to Isiah Eppinger. An 85-yard drive by Benedictine […]

todayOctober 3, 2021

Cahokia Centralia

Football News

Cahokia cruises past Centralia

CENTRALIA (Section618.com) — The Centralia Orphans had hopes of building off their road win last week at Althoff, but the Cahokia Comanches came to town and spoiled that and Homecoming night at Evers Field by beating Centralia 48-7. The Orphans jumped on top early in the first quarter on a 40-yard touchdown pass from backup quarterback Daryle Jones to Davin Tabor. Jones got the start for the injured QB Carson Green, but Tabor had to leave the game later in […]

todayOctober 2, 2021

Football News

Football scores from across central and southern Illinois, Missouri

Friday night’s action on the gridiron has concluded. Teams from across central and southern Illinois, and parts of Missouri are now preparing for next week’s competition. Here are the football scores from across Illinois and Missouri from Friday, October 1 (Week 6 in Illinois, Week 7 in Missouri): Illinois final scores Apollo Charleston 34, Taylorville 28 Effingham 28, Mt. Zion 27 Lincoln 35, Mattoon 34 Big Twelve Normal Community 42, Peoria High 38 Normal West 2, Urbana High 0, forfeit […]

todayOctober 2, 2021

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