Sports

Local tracks proving succesful for local racers

Local racers and race fans packed area tracks for a fun-filled time of full-throttle racing, during the Memorial Day weekend. Junior dragster driver Aiden Lawson was runner-up Saturday, May 27, …

Arthur routes Jr Titans

NEWMAN – Monday, May 22 brought with it Okaw League junior high summer softball as Tri-County hosted Arthur in a regular season contest. Tri-County split their first two games of the 2023 …

TCT fourth and fifth dominates

It was a busy week for the Tri-County Titans' fourth and fifth-grade summer softball team. Only a week remains until the end-of-season tournament. Tuesday night saw Tri-County head to Strasburg …

TCT teams split

Monday, May 22, was a beautiful evening for youth summer baseball. One Tri-County team hoped to step into first place while the other team was looking to end a long losing streak. Tri-County 1 …

Tigers take a bow

NEWTON – With a Little Illini Championship already under their belts, the Newton Eagles felt the pressure of high expectations Saturday, May 20 in the IHSA Class 2A regional championship. …

Softball celebration

The Paris Lady Tiger softball season officially concluded Thursday evening with a pizza party and presentation of awards and honors for the 2023 season. Paris finished the season 12-16 overall with a …
Crestwood track teams perform well at state meet

Sallee is state champ

The Crestwood track team had a state champion and multiple other medal winners at the state track and field meet. Seventh grade student Sadie Sallee is the 2023 state champion in shot put with 29.04. …

Lady Tigers upset in first round

A familiar stage was set for the Paris Lady Tiger softball team Monday, hosting the Pana Pan- thers to begin their postseason play, a setting reminiscent of the 2021 spring playoff. In that game, …

Titans fall, Warriors advance

KANSAS – The ninth-seed Tri-County Titans entered the postseason on Monday, May 15 for a matchup with the tenth-seed Tuscola Warriors. Both teams entered the contest on the heels of two …

Netters take win

The Paris Tiger tennis team closed out its regular season with two wins against this weekend’s IHSA sectional. Paris 6, St. Thomas More 3 URBANA — In singles, most of the …
OPH, LAWRENCEVILLE FALL VICTIM TO POSTSEASON TIGER SURGE

Paris rises in regional play

NEWTON — As the old sports adage goes, it is difficult to defeat the same team three times in any given season — and the Lawrenceville Indians discovered that first hand Thursday thanks …

Titans end with a stumble

ALAH 17, Tri-County 1 LOVINGTON – Tri-County baseball played a make-up game on Thursday, May 11 against a conference opponent: the ALAH Knights. This game was rescheduled after rain on …

Tigers battle aces

The Tigers faced two of the best tennis teams in Central Illinois this past week as the 2023 season rapidly comes to a close. “Champaign Central is probably the best team we’ll play …

Tigers hit .500 before postseason

NEOGA — Good pitching and solid defense will win a high percentage of high school baseball games. The Paris Tigers experienced that Wednesday afternoon — but the problem was it was …

Local racers running at the top

In recent drag racing and circle track events, local racers found themselves at the top. Levi Keenen recently drove his alcohol-powered Illinois Thunder funny car to victory lane at Edgewater …