Sports
- Sports
-
- Gardewine, Thompson sign with Texas Rangers Area pair headed to Rangers farm system The Texas Rangers came to Effingham County to bolster the ranks of their minor league pitching corps over the weekend. Both Nick Gardewine (Effingham, Kaskaskia College) and Derek Thompson (Teutopolis, John A. Logan) were drafted by and signed with
- Work left to do Draft takes backseat for Louisville's Green NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Waking up Saturday morning, Louisville pitcher and Effingham alumnus Chad Green had a lot running through his mind. He was about to face the No. 2-ranked Commodores of Vanderbilt in an NCAA Super Regional on national TV, against a
-
Carie to continue soccer at Greenville
At first, it was just to help out. Alex Carie, then an Effingham junior, was already juggling the demands of basketball and baseball. Soccer hadn't ever been an option, as he had spent his first two fall seasons with the gridiron Hearts. But friends
-
Gardewine drafted by Rangers
For hours, Nick Gardewine's family had kept him on the edge of his seat. Rested on the couch with his father Ted and grandfather Fran, the elder Gardewine's kept mimicking the call that Nick was anxiously anticipating.
-
Three local standouts earn first team All-EIC
St. Elmo/Brownstown's Samantha Austin and Audriana Pruett, as well as BCCH's Amanda Pierce, headlined area softball players that were named to the 2013 All-Egyptian Illini Conference first team. Pierce hit .426 this season, and was a dangerous runne
-
Terre Haute downs Effingham Post 120 8-3 Indiana's defending state champs rack up 15 hits
Effingham Post 120 took on Wayne Newton Post 346 out of Terre Haute Thursday night, and saw why their opponents won the Indiana state championship last year. Terre Haute got the bats working early and often against Effingham, besting Post 120 8-3. A
-
Shelby County bats spring 5-4 win
SHELBYVILLE -- The Shelby County American Legion team didn't pepper the field at home against visiting Mattoon Post 88, but the offense did just enough. Shelbyville's Neil Yockey hit a solo homer to left and Ram teammate Luke Hatfield also sent a tw
-
Gardewine gears up for decision
CENTRALIA — The dream season for the Kaskaskia College baseball team came to a rather abrupt ending. Entering the National Junior College World Series in Grand Junction, Colorado on May 25, the Blue Devils were ranked 9th in the country and owned a 3
-
Rain delay leads Seibert to Lake Land
TOLEDO — A long rain delay eventually cost the Cumberland Pirates a chance at the Class 1A state championship, but a lifelong dream of Micah Seibert's came true at the same time. Seibert, the Pirates' designated player, hit near .500 during her senio
- Pirates' title-game loss exposes IHSA flaws Bylaws need to be changed for championship Cumberland's state title dreams in softball were dashed Saturday -- not by their opponent, the Milledgeville Missiles, nor by the torrential downpour and subsequent five-plus hour rain delay. They were dashed by the IHSA bylaws. The Pirates lost Sa
- More Sports Headlines
