‘Smaller’ Mattoon played big in reaching 2008 state softball championship
Talented ’03 Mattoon football had the perfect game in routing powerhouse Althoff to reach state semifinals
Lake Land’s Frankie Izard, Ashlyn MacDonald named national scholar-athletes
Lake Land promotes longtime assistant Julian Larry to new men’s basketball coach
EIU softball signs Lakers’ speedy outfielder, Katie Nicholson
Ken Baker: Charleston High’s historic 1967-68 boys basketball season was ‘dad’s best coaching job’
An undefeated regular-season & Sweet 16 berth: Charleston girls soccer dominated in 2013
Talk about an amazing run: Mattoon volleyball captured 3 regional titles, 3 30-win seasons & an Elite 8 appearance in 2012-14
Mattoon’s Amanda Aydt named IBCA coach of year
The best game ever played at Roundhouse featured the most talented team in Mattoon softball history
Lauren Chappell and CHS’s gang of ‘goofballs’ had a lot of fun midst a lot of winning
Mattoon’s Pilson adjusting to football life on the defensive side at Lehigh
Please, thank Consolidated Communications, another new supporter
Many thanks to our local heroes at Sarah Bush Lincoln, our newest sponsor
Riley McInerney saved his best for last in setting the state 3200-meter mark in ’13 IHSA final
We’re kicking off a series on Coles County sports history
Senior HS athletes on pandemic: ‘sad, mad, optimistic, beaten down, frustrated’ and more
Lake Land’s Izard commits to national softball powerhouse
All-American Fearday transfers from Lake Land after 1 season
IHSA cancels spring sports; summer contact days could be next
Lakers’ Johnson Selected Co-Coach of Year by IBCA
Verdun shares stories on the state of athletics, writing books and covering top athletes at EIU
Lake Land’s Fearday selected as 1st team All-American
Green Wave boasts 8 wrestlers on all-Apollo team, Trojans post 2
Charleston’s Miller, Mattoon’s Bradbury named to all-Apollo team
Episode 6: Lake Land women’s basketball, prep track and more
Lake Land’s bid for national basketball title delayed. NJCAA re-sets tourney for late April
Mattoon’s Laughhunn powers Lake Land to 11-10 victory
Mattoon’s Carter, Cook snag top-10 finishes in 30-team Normal West Indoor meet
Izard, Kaufman lead Lake Land in sweep of Lincoln Trail
Lake Land women are seeded No. 4 in national basketball tourney
Lakers’ Young strikes out 11 in loss to Jefferson, 6-3
Charleston sisters, 4 area boys advance to state fresh-soph wrestling finals
Lake Land women win in OT to advance to 1st national basketball tourney since 2012
Lake Land’s Adam Price named to all-region basketball team
Scheitler, Kaufman lead Lake Land to softball sweep of Frontier
Fearday’s 3-pointer in final minute helps No. 6 Lake Land hold off No. 5 Lincoln Land in regional semifinal, 63-60
MHS’s Davee, Weder, CHS’s Garrett, Spoonhour take charge in Apollo Indoor meet
Opinion: CHS’s Littleford, MHS’s Ramage deservedly earn all-state basketball honors
Episode 5: Prep girls & boys basketball, middle school wrestling and Lake Land hoops
Charleston native Stan Royer on EIU baseball, fave Cardinals teammates and the Astros stealing signs
Olney rips 4 homers in rout of Lake Land baseball, 18-2
Lake Land softball sweeps SW Illinois in GRAC opener
Eisenhower holds off Mattoon in fourth quarter to win boys regional basketball semifinal, 53-50
Lakers rely on suffocating defense to advance to regional final four
Lakers women begin quest tonight for a national basketball tourney berth
Vincennes ends Lake Land’s season in Region 24 quarterfinal, 83-63
