Tuesday night's season opener between Vandalia and Altamont provided plenty of action right away with the Lady Vandals pulling away from the Lady Indians in the second half just enough for a 53-46 win. The first quarter was a low scoring back and forth eight m...

The South Central Lady Cougars got out to a quick start and then held off a second half charge by Martinsville to get a 54-49 win in their season and home opener on Tuesday night. South Central was able to get out to a 13-5 first quarter lead as a balanced sco...

The #20 Illinois Fighting Illini will face their first big test of the season tonight as they will play #7 Alabama. Illini Coach Brad Underwood says this will be a big major test for his team. This game is technically a "neutral site" game but is bei...

The first Hecht Chevrolet/I70Sports Game of the Week for the Winter 2024-2025 sports season is set for tonight as the Vandalia Lady Vandals will host the Altamont Lady Indians in the season opener for both teams. The Lady Vandals went 8-22 last season while th...

Brownstown-St. Elmo kicked off their 2024-2025 season with a 59-29 win over Cumberland in their home opener on Monday night. The Lady Bombers played strong defense in the first quarter, not letting the Lady Pirates get any solid looks at the basket, only givin...

Ramsey girls basketball suffered a tough 41-15 loss at Sandoval in the season opener on Monday night. The Lady Rams were outscored 17-3 in the first quarter and held scoreless in the second quarter as they trailed 30-3 at halftime. Ramsey would tighten their d...

Nine Vandals football players have been named to the South Central Conference's All-Conference Football Team for the 2024 season. The Vandals have honorees on both sides of the ball as well as on special teams. First Team honorees include sophomore quarterback...

After two weeks of practice, the start of girls basketball games across the state is here and two I70Sports teams will kick off their seasons tonight. Brownstown-St. Elmo will look to duplicate their success of a season ago when they went 26-8 and made it to a...

The Altamont Lady Indians will have a bit of a new look when hitting the floor this season, beginning with their season opener on Tuesday night at Vandalia. After the graduation of four seniors who had spent a large amount of time in the starting lineup the la...

Our Pro Wire Athletes of the Week for November 9 are Vandalia Football's offensive linemen group of Isaac Forbes, Bryce Hartlieb, Jayden Rosetto, Dominic Swyers and Kaden Tidwell. The offensive line of the Vandals is a group that probably has not been talked a...

After dropping two of their first three pool play games, Team USA won their last two games to finish pool play at 3-2, good for second place in the Group A standings and to earn a spot in the Super Round of the WBSC Premier-12 Global Battle. On Tuesday, USA be...

Vandalia senior volleyball player Livi Wehrle has made her decision on where to continue her athletic and academic career as she signed with Kaskaskia College on Thursday afternoon. Wehrle played middle hitter for the Lady Vandals and says there a few things t...

For the third year in a row, a member of the Vandalia High School Football team has been named to the Illinois High School Football Coaches Association's 2A All-State Team. Junior wide receiver and defensive back Kohnor Depew has been honored on this year's te...

CHBC boys basketball will be making some longer trips during the Thanksgiving holiday week as they will compete in a different tournament to kick off their 2024-2025 season. The Bobcats have played in the Mulberry Grove Tournament for several years but will ma...

The Vandalia Lady Vandals will return for the second year of the Nokomis Fall Tip-Off Tournament while CHBC will enter the tournament this year to kick off their season. The tournament, running from November 21-23, is in its second year and expands to an eight...