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Northrop's Pernell Whitsett talks about his decision to sign with Lincoln Trail College to continue his baseball career.

VINCENNES, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — The South Knox girls tennis team defeats Washington 4-1 to win their second straight sectional championship and remain undefeated on the season.

SULLIVAN, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — Sullivan’s Dalton Wilkinson signs with SMWC Football.

Sumner, Illinois (May 16, 2024)………The return of USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship racing to Red Hill Raceway in Sumner, Illinois is back on the schedule for Wednesday night, July 3. The series’ first visit to the 3/8-mile dirt oval in 26 years marks the inaugural edition...

(Robinson) – The RHS Maroons got blanked by Centralia 10-0 in six innings Friday. With the loss RHS falls to 14-12 on the season. They are 4-3 in the LIC. They will be back in action Wednesday for the Teutopolis Regional. They will face Flora for a 7 p.m. first pitch.

(Undated) – Crawford Memorial Hospital is reminding student-athletes and their parents it’s time to begin the athletic physical process for the 2024-2025 sports seasons. CMH says each athlete must be pre-screened by the CMH Athletic Training Staff before having an athletic physical. The prescreening is a chance for CMH Athletic Training Staff to review the athlete’s health history and determine if that athlete receives his/her physical at the hospital’s physical clinic. Completed appointment selection and health history portion of the physical will need to be turned in to CMH Outpatient Therapy or your school’s Athletic Trainer no later than May 24th. Once received, CMH Athletic Training staff will review the athlete’s health history and call to notify the athlete of scheduled appointments.

UPCOMING USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT. Red Hill Raceway (Sumner, Illinois) – 3/8-mile dirt oval. Salute to Levi Jones featuring the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship & DIRTcar Modfieds. STARTING TIMES:. Pits open at 3pm Central, front gates open at 5:30pm and cars hit the track...

South Central softball went 1-1 on Saturday at the Olney Tiger Classic, picking up a win over Lawrenceville, 13-2, before falling to host Olney, 8-2. In their opening game, South Central got on the board early in the first inning with back to back singles by Kyra Swift and Kaitlyn Swift to put runners on before a double from Taegan Webster drove in both and Lauren Johnson singled to scored Webster for a 3-0 South Central lead. The Cougars would add on one more run in the inning with a sacrifice fly from Zoey Feldhake bringing in Johnson to score and extending the lead to 4-0. After a scoreless second inning for the Cougars and Tigers, South Central added on another run in the top of the third as Amelia Montes scored on a passed ball and tacked on a pair of runs in the top of the fourth, scoring on a wild pitch and a single from Montes brought in another run for a 7-0 Cougars lead. Lawrenceville got their first run on the scoreboard in the bottom of the fourth to cut it to 7-1 before the fifth inning would by scoreless for both teams. South Central’s best scoring inning came in the top of the sixth inning with the top of the order getting things going. A Kyra Swift single followed by Kaitlyn Swift reaching base on an error brought in a run to make it 8-1 and then South Central would load the bases. A single from Kinlee Thompson drove in another run and a single from Feldhake scored two to push the lead to 11-1. The Cougars added on one more run with a single from Ella Watwood that scored Thompson for a 12-1 South Central lead. Lawrenceville scored one run in the bottom of the seventh to cut it to 13-2, but the Cougars held the Indians to just that one run to close out the 13-2, run rule win.

VINCENNES, Ind. – The three-time defending Region 24 Champion Vincennes University volleyball team opened their 2024 recruiting class with a new addition with a pretty familiar name. The Trailblazers begin their 2024 recruiting class with five-foot-six defensive specialist / libero Ashley Earp from Mattoon, Ill. Earp is the stepsister...

The Dugger Union Bulldogs will head out on the road to square off against the Vincennes Rivet Patriots at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Dugger Union is looking for their season?s first win. Last Monday, Dugger Union came up short against Bloomfield and fell 10-5. Meanwhile, Vincennes Rivet came into Monday's...

The Terre Haute North Vigo Patriots will head out on the road to face off against the Vincennes Lincoln Alices at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches. If Terre Haute North Vigo beats Vincennes Lincoln with four runs on...

Sullivan came into Wednesday's match having lost five straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Greencastle Tiger Cubs 4-3. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Sullivan also won the last time the pair played back in May of 2023.

Cloverdale lost against Sullivan back in May of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Saturday. The Cloverdale Clovers lost 9-2 to the Sullivan Golden Arrows. The defeat continues a trend for Cloverdale in their matchups with Sullivan: they've now lost four in a row. For...

VINCENNES, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — The Sullivan Golden Arrows win their second sectional championship in a row, 10-0 over Mitchell in five innings Wednesday night. Kate Ridgway throws a no-hitter with ten strikeouts and Jaylen Hobbs his a 3-run home run as the Arrows improve to 25-4 on the season. They will move on to the […]

Vincennes Rivet fell victim to Evansville Christian and their airtight pitching crew on Friday. They lost 8-0 to the Evansville Christian Eagles. Vincennes Rivet has struggled against Evansville Christian recently, as their matchup on Friday was their third consecutive lost matchup. For Evansville Christian's part, they let Jayden Gates and...

Linton-Stockton fell victim to Sullivan and their airtight pitching crew on Friday. They lost 10-0 to the Sullivan Golden Arrows. Linton-Stockton has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games. For Sullivan's part, the team relied heavily on Jaylynn Hobbs, who fired off two home runs and six RBI while going...

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — South Knox Alum and Indiana State All-American Will Staggs won the MVC Men’s Pole Vault Outdoor Conference Championship on Friday to highlight Day 1 of the MVC Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Indiana State. Staggs set a facility record for the Gibson Track and Field Complex with his final […]

Oblong was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They lost 14-3 to the Lawrenceville Indians. The result was an unpleasant reminder to Oblong of the 9-1 loss they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in March.

It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Vincennes Lincoln had no problem doing just that on Wednesday. They beat the Heritage Hills Patriots by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 6-1. The victory was nothing new for Vincennes Lincoln as they're now sitting on six straight.

Lawrenceville High School will be looking to replace three varsity sports head coaches in the future. That after the Unit 20 Board of Education accepted the resignations of Randy Bishop as Indian head basketball coach, Sam Hyre as head wrestling coach and Misty Bellville as Lady Indian head volleyball coach at a special session Thursday. Bishop is leaving to become head basketball coach at Robinson. The board approved of posting the positions and the process toward filling those vacancies will begin as soon as possible.