With less than a week to go until fall baseball gets underway, the Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City Bobcats are gearing up for the upcoming season, and head coach Andrew Noble is excited to be getting the season underway. CHBC is coming off a spring season that saw...

The Vandals now again have a Week 9 opponent in High School Football. The Vandals found out a few weeks ago that Litchfield would not field a varsity team this year. And, that meant the Vandals lost their week 9 game--leaving them with either finding a new op...

With fall baseball right around the corner, multiple area schools are gearing up for the upcoming season, including the South Central Cougars. The Cougars, who relied on a lot of underclassmen in the starting lineup last season, are returning a majority of the...

The Vandalia at Altamont Junior High Softball game scheduled for today has been moved back to a 6 pm start. And, there will be "B" innings after the game.

Monday marked the first official practice for fall sports in Illinois, and with fall baseball around the corner, the Altamont Indians began to prep for the upcoming season. And Indians head coach JD Arnold says he's looking forward to the upcoming campaign. Al...

The high school sports year gets fully underway today across the state with the first official practices being held for all fall sports with the exception of football that got underway this last Wednesday. Volleyball, golf, cross country, soccer and girls tenn...

With week 1 of the 2026 High School Football season just two weeks away, the Vandalia Vandals are continuing to prepare for the upcoming season. And while the Vandals return a lot of key pieces from last season's team, one thing coach Jason Clay hopes to conti...

Wednesday marked the first official day of football practice throughout the state. Vandals Coach Jason Clay says he was really pleased with the energy he saw from his team. We will hear more from Coach Clay coming up tomorrow.

Ones to Watch: Our I70Sports staff has picked four young athletes who took big steps forward in the 2025-2026 school year and could continue that trend and have even bigger years in 2026-2027. Isaac's Picks: Carson Milleville, Altamont: After bursting onto th...

2025-2026 Coaches of the Year: Tim Pasley, BSE Girls Basketball: Pasley lead the Lady Bombers to their most successful season yet in program history as BSE won a school record 30 games to finish the season at 30-4. BSE won the program's third Regional Champion...

Bella Walk, Vandalia: The sophomore quietly put together a big second year of high school for Vandalia. After a strong first season of tennis for the Lady Vandals as a freshman, Walk moved into the #3 Singles spot behind two experienced seniors in the #1 and #...

Kohnor Depew, Vandalia: Depew will go down as one of the best athletes to go through Vandalia High School and further secured his name in the VCHS record books with a big senior year. In the fall, Depew set a new record for individual points scored in a season...

Our I70Sports Best Of Standout Athletes are chosen for more than just their stat lines. The athletes listed below are multi-sport athletes who have had significant parts of two or more sports seasons and have also demonstrated strong signs of leadership, sport...

Our I70Sports Best Of Standout Athletes are chosen for more than just their stat lines. The athletes listed below are multi-sport athletes who have had significant parts of two or more sports seasons and have also demonstrated strong signs of leadership, sport...

Today marks the fourth and final week of our Best Of for 2025-2026. Over the previous three Fridays, we have recognized athletes that have excelled in sports from the fall, winter and spring sports seasons as well as the coaches leading them. Today we will hon...