Mac On Sports

         A brief rain delay wasn’t going to deprive MyShaun Dozier of a lifetime experience. Although the start of last Saturday afternoon’s game between the Los Angeles Angels and the St. Louis Cardinals was delayed by rain, nothing was going to stand in the way of what he was about to do–throw out the…

      Jim Hallihan is looking forward with great anticipation, enthusiasm and excitement to the Sept. 27-28 weekend when members and Coach Jack Kenny of the 1962 Stephen Decatur state championship basketball team come together for their first-ever team reunion. This is for players and coaches only as they get together for a round of golf…

       After finishing as runnerup a year ago in a four hole playoff with Isa Gabsa, Jillian Hollis won the 35th and final Forsyth Classic Sunday evening at Hickory Point Golf Club by two strokes with her 13 under par. Her 13 under score is the same one she finished with a year ago. She…

         Decatur St. Louis Blues fans celebrated late Wednesday night after the Blues won the Stanley Cup championship.      Its the first time in history that the St. Louis Blues won the Stanley Cup championship and it came in Boston with their 4-1 win over the Bruins. Interestingly, the Blues won three of their four…

    By J. Thomas McNamara, Sports Editor    When you have covered an event for more than three decades each June, it hurts to see it come to an end. But this is it for the Forsyth Classic. Our history of Father’s Day championship golf for the best amateur women golfers in the world will…

         The IHSA Board of Directors announced a new IHSA Boys & Girls Basketball State Final format.      The format change comes in conjunction with the Board voting to seek Request For Proposals to host each of the state finals tournaments from 2021 to 2023.      As a result of Monday’s changes, the IHSA Girls Basketball…

  East Peoria—The lady Braves came here with one goal in mind—finish their season with a better trophy than they came back with a year ago. Greg Blakey’s team beat Kankakee Bishop McNamara, 4-2, this morning (Saturday) to capture third place.      They finished fourth last year.      I will have more on this developing story in…

       It’s nice to be wanted.      Bryon Graven was recruited by the coach           he’s succeeding.      Dave Suits, the South County (Waverly/Franklin) head coach, is headed to Carlinville to become its new head coach. He and Graven are long-time buddies. As a result, “he got a hold of me” said Graven about Suits reaching out to…

  Mount Zion plays at 12:30 p.m. Friday in the Class 3A softball Illinois High School Association championships at the East Side Centre in East Peoria. Greg Blakey’s lady Braves defeated the Orphans, 8-1, in the Mattoon super-sectional. Mount Zion finished fourth last year and is out to better that finish this weekend. I will…

    As expected, Shannon Houser is the new Meridian boys basketball head coach. The Meridian school board approved his hiring at the May 20 meeting. Houser has been coaching the middle school basketball program after successfully coaching three years LSA Lions basketball. He took the Lions to one sectional, going 20-10 his first season…