Gabe Newman, Assistant Sports Editor
• March 11, 2025
An estimated 2,500 people were in attendance at Eastern’s Groniger Arena Monday evening to watch the Meridian Bobcats boys’ basketball team take on the St. Anthony Bulldogs in the Illinois High School...
Gabe Newman, Assistant Sports Editor
• February 15, 2025
Sophomore guard Sadie Phillips and junior forward Mekenzie Wanek-Clementi combined for 27 points, but it wasn’t enough for the Charleston girls’ basketball team in its regional quarterfinal game against...
Gabe Newman, Assistant Sports Editor
• February 7, 2025
Charleston High School girls’ basketball will play Mattoon in the regional quarterfinals of the class 3A Illinois High School Association playoffs on Feb. 15, with the winner advancing to play top-seeded...
The Illinois High School Association’s Boys Track and Field state semifinals and finals will take place at O’Brien Field Thursday through Saturday.
All the semifinals in class 1A will be held on...
If it were during the academic year, he probably would have been on the other side of the starting blocks.
Even then, he actually may not be using the blocks, seeing as how he runs middle distance events...
Sophomore Amber Vroman from Seneca High School throws her arms up in celebration as she crosses the finish line during a preliminary heat of the 4x800 meter relay, solidifying her squad's first-place finish...
The Illinois High School Association’s Girls Track and Field state semifinals and finals are coming to O’Brien Field Thursday through Saturday.
All the semifinals in class 1A will be held on Thursday.
The...
Eastern will host thousands of high school athletes this weekend for the IHSA girls’ track meet.
Some of those athletes will come from local and surrounding high schools such as Charleston, Mattoon,...
![[Thumbnail Edition] Senior tennis player Luisa Renovales Salazar hits the tennis ball with her racket at the Darling Courts at the Eastern Illinois University campus in Charleston, ILL.](https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Tennis_01_O-1-e1741807434552-1200x670.jpg)
![[Thumbnail Edition] Eastern Illinois University baseball's hitting coach and recruiting coordinator Mike Pugliese urges players on the team to increase their effort after a slow start to its pregame routine at the team's first intrasquad scrimmage of the season at O'Brien Field on Jan. 31, 2025.](https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/BB_02_O-1-e1741909628540-1200x702.jpg)
![[Thumbnail Edition] Senior right-handed pitcher Tyler Conklin pitching in the Eastern Illinois University baseball team's intrasquad scrimmage at O'Brien Field in Charleston, Illinois on Jan. 31.](https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/TC_01_O-e1741567955534-1200x669.jpg)
![E[Thumbnail Edition] Eastern Illinois softball freshman utility player Abbi Hatton deciding to throw the softball to home plate in a fielding drill during softball practice at the field house in Groniger arena on Tuesday Feb. 11.](https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/SB_03_O-e1741208880750-1-e1741209739187-1200x815.jpg)
![The Weeklings lead guitarist John Merjave [Left] and guitarist Bob Burger [Right] perform "I Am the Walrus" at The Weeklings Beatles Bash concert in the Dvorak Concert Hall on Saturday.](https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/WL_01_O-1200x900.jpg)
![The team listens as its captain Patience Cox [Number 25] lectures to them about what's appropriate to talk about through practice during "The Wolves" on Thursday, March 6, in the Black Box Theatre in the Doudna Fine Arts Center in Charleston, Ill.](https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/WolvesPre-12-1200x800.jpg)
