The Sycamores open up their football season Thursday, August 31st at 6. They face off against the Eastern Illinois Panthers who finished with the same record as the Sycamores did
Cross Country Adam Swanson, the fifth-year graduate from Carpentersville is coming back for another season with the Panthers. Swanson was named first-team for the Ohio Valley Conference for the 2022 season of men’s cross country. Swanson competed in all six of the meets in the 2022 season. Swanson finished the OVC 8K race in third.
The defensive side of the ball took charge in the Eastern football team’s annual spring game Saturday afternoon at O’Brien Field. EIU’s defense won in the annual scrimmage as they were able to make stops on EIU’s offense as they made big plays throughout the game. The defense is now led by Clay Bignell who.
Quarterbacks Dom Shoffner and Jonah O’Brien ran for two touchdowns apiece and Eastern Illinois held on to beat Northwestern State 35-27. The Panthers rolled to a 21-7 first-quarter lead on
DEKALB, Ill. (AP) Rocky Lombardi threw for 192 yards to six different receivers and Northern Illinois used a balanced running attack to hold off Eastern Illinois 34-27 in a season opener Thursday night.