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ST. LOUIS (AP) - Jack Flaherty pitched five effective innings for St. Louis in his first big league game since late June, but the NL Central-leading Cardinals had their four-game winning streak stoppe...

DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) - If NASCAR's playoff opener at Darlington Raceway was any indication, the postseason is going to be a wild one. Erik Jones became the first non-playoff driver to win NASCAR's op...

School's Back. Who's Paying for It? Provided by MidAmerica Financial Resources   Schools across the nation are getting back to business. For students, it's a return to education after vacations, ...

The Salem Wildcats scored 3 times in the 2nd quarter and pulled away for their first win of the season, a 48-7 rout at Alton Marquette. Miking Ettress had 2 touchdowns, a run of 81 yards in the 3rd qu...

The Salem Wildcat soccer team heads to Roxana for a Cahokia match up this morning starting at 11 a.m. Salem enters at 4-2-and-1 after a 7-4 home win over Valmeyer yesterday. Eli Baker scored 4 times a...

Wildcats 3rd At Carbondale 2-Man Scramble The Salem Wildcats were 3rd at the Carbondale 2-man Scramble. Jairen Stroud and Cale Harris shot a team score of 6-under. Brogan Gregg and Ryan Detering carde...

Dodson's No Hitter Lifts SC To 7th Straight Win The SC Cougars are 7-1 after Aidan Dodson threw a no-hitter in their 11-0 road win at Brownstown/St Elmo. Dodson struck out 6 and walked 2 in the 5-inni...

Jr Varsity Lady Bobcats Get Win Over Odin The Salem Lady Bobcat JV earned a 15-10 win over Odin's varsity. Adysen Pracht was good in the circle. Every Lady Cat got on base. Pracht, Aubrey Parker, Teag...

SC Falcons Stay Hot With Win Over Vandalia The SC Falcons knocked off visiting Vandalia 5-2. Kaiden Harrell was the winning pitcher going 6 innings allowing 3 hits and no earned runs with 9 strikeouts...

Salem Soccer will host 3 games against Midland United Soccer Club of Effingham today. The 5/6 grade boys and girls play the U12 team at 2:15. At 4pm, the 7/8 grade will face the U14 team. The 3/4 grad...