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1. The first athlete in the U.S. to ever earn $1 million in his lifetime was a bare-knuckle boxer named John L. Sullivan in 1882. 2. The world's oldest beer recipe comes from approximately 1800 B.C. i...

The Salem Wildcats opened up the Greenville Soccer Tournament with a dominant win over Pinckneyville 9-2. Eli Baker had 7 goals and 1 assist in the win. Caleb Purintun added 2 goals. Alex Spencer had ...

The Salem JV Wildcats traveled to Breese for a quad-match. Mater Dei won the event shooting 163, Breese Central's 165 tied with Salem and Okawville shot 190. Jaxon Ward and Scout Puricelli led Salem w...

Salem Lady Cats tennis opened their season at home against Newton and won 7-2. They swept varsity doubles and singles all looked really good this year with only two losses. Salem's doubles teams won 6...

The Salem cross country teams competed at the New Athens Invitational Monday evening. Hunter Malan placed 3rd overall in a time of 16:10. Freshman Abram Jett was 69th and Jacob Cape was 71st. For the ...

Franklin Park hosted their first Fun Meet of the pre-season. There were 12 runners in the varsity boys division with Isaiah Turner, Micahel Davis and Keaton Wilkins each in the top 5. The Varsity Girl...

Lady Cats Win Again To Start Volleyball Season 2-0 The Salem volleyball team is 2-0 on the season following their win at Flora yesterday 25-9, 25-21. The JV opened the night with a 25-17, 25-9 win. Bo...

Cartright Tosses Complete Game, Albert Drives In 5 In Stallions Win Christ Our Rock got 5 RBI from Brayden Albert as they beat Woodlawn 6-2. Tyson Morgan singled home a run for Woodlawn as part of his...

Lady Bobcats Host Vandalia After Loss The Franklin Park Lady Bobcats will host Vandalia today. Salem is coming off a 11-4 loss to visiting Aviston. Kaylee Carroll and Bre Pennypacker had hits with Pen...

Purdy Leads Bobcats Over Aviston The Franklin Park Bobcats beat visiting Aviston 4-1. Eli Purdy had 2 doubles and drove in a run along with Emit Gibson and EJ Wolfe. Salem outhit Aviston 5-3. Tanner P...