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The KC Blue Angels take their 28-9 record to the field today when they host Lake Land for a double header. The 16-14 Blue Devils will travel to Rend Lake College for a baseball double header. While th...

The Salem Wildcats tennis team earned a 5-4 road win at Flora. Winning in singles were Logan Bandy, Andrew Tate and Brendan Phillips. Salem won 2 of 3 doubles matches to help seal their win with victo...

The Christ Our Rock track teams competed at the Althoff Relays. Abagail Meyer won the girls 800 and was 4th in the discus. Rylee Brammier was 2nd in the girls 3200. Christian Noleman was 3rd in the me...

The Oil Belt Conference meet was held at SCHS Track yesterday. The Selmaville Rockets are the conference boys champ with 137.5 points followed by Central City with 118.5 and Raccoon 3rd with 111, 4 wa...

The Salem 13u opened up play in the Washington County Tournament with a 5-2 win over the Aviston Mustangs. Landon Maxey was very good going 7 innings allowing 2 hits and 2 runs with 8 strikeouts and o...

In Marion County YMCA/Salem Rec Department Youth Soccer, Grace United Methodist beat Allstate Insurance in overtime 2-1. In the win, Leah Byers and Rylan Smith were named Players of the Game. Dominick...

UNDATED (AP) - The Atlanta Hawks withstood a huge run by the Miami Heat to get within two games to one in the first round of the NBA playoffs. Trae Young hit a floater in the lane with 4.4 seconds lef...

UNDATED (AP) - Aaron Judge entered with just one home run this season after cutting off talks on opening day for a long-term contract. He came up big on Friday. The New York Yankees outfielder hit a p...

UNDATED (AP) - The Colorado Avalanche have picked a very bad time to drop three straight as they try to clinch home-ice throughout the Stanley Cup playoffs. Evander Kane had three goals and an assist ...

MONTREAL (AP) - Hockey Hall of Famer Guy Lafleur, who helped the Montreal Canadiens win five Stanley Cup titles in the 1970s, has died at age 70. The No. 1 pick in the 1971 NHL draft, Lafleur register...