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The Elks Soccer Shoot was held at the Salem Soccer Complex on Sunday afternoon. A boy and girl champion was crowned in each age division. Advancing to Olney for the next round in September will be... ...

Iuka beat Central City 11-3 in the semifinals of the Oil Belt Conference baseball tournament semifinals. Zach Jones, Trygg Aaron and Eli Bookout drove in 3 runs each. The Pirates took 11 walks in the ...

In middle school softball, South Central beat Neoga on the road 15-2. Claire Chasteen and Bella McDowell had 3 RBI each, 2 from Lexy Garrett and Alexa Gile. SC also got runs driven in by Skylar Webste...

The Selmaville Rockets advanced to the OBC softball finals with a 16-1 win over Raccoon. The score was tied at 1 in the bottom of the 3rd when the Rockets scored 15 runs to end the game. Alana Howe wa...

Franklin Park won their home opener beating DuQuoin 11-1. Ben Lux was the winning pitcher giving up just 1 hit over 4.1 innings striking out 7. At the plate, Lux dro9ve in 2 runs and scored twice. The...

The Selmaville Rockets beat St Mary/Willow Grove in the opener of the OBC Baseball Tournament. The Rockets scored 14 combined runs in the 2nd and 3rd inning to win 19-4. Izac Holsapple, Jacob Butts an...

The Franklin Park Lady Bobcats dropped a 13-1 decision in their home opener to DuQuoin. Kaylee Carroll had 2 hits for Salem. Adding hits were Brinn Detmer, Bre Pennypacker and Emma Hawley. Also in sof...

The OBC Tournament opened yesterday and Iuka won their opener over Field 16-10. Kenzie Collier was the winning pitcher. Shaylee Vest drove in 2 runs. Briella Wodtka and Lilly Brewer each singled. Iuka...

Believe It or DON'T On this day in 1945, World War 2 Ended with Japan's surrender. Believe It or DON'T On this day in 1953, David Mullany Sr. noticed his son was having a difficult time playing baseba...

Franklin Park Bobcats suffered a tough loss at Carterville 7-1. Eli Purdy had the only Salem hit. EJ Wolfe scored the Salem run. Tanner Purintun pitched for Salem going 3.2 allowing 3 runs on 6 hits. ...