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The 1a baseball & softball regional pairings have been released by the IHSA. The South Central Regional will open Monday, May 19th with Brownstown and Cisne playing with the winner advancing to th...

The Centralia Orphans tennis team kept their solid play going with an 8-1 win over Marion. Singles winners were Alkis Sekas, Reed Ashford, Thomas Ha, Peyton Cole and Ethan Samples. The Orphans teams o...

Believe It or DON'T On this day in 1886, Dr. John Pemberton came up with the secret formula for Coca-Cola syrup, while cooking over a fire in his backyard. At first he combined it with straight water,...

Wildcats Win 3rd Straight, Showdown With Columbia Today At Salem Salem improved to 11-11 overall and won their 3rd straight game for the first time this season beating South Central on the road 7-2. S...

Fresh off their 1-0 thriller of a win on Tuesday in Columbia, the Lady Wildcats will try to sweep the Lady Eagles today at Tully Park and try to remain undefeated in Cahokia play. The Annies knocked o...

The Salem Lady Wildcats fell to Greenville in prep soccer 4-2. Jordan Kessler and Emily Guzman had the Salem goals. Kourtney Garrison and Guzman added assists.

The Christ Our Rock Lutheran High School Boys Track and Field Team placed 3rd today at The Gateway Metro Athletic Conference Track and Field Meet held at Belleville Althoff Catholic High School. It to...

In Salem Junior League action at the Complex, Salem Bowl beat Brad Decker CPA 5-4 in walk off fashion scoring the winning run on an error. Tanner Purintun had 2 hits and drove in 2 runs in the win. Ow...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Sonny Gray pitched seven innings of two-hit ball, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the slumping Pittsburgh Pirates 5-0 on Wednesday for their fifth straight victory. Gray (4-1) struck...

CHICAGO (AP) - Robbie Ray pitched six sparkling innings, Wilmer Flores had three hits and the San Francisco Giants beat the Chicago Cubs 3-1 on Wednesday. Ray (5-0) allowed one run and three hits in h...