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The Salem Wildcats grabbed an early lead in their Sectional semifinal game against Mascoutah leading 2-0 after the first inning, but after 3 rain delays and 4 hours later, Salem fell 16-2 and finished...

The South 7 announced their All Conference Baseball team. Archie Goewey was named the Conference Co-Pitcher of the Year and 1st Team Pitcher. Rhett Lambert was 1st team infielder, Drake Fahringer 1st ...

In Little League Majors Softball, Yardley Automotive stayed undefeated beating Lions 10-4. Kaylee Carroll had 2 hits and scored 3 times, Karmen Murray-Young and Adilee Nolte had 2 runs each. Carroll w...

WASHINGTON (AP) - MacKenzie Gore pitched seven innings of three-hit ball and Amed Rosario homered to break a scoreless tie in the seventh as the Washington Nationals beat the Chicago Cubs 2-0 on Wedne...

The Salem Wildcats will open up the Triad 3a baseball sectional this morning. Game time at 10am with the winner to play Saturday against the 2nd game's winner between Triad and Marion. Salem is making...

The Centralia Annies advanced to the Triad 3a softball sectional finals after a 4-0 win over Olney. Maddy Francois pitched a complete game and struck out 13. Maddy and Kinslie Hawthorne had 2 RBI each...

The summer season started for the Salem Lady Wildcats who came away with 2 wins at West Frankfort. Reagan Shuler got the win in game 1. Katee Sellers tripled home a run, Izzy Decker also added a tripl...

The Salem Lady Wildcats softball team won the school's first ever conference title with their co-championship with Columbia this year in the Cahokia Conference. They were rewarded with 5 on the All Co...

In Little League Majors, Rotary Reds beat previously unbeaten Schmidt Ford 8-4. Weston Crouse was the winning pitcher striking out 2 and walking 1 in complete 6 inning game. In the win Beau Martinez h...

In City of Salem Recreation men's softball, Iuka State Bank opened up with a 17-6 win over El Rancherito, Eliminators shutout 4 The Fallen 35-0, Bit Brokers blew out El Rancherito 28-7.