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The Salem Lady Wildcats soccer season came to an end Saturday morning with a 6-5 loss at Olney. Today in 2a regional semifinals, Columbia is the site for the Lady Eagles and DuQuoin followed by Pinckn...

The Centralia Orphans are South 7 Tennis Champions winning the title over the weekend. Alkis Sekas won the #1 singles and joined Reed Ashford to win the top doubles flight. Thomas Ha and Peyton Cole w...

This week is the prep boys track and field sectionals. The Salem Wildcats will be at the Tolono Unity Sectional on Wednesday along with Patoka Co-Op and Olney. Breese Central is at Civic Memorial on W...

The girls state track and field meets will be held this weekend starting Thursday at Eastern Illinois University. Salem freshman Carly Veach will be in the 100m hurdles. Junior Hannah Smith will throw...

Salem 12U Wildcats drop a pair of close ones on Saturday. In game one, the Wildcats fell to T Town 7-4. Isaac Knapp had 2 hits and an rbi. Jacob Butts and Nolan Krutsinger also had rbi singles in the ...

Saturday - three team round robin against T-town Twisters and Mt. Zion Lady Braves. In the first game, Salem falls to T-town Twisters 1-6. Salem got on the board in the first inning after a passed bal...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Drew Waters led off the seventh inning with a pinch-hit triple, Maikel Garcia drove him in with a single and the Kansas City Royals snapped a four-game skid and avoided a serie...

CHICAGO (AP) - Pete Crow-Armstrong tripled, doubled and scored two runs, and the Chicago Cubs completed a three-game sweep of the crosstown White Sox at Wrigley Field with a 6-2 victory on Sunday. Nic...

Christopher Bell passed Joey Logano with nine laps remaining and cruised to victory in an action-packed NASCAR All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro Speedway on Sunday night. In a slam-bang affair that se...

The Salem Lady Wildcats will head to Olney today for their 2a regional quarterfinal that was postponed yesterday due to the weather. Kickoff at 10am. Today in 1a semifinal matches, Mater Dei takes on ...