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The local area was well represented this weekend at the Illinois Elks Association State Hoop Shoot Contest in Springfield.   Eli Bookhout placed 6th in the 12-13 year old boys division, Beckham D...

In Salem Recreation Coed Volleyball A League, Be Still beat Couples Therapy (25-11,25-23), Walmart beat Iuka State Bank (25-19, 25-23), Sugar and Spike in three sets over Meskil Cleaning Services (25-...

The KC Blue Devils dropped their road game at Shawnee 75-68. Keyon Garrett-Miller had 23 in the loss, Myles Liddell added 14 and Allen Myers finished with 12. KC falls to 15-14 overall and will finish...

Varsity girls bowled a total 2,845 pins in 6 games and secured 1st place. The team consisted of Hadley Allison, Adri Birch, Heather Gabbard, Lilly Morris, and Lila See. Individual medals were awarded ...

Patoka won the Franklin Park 7th Grade Volleyball Tournament on Saturday. They went 6-0 (in sets) on the day. They beat Franklin Park 25-17, 25-18, Centralia 25-10, 25-12, & Flora 25-9, 25-7. In t...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Tyler Reddick became the first driver in NASCAR Cup Series history to win the first three races of the season with a victory Sunday at the Circuit of Americas. Driving a Toyota co...

The Centralia Orphans improved to 31-1 on the season with a 33-22 regional championship win over Mt Vernon at Trout Arena. The game was tied at 8-8 at the halftime break as Mt Vernon utilized stalling...

Altamont overcame 30 points from Nathanial Marlow in the first half, including 20 in the second quarter as they won 68-58. Webber led 39-34 at the halftime break, but Altamont used a 10-0 run to start...

In 2a at Pinckneyville, Nashville erased an early deficit to come back to beat the host Panthers 59-44. Maddox Ritzel had 24 in the win, Ty Laur had 19 in the loss.   The Benton Rangers won the p...

Salem's Jordan Kessler capped off her fantastic girls basketball career with another trip to the Cahokia Conference All-League Basketball Team.   She joins Breese Central's Taylor Trame, the MVP ...