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The D2 men's tournament is underway. Rend Lake punched their ticket to the tournament championship with a 92-76 win over Danville. Rolen Adams led Rend Lake with 21, Navantae Nesbit added 16. They wil...

The Great Rivers Athletic Conference released it's All Conference Women's team. Centralia grad Jalea Shered of SWIC made the team and was also voted Freshman of the Year. Madison Lewis of Wabash Valle...

The Sandoval/Odin/Patoka Alumni Basketball Tournament will be held next Saturday in the Odin Big Gym at 1pm. The round robin begins with Odin and Sandoval followed by Sandoval taking on Patoka and the...

The Salem Wildcats track team traveled to the SIUC Indoor Invitational. The Wildcats had 11 PR's on the night. Miking Ettress broke his own school record in the 60m running a 7.37. Madden Thompson was...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Kasparas Jakucionis hit a 3-pointer with 40 seconds left to put Illinois ahead for good, and the Illini rallied past No. 18 Purdue 88-80 on Friday night. Illinois (20-11, 12-8 B...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Brayden Schenn scored twice to lead the St. Louis Blues to a 4-3 win over the Anaheim Ducks on Friday night. With the Blues leading 3-2, Schenn scored his second of the game on ...

The boys sectional championships are tonight. The Centralia Orphans will head to Marion for the 3a Sectional championship against Triad. Centralia is 29-4 on the season and are looking for their 2nd s...

In middle school volleyball, Franklin Park beat Wesclin 23-25, 25-22, 15-6. The JV earned a decisive win 25-8, 25-16. Selmaville beat Raccoon 25-19, 25-18. Ava Donoho had 10 service points, Dylann Ros...

The Franklin Park Bowlers hosted Bluford at Salem Bowl. The varsity boys won both games. Abram Jett had high game of 205, Kai Graham 202 and Kylan Cassidy 189. The varsity girls beat Bluford. Lilly Mo...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - St. Louis Blues No. 1 defenseman Colton Parayko is expected to miss the rest of the regular season after injuring his left knee in the team's shootout victory at the Los Angeles Kings...