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Lady Bobcats Win Regional, Next Up Class L State v. DuQuoin
The Franklin Park Lady Bobcats continued their great volleyball season with a pair of wins and a regional title on their home floor last night. Salem opened the night with a 25-11, 25-6 win over Olney...
Mar 21, 2025
Rockets Hold Off Sandoval To Advance To Class S State v. Cisne
In Class S, Selmaville won their regional at home over Sandoval 25-15, 25-8. Ava Donoho had 12 points for the Rockets and Brylee Carter added 8 along with Alli Patrick. They advance to next Saturday's...
Mar 21, 2025
Broberg scores in OT to lift Blues over Canucks 4-3 for 4th straight win
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Philip Broberg scored 3:42 into overtime and the St. Louis Blues beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 on Thursday night for their fourth straight victory. Tyler Tucker and Dylan Holloway sc...
Mar 21, 2025
Coby White scores 35 points to lead the Chicago Bulls to a 128-116 win over the Sacramento Kings
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Coby White scored 35 points as the Chicago Bulls beat the Sacramento Kings 128-116 on Thursday night. Kevin Huerter scored 25 points while adding five rebounds, seven assists...
Mar 21, 2025
Orphans Travel To West Frankfort after Loss To Benton...Mt Vernon Falls To CM
The Centralia Orphans baseball team is in action today at West Frankfort. The Orphans are coming off a tough 6-5 loss to Benton on Wednesday. Yesterday, Mt Vernon fell to Civic Memorial 11-5. In the l...
Mar 20, 2025
Lady Wildcats Scheduled To Host Benton Today...Mt Vernon Gets 16ks From Tobin In W
The Salem Lady Wildcats softball team will try to make it a 2-0 start when they host Benton at Tully Park. Mt Vernon beat Hamilton County 16-5. Taylor DeSmith drove in 4 runs on 3 hits including a dou...
Mar 20, 2025
Franklin Park Opens Regionals Tonight...Centralia's Season Ends In Regional Finals
The Franklin Park Lady Bobcats are the top seed at home tonight for their Class L Region 8 tournament. They will host Olney at 5pm with Mt Carmel and Flora playing at 6. The championship game will be ...
Mar 20, 2025
Breese Central Dominates Cahokia Conference All Mississippi Division Team
The Breese Central men's and women's basketball teams had amazing season's this year. The men won the toughest regional in the state and the women's team fell to the eventual state champ Nashville in ...
Mar 20, 2025 Photo: Greg Maxey
Wise World of Wellen presented by Salem Eye Clinic
1. Shell Oil Company got the name "Shell" because when it started in 1833, it was a store that sold imported seashells. It didn't get into the oil business for another 50 years. 2. Blue is the most po...
Mar 19, 2025
Wildcats Snap Skid And Beat Mt Vernon To Open Baseball Season
For the first time since 2014, the Salem Wildcats beat Mt Vernon in their season opener 7-6. The Cats built an early 4-1 lead before the Rams would tie it at 4 midway through the game. Salem would pla...
Mar 19, 2025
