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In 1a at Bunker Hill, Carlyle takes on Bluffs followed by Nokomis and Okawville.   At Wayne City it's Brownstown/St Elmo taking on Christopher and then Edwards County plays Sesser Valier.   ...

Atlee Rasul took 1st Place at the Trico Pioneer Rumble on Sunday. She wrestles out of PSF in Mount Vernon.

Austin Woolridge is an SCHS senior who competed in the IHSA Boys Swimming Sectional Sat. Feb. 21 at Champaign High School. He dropped over 5 seconds off of his seed time.

The Franklin Park7th grade beat Summersville 48-30 to win the consolation title at the Woodlawn Tournament. EJ Wolfe led a balanced attack with 13. Caleb Dice had a great game with 10 points and 9 reb...

Franklin Park volleyball is at home tonight against Altamont. Salem battled it out with Vandalia last night and won in 3 sets 25-8, 16-25, 25-20. The Salem JV also went 3 sets but lost 25-19, 14-25, 1...

In Salem Rec Winter Coed A League Volleyball action, Meskil Cleaning Services beat Spike Tysons (25-16, 22-25, 15-13), Phelps Contractors over Iuka State Bank (25-19, 24-26, 15-13), Be Still beat Walm...

The Centralia Annies Basketball team pulled off an amazing comeback last week in their regional opener to beat rival Mt Vernon and advance to the finals. Although they didn't win the title, they playe...

Locally in 1a, Webber Township's Nathanial Marlow can make more history tonight as he enters at #4 all time in scoring in the IHSA at 3153 points. He is just 3 points behind Jamie Brandon of Chicago K...

(Photo Credit: Henry Morton) Kaskaskia College officially opened their new gymnasium and the first games hosted on Bill Hawley Court on Saturday as both the men and women came away with wins. The Blue...

The Patoka 5th/6th graders took 3rd place at the Breese Hot Hoops 6th Grade Tournament over the weekend.   Patoka opened with a 39-10 win over Wesclin with Noah Cain, Grant Eddy, Knox Kuhyn and C...