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The Franklin Park Bobcats will host Effingham. They opened the Benton Tournament yesterday with the varsity winning 51-49. Owen Tennyson led the balanced attack with 13. Zane Applegate added 11 and Li...

The 2025 Illinois Basketball Coaches Association (IBCA) Hall of Fame class has been announced. From our area those selected include Mt. Carmel Basketball Standout Tyra Buss-Davison, Nashville standout...

CHICAGO (AP) - Josh Giddey had 20 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists, helping the Chicago Bulls beat the Brooklyn Nets 128-102 on Monday night. It was Giddey's first triple-double of the season and No...

The Centralia Orphans won their 4th straight Roxana Hoopsgiving Tournament beating East St Louis on Saturday night in the finals 63-51. Staunton won the 3rd place game over Southwestern 50-38. Carbond...

The Salem Wildcats dropped the 5th place game at the 38th annual Capital Classic losing to Olney 44-35. Noah Nix led Salem with 11 points, Miking Ettress added 8 points and Payton Gullion had 3 blocke...

The Salem Lady Wildcats take their 4-1 record for the first of three road games this week when they head to West Frankfort. They will play at Breese Central on Thursday and at Hillsboro on Saturday. T...

The Salem JV bowlers were 4th at Belleville over the weekend in the Futures Tournament. Jaxon Ward had a great day finishing 2nd overall averaging 230 for six games. Nicholi Marhanka was 11th, Carter ...

The 50th IHSA prep football season is in the books. On Friday at Hancock Stadium in Normal, Belleville Althoff won the 1a title over Lena Winslow 57-14. It's the first state title for the Crusaders si...

The Salem Wildcats controlled their Capital Classic game with Mt Carmel after a rough offensive first quarter for both teams, as they would pull away to win 51-35. Salem outscored the Aces 19-5 in the...

CHICAGO (AP) - Matt Eberflus has been fired by the Chicago Bears, one day after botching a timeout in a loss to Detroit. Offensive coordinator Thomas Brown will serve as interim coach. Eberflus was 14...