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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Will Riley scored 26 of his 31 points in the second half to set an Illinois scoring record in a freshman debut and the Illini eased by Eastern Illinois 112-67 on Monday night. R...

The 1a Sectionals were run at Benton. The top 7 boys teams that advanced to state were Murphysboro, Pinckneyville, Benton, Roxana, Metro East Lutheran, Father McGivney, Mater Dei. Christ Our Rock fini...

On Saturday, the prep football season continued with the opening round of the IHSA playoffs. Centralia dropped their 5a playoff opener to visiting Metamora 23-9. The Orphans took an early 9-0 lead, an...

The volleyball post season will continue this week with Sectional action starting tomorrow. Salem will host the 3a Sectionals on Tuesday, Effingham will take on Waterloo at 6pm followed by Mascoutah a...

The soccer post season continued on Saturday. In 2a Sectional finals, Althoff beat the hosts at Triad 4-2 and will advance to tomorrow's Super Sectional at Illinois College against Chatham Glenwood af...

The St Peter Lady Saints volleyball team finished 3rd at the Lutheran State Tournament over the weekend. They went 3-0 in pool play with wins over Batavia, Mt Prospect and Mt Pulaski. Then they won th...

Several Salem soccer teams traveled to Cape Girardeau for the Bank of Missouri Fall Cape Classic. The Salem 7th/8th grade coed team was tournament champions along with the 3rd/4th grade boys. The 5th/...

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) - A massive breakdown cost the Chicago Bears in the closing seconds of a half for the second straight week. This one put the Bears in a hole they couldn't recover from. A week aft...

Ryan Blaney earned a chance to defend his NASCAR championship with a victory Sunday at Martinsville Speedway that pushed the Team Penske driver into the winner-take-all season finale. The ending of th...

Congratulations to the Centralia Tigers and a great start to their season. They took home 1st Place in the Wesclin Tournament. Treyten Branch received All Tourney team. Great job boys and coaches!