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Salem's 6th grade team splits over the weekend. In game one, Salem beat Rome 46-25. Brody Brubaker had 12 points and 5 rebounds, Maddox LoGrasso had 10 points and 8 rebounds, Nolan Krutsinger had 7 po...

The Lady Wildcats volleyball team finished one win shy of their first 20 win regular season since 04-05 when they went 2-2 at the Fairfield Tournament on Saturday. Salem beat Casey Westfield and Massa...

The volleyball post season begins tonight. In 3a regionals at Herrin, Mount Vernon opens with Marion at 6pm tonight. Olney will host Charleston. In 1a at St Anthony, Nokomis takes on Altamont in quart...

The Salem Cross Country team competed at the 2a Regionals at SIU-Carbondale on Saturday. Placing 13th and qualifying for the Olney 2a Sectional this weekend was freshman Kendall Zimmerman. Also for th...

Senior Lady Stallion Rylee Brammeier has also advanced to the IHSA Sectional today finishing 8th overall (19:37) today and qualifying as the 1st individual Varsity Girls runner not on a qualifying tea...

At first we thought she hadn't made it and had missed it by one spot. When the official results came in Woodlawn sophomore Zelena Koch is a 2X IHSA Sectional qualifier. She finished 23rd overall out o...

In 1a soccer sectional semifinals over the weekend, At Murphysboro Columbia beat the hosts 1-0 and Father McGivney 4-1 winners over Mater Dei. At North Mac, Williamsville shutout TTown 6-0 and Pleasan...

In boys basketball at the Centralia Shootout, Raccoon beat St Mary/Willow Grove 38-33. John Organ had 21 in the win. Tucker Aydt had 13 in the loss. Both teams are 2-1. The Selmaville Lady Rockets ope...

The Salem 5th grade Bobcats beat Mount Vernon Byrd Watson in basketball action 31-27. Grayson Purintun led the Bobcats with 8 points. Easton Keller added 6 in the opening game. The 2nd game saw Salem ...

LANDOVER, Md. (AP) - Jayden Daniels had a couple of very simple thoughts going through his head with the Washington Commanders needing to make a long-distance throw to beat the Chicago Bears. "Buy som...