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Centralia lost to Cahokia in a South 7 Showdown 28-17 on Senior Night. With the Comanches up 8-0, the Orphans would get a 21-yard field goal from Caiden Taylor and it was 8-3 after the first quarter. ...

The Fighting Illini will be back home for the first time in nearly a month when they host Purdue. Pregame at 1:30 and kickoff at 2:30 on WJBD. The Big Ten features two huge intersectional matchups thi...

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Jack Eichel, Ivan Barbashev and Shea Theodore each had a goal and an assist on Friday night to lead the Vegas Golden Knights to a 4-3 victory over the St. Louis Blues. Nicolas Roy, pl...

The Salem Wildcats are on their final road trip of the season when they head to Columbia to take on the Eagles. Salem is 1-5 on the season and 1-2 in the Cahokia Conference, while Columbia is 4-2 on t...

Bobcats Win 2nd Class L State Title Beating Previously Unbeaten Marion The Franklin Park Bobcats are SIJHSAA State Baseball champions for just the 2nd time in school history as they came back to beat ...

The Oil Belt Conference released their All Conference Softball Team yesterday. Making the team was Samara Simmons, Gabby Goostree and Allie Patrick of Selmaville; Emma Pinkston and Brynlee Page of Fie...

The Salem Wildcats honored seniors Keaton Gullion, Oliver Morton and Parker Findlay and then went on to beat Newton for the first time in the senior's tenure with the school by a final score of 8-0. E...

It was an exciting night for volleyball at B.E. Gum as Salem battled state-ranked Columbia all the way to a 3-set loss, falling in the final set 29-27 to the Lady Eagles. Salem held a 20-15 advantage ...

The Salem Tennis team honored their lone senior Lauren Burge yesterday. Then with their match against Centralia tied 4-4 it came down to the final match, and Burge came through winning her match and t...

The Christ Our Rock Silver Stallions XC team had some strong individual performances Thursday at The Pinckneyville Invitational. With number 5 runner Cameron Jones out, The Stallions did some shufflin...