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(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...

Believe It or DON'T On this day in 1839, U.S. Congress made dueling in Washington, D.C., a felony punishable by up to 10 years of hard labor. Believe It or DON'T On this day in 1982, Ozzy Osbourne was...

The Centralia Orphans continued to play well improving to a remarkable 28-1 on the season with a home win Saturday over Paducah Tilghman 83-41. Archie Goewey and Jaxson Hancock each had 21 points. Mik...

4a Quarterfinals: Granite City 34 Belleville West 20 4a Monday Semifinals: Granite City v. Belleville West (at West) Pekin v. O'Fallon (at West) Collinsville v. Alton (at Edwardsville) Edwardsville v....

Teutopolis Shootout: Goreville 61 Casey Westfield 37 Nashville 68 Effingham 54 Cumberland 70 Okaw Valley 55 Mahomet Seymour 61 Triad 58 Alton 56 Normal 51 Teutopolis 61 Rochester 59 Riverton Shootout:...

The Salem Wildcats wrestling season came to an end as their individual sectional qualifiers were eliminated at the 1a Vandalia Sectional on Saturday. At 175 pounds, Kyler King's season ends with a rec...

The KC Blue Devils overcame a halftime deficit on the road to beat Lake Land College 82-81. Myles Liddell had a big day with 24 points for KC. Allen Myers added 19, Keyon Garrett-Miller 15, Antwon Til...

Four teams punched their ticket to next weekend's IHSA State Girls Bowling Tournament in Rockford after sectional play at St. Clare Bowl in O'Fallon on Saturday. Mascoutah (5944) took home the team ti...

Salem grad and SEMO freshman Lilly Blagoue had a monster day against Marist University. She went 4-5 that included her first collegiate hit and first home run and she walked it off with a blast. Centr...