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The Salem Lady Wildcats won their home conference game over Roxana last night 47-27. Sophomore Katee Sellers led Salem with 15, Senior Jordan Kessler finished with 12. Salem is back at it tomorrow wit...

Franklin Park beat Bartelso 49-42. Ben Lux had 17 points in the win, Kaiden Washington added 15 points and 7 rebounds and Emit Gibson had 9 points and 13 rebounds.   The Bobcats JV had their 4 ga...

Franklin Park Lady Bobcats fell to Bartelso 44-40. Kenna Benjamin had 18 in the loss and Lexie Malan added 14. The JV lost 31-19. Amina Elkeshiry had 7 and Lyla Beyers 6 for Salem. The Lady Cats will ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Keaton Wagler scored 17 points and pulled down seven rebounds and Tomislav Ivisic had 14 points to lead No. 16 Illinois to an 81-55 victory over Rutgers on Thursday night. Andre...

Believe It or DON'T On this day in 1946, Elvis Presley received his first guitar for his 11th birthday. Believe It or DON'T On this day in 1958, Bobby Fischer won his first U.S. Chess Championship, at...

Class 4A Rank School Total Points 1. Benet (6) (12-1) 69 2. Waubonsie Valley (1) (16-0) 62 3. Loyola (14-2) 56 4. DePaul College Prep (15-1) 36 5. Naperville Central (13-2) 35 6. Nazareth (12-3) 23 (t...

Class 4A Rank School Total Points 1. Lisle (Benet Academy) (10) (17-1) 108 2. Chicago (DePaul College Prep) (1) (14-2) 100 3. Chicago (Curie) (12-1) 80 4. Chicago (Marist) (15-1) 79 5. Chicago (St. Ig...

The KC Blue Devils are 10-5 on the season following their 104-82 home win over SEMO Prep. Jerrod Mackey had 24 in the win, Myles Liddell added 19, Keyon Garrett-Miller 17 and Kendall Van Dyke 11. KC w...

The Wrestling Wildcats traveled to Robinson for a match up with the Maroons and Fairfield. Salem beat Fairfield 54-20 and pulled off a nail biter over Robinson 36-34. Salem will head to the Murdale To...

The Salem Wildcats used a 15-1 run in the 3rd quarter after their game at Flora was tied at 27 at the halftime break and would hold on to beat the Wolves 64-60. Salem was led by junior Payton Gullion ...