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The KC Blue Devils survived with a win over Shawnee Community College 69-66 to improve to 16-8 overall and 4-8 in Region 24 play. Will Vasser led 3 in double figures for the Devils with 20, Caleb Jenk...

The IHSA Wrestling Individual finals were held at the State Farm Center this weekend. Benton's Mason Tieffel won his back-to-back state title at 138 pounds in Class A finishing the year a perfect 55-0...

Four Salem Wildcat swimmers competed at Edwardsville on Saturday. Martin Douglas, Jaret Gibson, Branson Pappas and Austin Woolridge competed in the 200 Free and Medley Relays and finished 5th out of 1...

Rain pushes Daytona 500 to Monday in first outright postponement since 2012 DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - NASCAR has postponed the season-opening Daytona 500 until Monday because of two days of rain at D...

The Salem Lady Wildcats made the cut after the first day of competition at the IHSA State Girls Bowling Championships held at Cherry Lanes in Rockford. Salem was the final team to qualify for today's ...

Regional championships were won last night in girls basketball, with more on the line today due to the weather. In 1a, Brownstown/St Elmo lost to Father McGivney at Mt Olive 47-45. In 2a, Vienna beat ...

The South Central Cougars had their senior night game with North Clay canceled last night due to the weather. They will play today in Farina with the JV starting at 6:15 and the varsity to follow with...

The Salem Wildcats have the weekend to finalize preparations for their 3a regional opener on Monday at Carbondale. Salem finished the regular season at 10-22 with a loss to Roxana, but hope to turn ar...

The IHSA boys individual state wrestling finals are this weekend at the State Farm Center in Champaign. The Waughtel brothers of Carlyle both are still undefeated on the season and both will wrestle f...

Salem High School will be represented by 4 swimmers today. Martin Douglas, Austin Woolridge, Jaret Gibson and Branson Pappas will swim for the Wildcats at Edwardsville against 29 other schools. They w...