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Believe It or DON'T On this day in 1988, Andre the Giant defeated Hulk Hogan for the WWF Championship title. It was the first wrestling match to be shown on primetime TV in 30 years. Believe It or DON...

The Salem Lady Wildcats take their 15-11 record and 4-4 Cahokia Conference record back to B.E. Gum tonight when they host Freeburg. The Midgets are 22-6 and 7-1 overall in the conference, 2nd behind B...

Class 4A Rank School Total Points Previous 1. Lisle (Benet Academy) (12) (25-1) 120 1 2. Chicago (DePaul College Prep) (21-3) 115 3 3. Chicago (Curie) (1) (21-1) 107 2 4. Gurnee (Warren) (21-2) 91 4 5...

Nathanial Marlow scored 28 and Webber defeated Hardin County 70-54 in Webber. 8th ranked Webber improves to 19-3 while Hardin County falls to 18-7. Marlow passed Chicago Roosevelt start Chuck Taylor, ...

KC beat SWIC 64-61 in a game that wasn't decided until the final minute. Abdou Fay hit a free throw with 10 seconds left that broke a 61-61 tie and after SWIC missed a 3-pointer, Keyon Garrett-Miller ...

The 1st Franklin Park 6th Grade Volleyball Tournament was held yesterday.   Selmaville won the title with their wins over Patoka (25-11, 25-13) and Franklin Park (24-26, 25-15, 15-13.   The ...

Salem led at Mater Dei after the opening quarter, and held scoring phenom Gavin Peppenhorst to 8 points below his average, but the Knights held off a Salem comeback late in the game to win 64-58. Payt...

It was a historic night last night for Brownstown/St Elmo. All-State guard Dayana Haslett is the new BSE All Time Girls Scoring Leader passing the record last night of 1,838 points against South Centr...

Franklin Park punched their ticket to their regional championship after beating Carlyle 60-20 at the Bobcat Den. Salem led 30-2 at the halftime break. Ben Lux had 23 points, Kaiden Washington added a ...

Summersville won the SIJHSAA Class S state girls basketball championship for the first time in school history as they led from start to finish in a 49-21 win over Albers/Damiansville at Rend Lake Coll...