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The Franklin Park Lady Bobcats honored their 8th graders before their game with Breese All Saints. Salem then lost their game 46-29. Kenna Benjamin led Salem with 12 and Lexie Malan added 9. The Salem...

The Salem Lady Wildcats take their 8-3 record and 1-1 Cahokia mark to Freeburg for conference play tonight.   The Sandoval Lady Blackhawks travel to Wayne City tonight. Girls Wednesday Scores: Al...

The IHSA has released its assignments for boys and girls basketball and the post season with some shake ups.   The Salem Wildcats are in the 2a Monticello Sectional Complex. Regional sites are Va...

Centralia grad and Auburn sophomore volleyball player Kalei Edson is making her move to the Big XII. She tested the transfer portal after a great debut season for the Lady Tigers where, as a freshman,...

Patoka/Odin beat Rome 50-39. Lemmy Kuhn had a big night with 19 in the win, Kru Cain added 11 and River Huffman finished with 8. Hodges had 15 to lead Rome. The Mohawks JV also won 37-23. Noah Cain ha...

1. The space between your eyebrows is the "glabella." That comes from the Latin terms for "smooth" and "hairless." 2. The human nose is capable of detecting approximately 1 trillion scents. 3. Vincent...

The Salem JV Wildcats earned their first win of the season with a 62-55 win over visiting Olney. The shooting of Luke Boldt was special in the first half hitting 5 three pointers in the 2nd quarter fi...

Fans that stayed to the end of the Salem/Olney game at B.E. Gum were treated to one of the most improbable comebacks the home team has seen in years. Trailing by 9 with 1:23 left in the fourth quarter...

The Centralia Orphans outscored Breese Central 31-10 in the last 14 minutes to pull away from the Cougars 52-32 at Trout Arena. Archie Goewey led Centralia with 14, Jaxson Hancock and Mike Organ each ...

The St Elmo Holiday Tournament opened up last night. Hillsboro beat Mulberry Grove 60-32 and Windsor/Stew-Stras beat CHBC 78-64. The other opening round games are tonight with top-seed Cumberland taki...