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Lowe's Grand Slam Keys Big 1st Inning In Salem Rout of Wood River Carter Lowe hit a grand slam as Salem was scoring 12 runs in the opening inning and they beat visiting Wood River 14-0. The Cats didn'...

Honerkamp 1 Strike Away From No Hitter Morgan Honerkamp was one strike away from a no-hitter, but a line drive up the middle ended that big, but Salem still beat Wood River at Tully Park 4-0. Honerkam...

The Lady Wildcats competed in the rain shortened Lady Rams Invitational at Mt Vernon on Wednesday. Only a few events were completed prior to the meet being called for weather. Finley Puricelli finishe...

Mt Vernon High School hired 3 new coaches at their School Board meeting last night. 2019 Mt Vernon grad Lucas Cooper will take over his alma mater after coaching the past few years at Woodlawn. The 25...

Noah Nix, a recent Salem Community High School graduate and right-handed pitcher for Rend Lake College, has earned an invitation to join the Batavia Muckdogs for the upcoming season. The opportunity i...

Kaylee Carroll drove in 4 runs on 2 doubles to lead the Salem 12u Lady Wildcats past the Tri County Queens 15-4. Nadea Crist was the winning pitcher giving up 4 hits and no earned runs over 4 innings....

Wildcats Get Cahokia Win At Wood River, Host Fairfield Today The Salem Wildcats scored 11 runs in the second inning as they won at Wood River 18-1. Logan Butts hit a solo homer in the first inning. Lu...

Lady Cats Pounds Wood River, Host Fairfield Today The Lady Wildcats beat down Wood River on the road 16-2. Morgan Honerkamp struck out 4 and allowed 3 hits in the win. Jaelyn Keller went 3-3. Emma Lip...

Salem senior Hunter Malan will continue his track career at Greenville University. Malan has been a 4-year mainstay on the cross country and track teams and has made his mark especially in the mile an...

The Selmaville golfers hosted Carlyle in a dual meet at Salem Country Club. Weston McKinnion from Carlyle was medalist shooting 38. The Rockets were led by Maddox LaGrosso shooting 52 and Izak Holsapp...