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The Salem Wildcat bowling team opened up the season with a 2nd place finish at the Herrin Invitational. Junior Silas Moats was the individual top bowler with teammate and classmate Rhett Detering 4th ...

Detweiler Park in Peoria was the site Saturday for the IHSA Cross Country State Championships. Christ Our Rock senior Sarah McKowen had her best race of her career running a personal best time of 18:2...

The Illinois Volleyball Coaches Association has released it's All State teams for this past season. In 3a, Mascoutah sophomore Avery Boehm was named to the team. In 2a, Breese Central's Alayna Santel ...

The Franklin Park Bobcats split a pair of games at the Marion Shootout to leave with a 2-2 overall record on the season. Salem beat Marion 48-34 behind 25 points from Kyler King and 12 from Corey Keel...

Tonight is the opening night of the Oil Belt Conference girls tournament at Field. The 6pm game will feature 4th seed Selmaville playing 5th seed Central City. The winner will play top-seed Iuka tomor...

The KC Blue Devils improved to 2-0 with a 98-61 win over Brescia University JV. Lyonel Hodges led KC with 0, Caleb Jenkins added 16 with 12 each from Kamari Slaughter and Isaiah Tolbert. The Devils wi...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) - Defender Logan Ndenbe scored his second career goal with both coming this postseason and Dniel Salli had an assist and delivered an insurance goal in the second half as Sporti...

AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) - Ryan Blaney only had to beat Kyle Larson and William Byron to win his first NASCAR championship. He needlessly added Ross Chastain to his list, too, racing him pointlessly hard ...

CHICAGO (AP) - Pitcher Kyle Hendricks' $16 million option for 2024 was exercised Sunday by the Chicago Cubs, who also exercised a $6 million option on catcher Yan Gomes. Chicago's decision made Hendri...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Taysom Hill's production near the goal line put him in Hall-of-Fame company, and defensive back Paulson Adebo had what he considered the game of his life. The New Orleans Saints nee...