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The State baseball and softball tournaments finished up on Saturday. In Centralia, the Class L baseball champion is Carterville after their shutout win over Olney. Waterloo beat DuQuoin in the 3rd pla...

In middle school volleyball, the St Peter Saints made the gold bracket of the 33rd annual Christ Lutheran Varsity Tournament. They earned a win over Trinity Cedar Rapids and Trinity Springfield with l...

What a night at Jim Finks Field that saw the Salem Wildcats escape Homecoming & Senior Night with a 27-26 win over the Eagles that came down to the game's final seconds. The Salem Wildcats led 27-...

The Salem Lady Wildcats currently are 5th with room to move up heading into the 1a girls golf final round today. Mt Carmel is the top team with their 321 followed by Sacred Heart Griffin 336, Massac C...

North Clay won the 3rd place game of the NTC baseball tournament with their wild 21-12 win over South Central in a game that featured 33 runs, 35 hits and 5 errors. Carter Walden drove in 5 and sophom...

Friday around the southern part of the state was the junior high cross country regionals. Franklin Park boys and girls both advanced from their regionals to next weekend's State Meet in DuQuoin. Scout...

The junior high baseball and softball seasons will finish up today with the Class L and Class M state finals, with the Class S tournaments finishing up yesterday. At Coulterville in Class S softball, ...

The Middle School girls basketball season is underway as South Central won the Falcon Girls Tournament. They beat Ramsey 34-8 and then knocked off Brownstown in the championship 40-18.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Heinrich Haarberg threw for 154 yards and rushed for a team-leading 82 yards and a touchdown as Nebraska beat Illinois 20-7 on Friday night. Illinois honored former Illini footb...

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) - Chicago traded wide receiver Chase Claypool to the Miami Dolphins on Friday, ending the fourth-year player's brief and disappointing tenure with the Bears. The Dolphins will...