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High Honors:   5th Grade: Jaxton Westbrook Grayson White   6th Grade: Lukas Grawe Kaylin Kays   7th Grade: Madison Amburgey David Brand Avah Kehn Blakelyn McCarty Liberty Pruitt Leighto...

Salem Senior Jordan Kessler became the 13th member of the 1000-point club for the Lady Wildcats as she needed 15 and got exactly 15, including her final point from the free throw line to get to the mi...

The Salem Wildcats will hit their old Apollo Conference stomping grounds tonight when they travel to Charleston to take on the Trojans. Salem is 10-8 on the season. The freshmen will start the night a...

In 3a, the Centralia Orphans are 5th behind #1 East St Louis, Mt Vernon is 6 and Triad 22.   In 2a, TTown is 2 behind Quincy Notre Dame, Staunton 6, Nashville 9 and Carterville 18.   In 1a, ...

The Franklin Park Bobcats beat Breese All Saints 69-24. EJ Wolfe had 17 for Salem, Kaiden Washington 14 points and 9 rebounds and Ben Lux was great with 10 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 5 steals. ...

Centralia, Salem and Woodlawn competed at Salem Bowl yesterday with the Orphans celebrating their Senior Day. Salem won the varsity boys match 2966-2503. Nicholli Marhanka led Salem with a 633 series,...

In Salem Recreation Coed A League Freeburg Midgets Volleyball Phelps Contractors in three sets beat Spike Tysons (25-22, 3-25, 18-16) Walmart also needed three sets to beat Iuka State Bank (23-25, 25-...

The Salem Lady Wildcats will head to Effingham tonight for a showdown with St Anthony and Nancy Ruholl, the all time leading scorer, boy or girl, in St Anthony history. Salem's Jordan Kessler is 15 po...

The Salem Wildcats prepare for tomorrow's road trip to Charleston after playing very well Saturday in a home win over Vandalia 68-45. The Wildcats got a balanced scoring attack and played good defensi...

The KC Blue Devils fell to Lake Land 89-87. Allen Myers led KC with 26, Keyon Garrett-Miller 19 and Kendall Van Dyke 14. KC is 10-6 overall and 1-2 in the conference. They will host Lincoln Trail on W...