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The Altamont Indians rallied from a 20-point deficit in the 2nd half to beat Casey 61-59 in the 1a Sectional semifinal at Altamont. For the Indians, it's their first sectional victory in the school's ...

In 2a sectionals at Newton, Lawrenceville held off Greenville 73-64. Bryant Jenkins led Lawrenceville with 34 points. Kaleb Gardner had 21 for Greenville. They will play the winner of TTown and Marque...

In 3a, Centralia hosted East St Louis, and the Flyers hit free throws late and the Orphans never got it closer than 7 points in the 2nd half of the 53-39 final. The Flyers are 23-8 and will play in Fr...

The NTC Girls released their all-conference basketball team. The 1st team was led by MVP Sydney Richards of Neoga, joined on the team by Lucy Fearday of St Anthony, Gracie Heckert of CHBC, North Clay'...

The Gateway Metro Conference has released their All-GMC Boys & Girls teams. Boys All-Conference: Braden Kline - Marquette Grant Burch - Bunker Hill Myles Pryor - CORLHS Parker Macias - Marquette J...

Courtney Lumpkins, Staisha Hamilton & Taylor Austin were each honored with All-GRAC and All Region 24 Honors. Shaulana Wagner of Wabash Valley was the Player of the Year in both while teammate Bro...

John A. Logan 109; Kaskaskia 70 John A. Logan prepped for next week's Region 24 tournament with an easy 109-70 blowout win at Kaskaskia. The second-ranked Volunteers (28-2) won their 26th straight gam...

Franklin Park volleyball improved to 13-3 with a home win over Centralia 25-17, 27-25. The JV is 13-0 with an easy 25-11, 25-15 victory. Selmaville fell at home to New Horizon 25-19, 25-19. The Lady R...

In Marion County YMCA coed volleyball B League it was Toss N Wash over You Got Served in 3 sets (25-23, 18-25, 15-6), Allison Blacktop beat Donkey Kickerz (25-14, 23-25, 15-12) and Loan Rangers over P...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - Kris Murray scored 26 points, Tony Perkins flirted with the first triple-double in Iowa history and the Hawkeyes beat No. 15 Indiana 90-68. Perkins had 23 points, 10 rebounds ...