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The South Central 1a regional is loaded with tons of talented teams fighting for the right to advance to the Altamont Sectional. Let's start with the 4th ranked Christ Our Rock Stallions who blew thro...

By: Toby Gullion   When it comes to 2a Regionals......it would be hard to find any better than the Sparta Regional. The tournament will feature 6 teams, five of which will sport 20 wins. The 9th ...

Tomorrow will be the OBC v. Area All Star games. The first varsity game begins at 2 . The OBC will be represented by Odin's Drew Haines, Ky Walker and Brady Haines, Leland Wombles of Iuka, Ryan Jones ...

Coach Jay Jenkins and the Blue Angels basketball program at Kaskaskia College has come a long way since he began his tenure in the 2018-19 season. That year was a complete start over for the program a...

The girls regional championships started last night and will finish up tonight. Last night in 1a, Carlyle won the Metro East Lutheran regional with a 52-46 win over McGivney, St Anthony over North Cla...

Breese Central won the Cahokia Conference outright knocking off Columbia for the 2nd time in 9 days 48-46 in Breese. Central finishes 10-0 in the league and are 26-4 heading into the post season. &nbs...

The state wrestling finals are this weekend. In 1a at 113 pounds, Carlyle Tyson Waughtel enters at 46-1. Roxana's Brandon Green Jr at 126, at 132 it's Vandalia's Dillon Hinton at 43-5 as well as Logan...

Casey Mount Vernon are champions of Class L after their 49-41 win over Centralia last night at Rend Lake College. David Barnes led Casey with 26 and Nazavion Nesbit chipped in 10. Jaxson Hancock led C...

This weekend will be the 6th annual Franklin Park varsity round robin volleyball tournament. The day begins at 9am with Salem and Olney followed with Olney and Breese at 10, Breese and Carlyle at 11, ...

Franklin Park beat visiting Flora 25-16, 25-23 to improve to 8-1 on the season. The JV is 5-0 after their 25-12, 25-13 win and in the C Match Salem won in two sets.   Selmaville lost to Iuka 25-1...