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The Salem Fresh/Soph won the Carbondale Tournament going 4-0 and in doing so they did not drop a set all day. They beat Harrisburg, Herrin, Chester and Carbondale. South Central won the St Elmo/Browns...

The SYFL Varsity Wildcats finished their regular season undefeated and have clinched a spot in this weekend's Championship game at 4pm. Salem routed Aviston yesterday on 8th grade day to finish off th...

Solid day Saturday at Kincaid for the Wildcats. Keyton Grawe and Landon Maxey took 2nd with 14lbs, Kai Graham and Jaxon Ward 5th, Lucas Hodge and Zane Barthelemy 8th for our top 3 boats. On Sunday Gra...

Patoka Trap Shooting had their weekly conference shoot. The top three shooters this week for Patoka were Haley Hassebrock who hit 46 out of 50 clay pigeons. River Huffman hit 45 and Hunter Hyde added ...

Franklin Park saw their baseball season come to a bitter end as they fell to Central West Frankfort 2-1 in 9 innings as the Redbirds earned a bases loaded walk to win the game. Salem led 1-0 after the...

The Iuka Pirates historic season came to an end at the school's first ever state baseball game falling to the Steeleville Jr Braves 10-0 in five innings. Iuka's only hit came from Devan Jennings. Vinc...

Willow Grove/St Mary won the rubber match over Selmaville to advance in the Class S state tournament beating the Lady Rockets 11-1. Congratulations to Selmaville on another great season that ended wit...

Central City Cross Country competed along with area schools at the Pre-State Meet at DuQuoin over the weekend with 50 boys teams and 191 runners the Citians were 8th as a team. Kolton Cook led the way...

CONCORD, N.C. (AP) - Joey Logano has secured the final spot in the next round of the NASCAR playoffs after a dramatic race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. On Sunday, Logano battled Ross Chastain for the ...

The Wildcats final football trip to Breese ended in a 48-13 rout by the host Cougars. Breese jumped out to a 27-0 lead after the first quarter and led 41-0 in the second before Salem scored their firs...