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In 1a, at Carlyle, Father McGivney was the champion shooting 313, Staunton shot 320 and Litchfield 324. Carlyle was 4th as a team, Sandoval 6, Vandalia 10 and Altamont 12. Litchfield's Sam Schwab shot...

Mt Vernon won the Carbondale 2a regional shooting 316 and will advance along with Benton 318 and Carterville 320. Xander Ashby was medalist shooting 70. St Anthony won the Effingham Regional shooting ...

Congratulations to Odin/Patoka/Sandoval coach Beau Parrish. Following the Eagles final game of the Fall, he has retired after dedicating almost 15 years to coaching. On top of coaching, Parrish also s...

The Lady Wildcats tennis team is on the road at Olney. Tuesday, the Lady Wildcats honored their five seniors, Maddie Keserauskis, Samantha Allil, Kinsey Jarrett, Abbi Patrick and Hannah Smith as they ...

Yesterday, Salem was the site for the Oil Belt Conference cross country meet. The Selmaville varsity girls were 1st with all 5 in the top 12. Gabby Harper was conference champion, Karmen Murray 3rd, M...

Central City varsity boys are the conference champion as Kolton Cook won the title for the 2nd year in a row. Mike Sutton was 4th, Zayne Allgood 5th, Braxton Bitters 9, Gavin Pender 10 and Boden Goewe...

1. The average person sleeps for six hours and 31 minutes on weekdays, and seven hours and 22 minutes on weekends. 2. Voiceovers in movie trailers became rare in 2008 after the man who did more than 5...

Franklin Park's cross country team travelled to Kaskaskia College on Tuesday. The following athletes medaled:   JV Girls - McKenna Flood Kynleigh Zimmermann Landrey Rose   JV Boys Caleb Veit...

The Salem Wildcats soccer team improved their record to 13-2 and remained undefeated at home this season with an 8-1 win over visiting Altamont. The Indians got on the board first when Salem had an ow...

The Salem volleyball team traveled to Wesclin and came home with a 3-set victory. Salem dropped the opener 16-25 before coming back to win 25-22 and 25-14 to improve their record to 14-7. The JV also ...