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Illinois High School Boys Basketball Top 10 Poll Class 4A School W-L Pts Prv 1. Kenwood (8) 14-2 116 2 2. Whitney Young (4) 14-4 110 1 3. Lisle (Benet Academy) 18-1 93 3 4. Moline 15-2 83 5 5. Joliet ...

The Franklin Park Bobcats are back in action tonight on the road at a very good Teutopolis. After tonight, Salem will compete in the Greenville Tournament next week with an opening round game against ...

Last night at the Irvington/North Wamac Tournament Selmaville advanced to the championship with a 48-11 win over Ashley. Riley Tate and Jaxon Ward with 10 each while Wyatt McCarty chipped in 8. Selmav...

Lady Bobcats Drop Regional Semifinal To End Season The Salem Lady Cats dropped their regional semifinal at Wesclin to Highland last night 47-36. Brylee Pennypacker led Salem with 13 and is one of 3 gr...

John A. Logan 97; Lake Land 73 Sixth-ranked John A. Logan (13-3) rolled to a 46-35 halftime lead, then expanded the margin quickly in the second half to defeat Lake Land, 97-73, in Mattoon. Six Volunt...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Kyle Kuzma broke a tie with a 3-pointer with 5.7 seconds left and the Washington Wizards beat the Chicago Bulls 100-97 on Wednesday night. Following a timeout, Kuzma drove to his rig...

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) - Lance Jones' 18 points helped Southern Illinois defeat Indiana State 69-61 on Wednesday night. Jones shot 6 for 17 (3 for 9 from 3-point range) and 3 of 4 from the free throw ...

CHICAGO (AP) - Left-hander Drew Smyly could earn up to $41.5 million over three years from his contract with the Chicago Cubs if he pitches 150 innings annually, and catcher Tucker Barnhart could rais...

The Marion County Board unanimously went on record at Tuesday night's meeting against passage of the Protect Illinois Communities Act that would ban the sale and manufacture of assault weapons in the ...

High Honor Roll   4th Grade Madison Amburgey Peyton Brown Dylan Eagan Kinahley Haas Alia Merrill Jacey Moore Julian Sharkey Mykenzi Smith Morgan Sussen Malcolm Walta Nelson White   5th Grade...