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The Salem 7/8 indoor team battled hard Friday night, earning a tie and dropping a tough, close match in two exciting games. In the loss, Kayne Rhynes and Rylan Smith each found the back of the net. Mi...

They beat the Cavaliers of LaSalle/Peru 12-0. Cayden Craig had 3 hits to lead the Cardinals. NC scored 8 times in the 4th inning. Collin Schnepper singled, scoring two runs, Cooper Lewis singled, scor...

The Salem Wildcats Baseball team dropped both games played at SIU-Carbondale on Saturday. In the opener, Salem saw two separate 3-run leads evaporate as Carterville came back to beat the Cats 8-6. The...

Saturday Christ Our Rock competed in the Mt. Zion Final Qualifier for our last chance to qualify for the Illinois Top Times Indoor Championships. Here are yesterday's results. Carson Pigg finished his...

The Salem Cats 12U softball team won over Fayette County Freedom with two decisive victories - 13-3 and 15-3 - behind strong pitching. In Game One, the Cats jumped out early and never looked back. Kha...

DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) - Overcoming a malfunctioning alternator and cool suit, Tyler Reddick chased down Brad Keselowski and led the final 28 laps at Darlington Raceway for his fourth NASCAR Cup Series...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Cearah Parchment scored 21 points as seventh-seeded Illinois beat No. 10 seed Colorado 66-57 on Saturday night in the first round of the women's NCAA Tournament. The Fighting I...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) - Andrej Stojakovic transferred to Illinois following a standout sophomore season at California because he believed in coach Brad Underwood's program and the Fighting Illini's te...

The SC Lady Cougars softball team defeated Okaw Valley in Kinmundy 17-0 in four innings. Addy Ruholl, Kinlee Thompson and Emmie Ruholl drove in 3 runs each. SC got 2 RBI from Lauren Johnson and Zoey F...

Salem Cats 12u softball team played a DH against West Frankfort Blitz 12u team on Friday night. In the first game, despite seeing their 4 run lead whittled down by the end, Salem Cats 12u still held o...