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Mt. Vernon Varsity Rams could not keep up with Highland 8-4 on Saturday at Glik Park.   Highland got on the board in the bottom of the second inning after Burrows hit a sacrifice fly, and Highlan...

The bottom of the lineup helped Farina South Central Varsity Cougars capture a 5-1 victory over Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City Varsity Bobcats on Monday in the opening round of their 1a regional. Sebasti...

Centralia Varsity Orphans bested Effingham 3-2 on Saturday after taking the lead late in the game. The game was tied at two in the top of the sixth when Archie Goewey hit a solo home run to left field...

Salem's Jarrett Rushing won the Carbondale Tennis Sectional this weekend beating top-seed Kai Manzano of Carbondale in the finals. Rushing improves to 26-2 on the season. The Orphans doubles team of R...

Triad locked up the 2a state track title beating Danville 43-36 with Mt Zion 6th with 31 points. Congratulations to Triad's Sophia Schardan and their 4x100 team for bringing home individual event stat...

The IHSA State 1a girls track championships were held this weekend on the campus of Eastern Illinois University. The St Anthony Lady Bulldogs brought home the state title after tying with Maroa Forsyt...

The Wabash Valley College Warriors are 1-1 at the NJCAA Baseball World Series in Grand Junction. Wabash Valley opened tournament play Saturday with an 11-6 victory over Midland College, using a powerf...

1a: at Casey: - Casey v. SC - Edwards County v. Windsor/SS at Elverado: - Waltonville v. Pope County at Hardin: - Carrollton v. Marissa 2a: at Nashville: - Olney v. Columbia High School at Pinckneyvil...

(By: Toby Gullion) Salem Community High School graduates Hunter Russell and Brogan Gregg capped off an impressive season for the Wabash Valley College Bass Warriors with a standout performance at the ...

Salem's Hannah Smith finished her Lady Wildcat athletic career with a 12th place finish at the IHSA 2A State Meet on Saturday. She was standing in 12th place going into Finals, but was unable to produ...