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The Salem 4th Grade Bobcats won the Selmaville Tournament. They opened with a 27-9 win over Iuka. EJ Wolfe had 11, Brody Brubaker added 10 to advance to the title game on Saturday. There they beat Car...

TORONTON (AP) - Fred VanVleet returned from injury with season highs of 30 points and 11 assists, Scottie Barnes had 19 points and 10 rebounds, and the Toronto Raptors overcame the absence of leading ...

CHICAGO (AP) - There were a lot of questions about Justin Fields as late as a month ago. Not so many at the moment. Showing off his dynamic athleticism and improved passing, Fields went toe-to-toe wit...

AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) - Joey Logano won his second NASCAR championship to give Roger Penske two titles in the same season with a victory in Sunday's winner-take-all finale at Phoenix Raceway. It was th...

The Freeburg Midgets outlasted the Mater Day Lady Knights to win the Fairfield Super Sectional 25-13, 22-25, 25-22 to advance to next weekend's State Final Four at Redbird Arena in Normal. They will p...

Area teams are back in action today as Week 2 of the prep football playoffs continue. The Centralia Orphans will kick off at 3pm this afternoon at home against Morris trying to advance to the State Qu...

Today is the state prep cross country meet held at Detweiller Park in Peoria. Mater Dei will compete as a team in the 1a girls team finals along with Freeburg. Individually Christ Our Rock junior Sara...

KC returns to action today at 3pm when they host Blackburn College after moving to 2-0 last night with a 102-57 win over Oakland City University. Jacksen Harre and Zavian Jackson had 14 each for KC, J...

The Selmaville Rockets outlasted the Wamac Eagle Indians in overtime by a score of 49-45 to capture the 3rd place trophy Friday night. You could tell the game was played in a church because Wamac had ...

Salem 4th Grade opened up the Selmaville Tournament with a win over Central City 34 to 7. E.J. Wolfe had 10 points, Nolan Krutsinger and Brody Brubaker added 6 each, Lewis Eddy 4 points, and Maddox Lo...