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The Centralia Orphans season came to an end as they dropped their 2nd round playoff game at home to visiting Morris 56-0. Mascoutah out-gunned Highland 55-42 and Mahomet Seymour over Metamora 44-28. T...

Dominick Winkler was 3rd overall and Charlie Hunter 5th leading the Salem Wildcats bowling team to a season opening tournament win at Herrin. Nick Gregg had a 220 average in 4 games, Colton Shoemaker ...

It was an absolute wet, muddy mess with huge wind gusts at Detweiller Park in Peoria for the High School Cross Country Championships on Saturday. The rain came pouring in during the 1a girls race and ...

Franklin Park 3rd At Marion Shootout The Franklin Park Bobcats will open up their home schedule tonight when they host Aviston. Salem is coming off a 2-1 day and 3rd place finish at the Marion Shootou...

It's the beginning of the Oil Belt Conference Girls Tournament. Tonight at Central City the Citians take on Raccoon at 6pm. At 7:30 it's Odin taking on Iuka. The championship semifinals are tomorrow a...

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...