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Franklin Park Q1 High Honor Roll Grade Name 6 Applegate I, Zane Curtis 4 Back, Alexander Lee 5 Baker, Ross Holden 6 Barger, Chance Darlene 4 Barger, Izabella Joline 6 Beatty, Josslyn Kay 6 Berry, Neli...

High Honor Roll 4th Grade Madison Amburgey Bailey Benzschawel Peyton Brown Alyssa Jones Alia Merrill Jacey Moore Julian Sharkey Kyler Skurat Mykenzi Smith Sydni Stevenson Morgan Sussen Nelson White &n...

The Salem Lady Wildcats season came to an end with their 2a regional semifinal defeat at the hands of Pana last night at B.E. Gum as Salem fell 25-11, 25-14. The Lady Panthers advance to the finals wh...

The 1a soccer Super Sectionals are today. Belleville Althoff takes on Sacred Heart Griffin at 7pm at Virden North Mac. Bloomington Central Catholic will take on Quincy Notre Dame at Illinois Valley Ce...

Lady Bobcats Home With Albion Tonight The Franklin Park Lady Bobcats are back home with a 2-3 record as they look to get even on the year when they host Albion tonight with the JV starting at 5:30. Ra...

Rockets Use Balanced Scoring In Win Over Kell Selmaville beat Kell in boys basketball 56-19 behind a balanced scoring attack. Wyatt McCarty led the Rockets with 15, Brendan Smith 11, Jaxon Ward and Ri...

In City of Salem/YMCA Women's Volleyball at the Community Center, Salem Tire beat You Got Served (27-25, 25-21), AOS Church beat Deep Rock (25-15, 25-8), and in 3-sets it was HD Oil Field over AOS Chu...

LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) - Chicago's Matt Eberflus received congratulations from his team's owners after their 33-14 victory Monday night denied New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick a historic vict...

MIAMI (AP) - Skip Schumaker was a candidate to take over as manager of the Boston Red Sox and New York Mets in recent years, only to see those clubs pick someone else. The Miami Marlins didn't let him...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Just four Big Ten teams are ranked in the AP Top 25, but six of the top 12 defenses in college football reside in the conference. The Big Ten's surprise team this year, Illinois ...