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The Salem cross country teams competed at the Olney Invitational this past Saturday. The girls placed 11th out of 16 teams. Kendal Zimmerman led the Lady Cats placing 20th and Maci Thorsen placing 34t...

Franklin Park competed at the St Mary's Invite at Foundation Park. In the varsity girl's race, Stevie Nix was 12 and Laney Kuhns 19th. The JV boys were led by Calen Veit-Tackitt in 7th and the JV girl...

The Class L baseball regionals open up today. In Region 7 at Franklin Park, the host Bobcats will open up at 2pm against Carlyle in one semifinal followed by Wesclin and Centralia at 4:10. The winner ...

St Mary-Willow Grove celebrated their eighth grade day this Saturday with a 10-0 win over St Mary-OBR. 8th graders include: Lyla Abbott Brylynn Gierten Madalynn Wethington Harper Schultze Ameila Stein...

The Franklin Park softball team will head to Carlyle today for regional play against Wesclin. Carlyle and Centralia play in the other semifinal. At Casey Mt Vernon, Central West Frankfort takes on the...

In Salem Recreation Women's Volleyball, Timmons Fast Lane in three sets beat Kiss My Ace (18-25, 25-16, 15-12), EPOC over United Medical (25-9, 25-11), Vertically Challenged beat Gold Diggers (25-15, ...

The Salem Community High School Marching Wildcats opened their marching season over the weekend with a big win at the Robinson Marching Maroons Festival. Band Director John Randolph says the band won ...

The Salem Wildcats made a statement on Saturday knocking off previously undefeated Massac County (10-1-1) in Metropolis by a final score of 7-2. The match featured 3 red cards and 4 yellows, as the Wi...

The Salem volleyball team is at Mt Vernon after their 2nd place trip to the Vandalia Tournament over the weekend. South Central was 4th at the Vandalia Tournament. They went 2-1 in pool play with wins...

The SC Lady Falcons are IESA 1a State softball champions for the first time as they pulled off the feet Saturday night at Champions Field in Normal. After a wild win in the semifinals where they were ...