Category Archives: Local Sports

The Salem Wildcats will host a very good Columbia Eagles team to B.E. Gum tonight. It is Teddy Bear Night at the gym. Everyone is invited to bring in a new stuffed animal and during halftime of the va...

The tournament will run December 29-31 at Trout Arena. The opening round will begin with Miller Career Academy taking on MHEA of Memphis, Evanston takes on Chicago Dyett, Marist opens with Champaign C...

The Salem Lady Wildcats held off a furious Columbia comeback as they earned a road Cahokia win last night 48-45. Jordan Kessler led the Lady Cats with 21 and Marah Johnson added 9. The Lady Wildcats r...

The Oil Belt Conference Tournament finished up at Willow Grove last night. Top seed Raccoon won the title, beating Odin 58-31. John Organ had 23 in the win, Jack Schaeffer 14 and Keegan Brammeier 10. ...

The Junior National Trail Conference Tournament opens tonight. In the 8-9 matchup, Dieterich will take on Altamont followed by CHBC and Windsor, then Neoga plays South Central and final St Elmo/Browns...

Franklin Park won the Battle of Salem when they defeated Selmaville in middle school basketball 50-13. Kenna Benjamin had 18 in the win and Breana Pennypacker added 9. Salem will travel to Carlyle on ...

The TTown Wooden Shoes 7th grade girls are IESA Class 3a state champions after their win 29-24 over Hillsboro. TTown lost the 1st game of the season to Civic Memorial and then won 27 straight to finis...

Three Centralia athletes signed their letters of intent to compete for Kaskaskia College next year. Reed Ashford signed for men's tennis, Mackenzie Perez for Blue Angels tennis and Lexi Atchison to th...

The Wrestling Wildcats hosted their first home matches of the season last night in front of a good crowd. Salem beat Marion 47-35 and Centralia 65-12 to improve to 11-1 on the season. Wildcats earning...

North Clay improved to 3-1 on the season with a 74-45 win over St Elmo/Brownstown in National Trail Conference play in the first ever boys game in the new CCSB Arena in Louisville. The Cardinals will ...