Category Archives: Local Sports

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) - Cooper Neese had 28 points as Indiana State held off Illinois State 60-57. Neese made 10 of 11 from the free-throw line and added six rebounds for the Sycamores (11-14, 4-9 Mi...

CHICAGO (AP) - DeMar DeRozan scored 38 points, Nikola Vucevic added 31 points and 15 rebounds, and the Chicago Bulls overcame a sluggish start to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 106-101. Tied with Clev...

CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago White Sox are requiring COVID-19 booster shots for their players with minor league contracts in order to participate in spring training. A minicamp for some prospects is sch...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Oskar Sundqvist had a goal and an assist, and the St. Louis Blues beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-1. David Perron, Dakota Joshua, Vladimir Tarasenko, and Jordan Kyrou also scored for th...

The Salem Wildcats used a 2nd quarter run to lead visiting Wood River by 15 points at the halftime break, and finished the game with a 67-52 victory. Caden Bee finished with 16 points to lead the Wild...

The Salem Wildcats are the 4 seed in the 2a Flora Sectional. They will head to the Pana Regional on Wednesday, February 23rd to open up against the winner between Gillespie and Vandalia. Pana is the t...

The Salem Lady Wildcats will open up the post season today as they travel to Carmi for a 5pm start. The winner will advance to B.E. Gum to await Teutopolis on Monday night. Also in 2a regional openers...

The Class L state basketball tournament opens today at Hummer Waugh Gym at Rend Lake College. At 9:30 its Carterville playing O'Fallon Fulton, followed at 10:45 with Marion and Whiteside. Casey Mt Ver...

The Franklin Park Bowling Team opened up their season Thursday. The boys, in defense of their state championship from last year, earned a 1054-1029 win over Mt Vernon. The girls were 1127-1055 winners...

The Salem Lady Wildcats bowlers will compete at the Mt Vernon Sectional today after advancing last weekend through regionals with a 2nd place finish.