Category Archives: Local Sports

The tournament will begin on Tuesday, December 28th with 8 games to highlight Day 1. The first game features Mt Vernon taking on the Walter H. Dyett High School For the Arts out of Chicago at 8:30 in ...

The Salem Wildcats are 3-4 as they welcome Mascoutah tonight for a non-conference matchup. Salem fell at Breese Central on Friday night in their last game. After tonight, the Cats return to Cahokia pl...

In prep girls basketball last night, South Central fell to Neoga 60-48. In the loss, Halle Smith had 12 points and Laney Webster 11.   Girls Scoreboard: Beecher City 58 Shelbyville 45 Belleville ...

The Franklin Park Lady Bobcats won their 8th straight game, knocking off Woodlawn on the road 51-27. Jordan Kessler led Salem with 14, Marah Johnson added 13 and Jaelyn Keller 9. The varsity is 12-4 o...

Franklin Park snapped a 3-game losing skid beating visiting Carlyle 46-40. Salem trailed by 9 early on, but Eli Lograsso hit a trio of three's and finished with 16 points to keep Salem close. 7th grad...

Raccoon improved to 11-3 with a 67-12 win over Kell. Michael Organ had 20 and Lukas Deomes 10 in the opening round of the OBC Tournament. The Devils are the top seed. They advance to take on 5th seed ...

CHICAGO (AP) - Zach LaVine scored 32 points and the Chicago Bulls beat the Denver Nuggets 109-97. The Bulls took a big hit a few hours before tipoff when leading scorer DeMar DeRozan entered the NBA's...

Chicago Bulls (17-8, second in the Eastern Conference) vs. Cleveland Cavaliers (13-12, ninth in the Eastern Conference) Cleveland; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: DeMar DeRozan and the Chicago Bull...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Kofi Cockburn scored 17 points and grabbed a career-high 18 rebounds Illinois scored 24 points at the free throw line to hold off Iowa, 87-83 and go to 2-0 to start Big Ten play...

NEW YORK (AP) - Alabama Bryce Young, Michigan defensive end Aidan Hutchinson, Pittsburgh quarterback Kenny Pickett and Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud are the finalists for the Heisman Trophy. The ...