Category Archives: Local Sports

CHICAGO (AP) - Trailing by 15 points in the second half, No. 23 Wisconsin looked as if it was ready to get knocked out of the Big Ten Tournament by No. 9 Illinois on Friday. Then again, comebacks are ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Kawhi Leonard scored 28 points, Bennedict Mathurin had 26 and the Los Angeles Clippers extended their winning streak to four games with a 119-108 victory over the Chicago Bulls on F...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Robert Thomas scored on a wrist shot with nine seconds left in overtime to give the St. Louis Blues a 3-2 come-from-behind win over the Edmonton Oilers on Friday night. The Blues trai...

Goreville will play tomorrow for the Class 1a state title after knocking off Lawrenceville yesterday in their semifinal at the State Farm Center in Champaign 55-47. The game was tight until the end of...

The East St Louis Flyers soar into the 3a final four today with a showdown against Chicago Leo. The Flyers have been ranked at the top of 3a all season and come in with a 31-4 record and battle tested...

The 3a Illinois Basketball Coaches Association All State Teams have been announced.   East St Louis stand out and Penn State recruit Jamison White made the first team. Centralia's Archie Goewey w...

Lady Cats softball team opened their season with a 7-5 win over Mater Dei.   Morgan Honerkamp earned her 1st Varsity win on the mound and Katee Sellers finished the last two innings to get the sa...

The varsity girls beat Central City behind a high game from Lilly Morris and Heather Gabbard set a new PR of 139.   FP V boys had two wins over Raccoon. Dakota Gregg had a series high of 237 with...

(Photos: Camryn Harre) Salem grad and Rend Lake College freshman Noah Nix was dominant early but John A Logan caught up to him in the fourth inning as the Volunteers beat the Warriors 14-4. Nix struck...

(Photos: Sam Snodsmith) Salem's Bre Thurman continued to throw well for John A Logan softball as they had a double header at Frontier Community College. Bre would enter out of the bullpen in Game 2 as...