Category Archives: Local Sports

UNDATED (AP) - The Philadelphia 76ers played Monday without Joel Embiid and Tobias Harris before losing fellow starter Danny Green to a tight hamstring. The Sixers won anyway as Seth Curry stepped up ...

NEW YORK (AP) - Acting general manager Zack Scott will not return to the New York Mets. That's according to a person familiar with the firing. Scott was placed on administrative leave following an arr...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - The NCAA has suspended Illinois center Kofi Cockburn for the first three games of the season. The punishment comes after he sold apparel and memorabilia before new regulations t...

Bolts hand Caps first regulation loss TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - The Tampa Bay Lightning have handed the Washington Capitals their first regulation loss of the season. The Caps were 5-0-3 until Andrei Vasilev...

The Salem Wildcats football season came to an end Saturday night falling at Breese Central 20-0 in front of a capacity crowd at Astroth Field. The game was scoreless after the first quarter, but the C...

The Salem cross country season came to an end at the Decatur St Teresa Sectionals over the weekend. The boys finished 17th. Moving on as a team were Arthur, St Joseph Ogden, Monticello, St Teresa, New...

The prep volleyball Sectionals will open up tonight. In Class 1a, South Central is making their 11th Sectional appearance in school history with their lone title coming in 2011. The Lady Cougars are 2...

Salem Soccer's 7th/8th grade team have completed their fall season. Overall, they went 12-2. They scored an impressive 106 goals throughout the season and only allowed 19. They were 8-0 in the SWIS le...

The KC Blue Angels volleyball team won 3rd place in the Region 24 tournament beating Lake Land in 5 sets 18-25, 27-25, 25-27, 26-24, 15-13.

The Franklin Park Bobcats won the Greenville 7th Grade Basketball Tournament over the weekend winning both round robin games. They opened with a 46-25 win over Greenville. Avery Gullion led Salem with...