Category Archives: Local Sports

The NEXT Project basketball skills camp finished up their 4-week run in Salem with 110 kids coming through the doors throughout the 4-night camp. Chris and Brady Gustafson of Carlyle St Mary's Basketb...

Salem will be competing in the Cahokia Conference one final year. They will open the season August 29th with the annual Shrine Game at home against Centralia. The schedule also features non conference...

Salem's Jarett Rushing competed in Saluki Junior Open 16u singles division in Carbondale, IL this past Saturday and finished in 2nd place. In the quarterfinal round, he won over Kaden Langin 6-0, 6-2....

The Jr Gold National Youth Bowling Championships finished up over the weekend in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Salem's Ryan Detering and Silas Moats both advanced to the Advancers Round. Ryan missed the next ...

Alyssa Nelson was one of fourteen athletes selected to represent Spirit of America and Experience Cheer at the New Years Day Parade in Rome, Italy . Alyssa is a Junior at Centralia High School and als...

Team Impact Gold finished 2nd at the Fort Walton Beach USSSA Softball Nationals. The team includes three Centralia Annies, Kaylee Bowdler, Kinsley Hawthorne and Josie Venturini. Josie also was Defensi...

Salem's Ethan Crouse and Caden Ice competed at the OBC Bodybuilding's Best of the Midwest in St Louis. Crouse was competing in his first bodybuilding competition at the age of 19. He was 4th in Classi...

Salem's Julianna Rushing competed and was 2nd at the Saluki Junior Tennis Circuit 12u Coed Green Ball in Carbondale. She beat Mackendree Dueker in the opening match 4-2, then beat Manisha Sivakumar 4-...

The Qualifying Rounds are done at the Jr Gold Youth Bowling Nationals held in various bowling alleys in Green Bay, Wisconsin. A pair of Salem graduates and future Missouri Baptist bowlers have advance...

Harrisburg's Dalton Wheeler finished the 4-block qualifying rounds in the U15 Boys Division in 3rd place after his 4th round of 865 which included a 279 his final game. He has averaged 220 over 16 gam...