Category Archives: Local Sports

UNDATED (AP) - The Jacksonville Jaguars are sending cornerback CJ Henderson, the ninth overall pick in the 2020 NFL draft, to the Carolina Panthers in exchange for tight end Dan Arnold. The deal also ...

UNDATED (AP) -Mitch Haniger hit two identical three-run homers and the Seattle Mariners gained precious ground in the AL wild-card race with a 13-4 win over the Oakland Athletics. Seattle's 10th strai...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Giants first baseman and home run leader Brandon Belt has a broken left thumb and his availability for the final week of the regular season and playoffs is unclear. The Giants sai...

NEW YORK (AP) - Forward Michael Porter Jr. has agreed to a five-year maximum extension with the Denver Nuggets that could be worth up to $207 million. His agent, Mark Bartelstein, confirmed the deal t...

The Salem Youth Football Wildcats finished their season at 5-1 with a 38-6 win at Mt Carmel. Angel Salgado had 3 rushing touchdowns. Trey Clark rushed for 2 more scores while Jaret Gibson added a 2-po...

The Salem cross country was at the Freeburg Invitational on Saturday. Top finisher for the girls was Breanna Thurman finishing 35th out of 137 runners in a time of 20:34, her best time of the season. ...

The Franklin Park Cross Country team competed at the Pre-State Meet for Class L held in DuQuoin. The varsity boys remained undefeated on the season with a dominating win scoring 48 points to 2nd place...

The Class L state baseball tournament is set. The first round will be Saturday at Centralia with Marion taking on Carterville, DuQuoin plays Flora, Waterloo takes on Mascoutah and Triad will play Wesc...

The Salem 9u came back to beat Flora on Sunday 15-12. Salem trailed 12-11 in the top of the sixth when Izac Holsapple doubled home 2 runs to take the lead. In the opening inning Isaac Knapp drew a bas...

Salem's 1st/2nd grade team hosted Germantown on Saturday. Grayson Purintun scored for Salem. Stevie Nix, Hadley Michel and Aspen Morris had some close chances at scoring. Kaysen Findley and Ethan Petr...