Category Archives: Local Sports

CHICAGO (AP) - Yasmani Grandal homered twice and drove in eight runs in his return from the injured list, and the Chicago White Sox beat the sloppy Chicago Cubs 17-13. Jos Abreu added three hits and t...

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Tommy Edman hit a two-run homer and drove in three runs, Paul Goldschmidt had three hits and the St. Louis Cardinals edged the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3. J.A. Happ improved to 3-0 with ...

UNDATED (AP) - The New York Yankees now have their longest winning streak since Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris combined for 115 homers in 1961, but the still trail Tampa Bay by four games in the AL Eas...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Los Angeles police officer briefly pressed a knee to the neck of NBA player Jaxson Hayes as the New Orleans Pelicans center gasped "I can't breathe." That's according to a body ca...

CLEVELAND (AP) - The Cleveland Cavaliers have agreed to acquire Lauri Markkanen from Chicago, in a three-way trade that will send forward Larry Nance Jr. from Cleveland to Portland. That's according t...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The New Orleans Saints have settled on a quarterback and canceled a preseason game. Jameis Winston will be the Saints' starting QB for their season opener against Green Bay on Sept....

Last weekend, Salem Soccer had a great first weekend. They out scored their opponents 26-2 across three teams. The 7th/8th grade team beat New Baden in Salem. The 3rd/4th Girls team opened up with a w...

The high school football season kicks off tonight around the state and the highlighted game of course in Week 1 is the Shrine Game, returning after losing the game last year to Covid. Salem will host ...

(Photo credit - Winning Lens) The Salem Lady Wildcats opened up their volleyball season yesterday with a home loss to Teutopolis 21-25, 22-25. The night opened with the freshmen coming up with a 21-3,...

In JUCO volleyball, Kaskaskia College defeated St. Louis Community College in 4 sets: 25-16, 17-25, 25-22, 25-18 and then beat Lewis and Clark in 3 sets: 25-15, 25-20, 25-23.