Category Archives: Local Sports

The Salem Wildcats are 6-5 after coming back from a 2nd half deficit scoring on two penalty kicks in the game's final 15 minutes to get the 2-1 victory at Mt Vernon. Carter Wilson tied the game with h...

Class 8A: Maine South (8) 3-0 Chicago Marist (1) 3-0 Naperville Central (2) 2-1 Gurnee Warren 2-1 Naperville Neuqua Valley 3-0 Lincoln-Way East 2-1 Glenbard West 3-0 Bolingbrook 3-0 Homewood-Flossmoor...

The Salem Lady Cats golf team improved to 6-1 knocking off visiting Effingham on the front 9 of the Salem Country Club 205-209. Kenzie Anderson was medalist shooting 42 followed by Alyssa Paul 49, Mak...

The KC Blue Angels soccer team beat visiting East Central College 5-2. Hannah Miller and Maci Bohannon each scored 2 goals for KC and Gracie Kimmle added another.

The Salem Lady Cats improved to 4-8 on the season with their 24-14, 25-14 win over Olney. The JV are 2-3 with their 2-set win and the freshman also won in two sets to improve to 3-2 on the season.

The SC Cougars and CHBC Bobcats played to a 3-3 tie after 3.5 innings due to lightning in the area. In the shortened game, Ethan Watwood tripled for SC and scored a run. Chase Thompson had a hit and r...

In middle school baseball, Altamont Lutheran bounced back from their loss to SC by beating Patoka/Odin 19-2. For the Mohawks, Bo Chapman singled and scored, Drew Haines added a single and RBI with Bra...

The Franklin Park JV softball team beat Central City 15-3. Abigail Thompson was the winning pitcher for Salem going 2 innings. Morgan Honerkamp, Quinn Wolfe, Emma Lipe and Kendall Zimmermann also thre...

In prep cross country, the Christ Our Rock girls won the Sparta Invitational with 43 points. Sarah Mckown was the individual meet champion. There were 10 teams and 54 total runners. Placing top 10 for...

The Franklin Park Bobcats Cross Country team is scheduled to host their biggest meet of the year this afternoon when nearly 30 teams compete at the Lee Evans Invitational.