Category Archives: Local Sports

The South Central Cougars knocked off Neoga in front of a big crowd at Lions Field in Kinmundy who came to watch the milestone victory. The win was the program's 1000th since consolidation in the 1989...

The Salem Wildcats fell to Freeburg 15-0 giving up 10 runs in the 2nd inning. Salem's defense struggled again committing 5 errors leading to 12 unearned runs. The Cats got 2 hits from Hunter Daniels a...

The SC Lady Cougars improved to 16-4 overall and 4-1 in the NTC with a 9-3 win at Neoga. Taegan Webster was the winning pitcher and at the plate added 3 hits and drove in a run. Kaitlyn Swift added an...

The Franklin Park Track Team held their end of year awards yesterday. On the boys side, Robby Shober had the most points, Cole Casburn the HEART award, Co-Most Improved were Keaton Gullion & Cole ...

In Little League Majors, Rotary beat IGA 15-5 in five innings. Landen Maxey was the winning pitcher as he and Jaret Gibson combine to strikeout 13 and walk just 1. At the plate for Rotary, Brendan Smi...

The Salem 12u, coming off a 2nd place finish last weekend at their tournament, will open up the 2021 Chip Kuhn Memorial Tournament in Okawville tonight with an 8pm game against the Washington County W...

Chicago Cubs (22-21, second in the NL Central) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (25-18, first in the NL Central) St. Louis; Friday, 8:15 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Cubs: Kyle Hendricks (3-4, 5.27 ERA, 1.55 W...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Russell Westbrook nearly had a triple-double and Bradley Beal scored 25 points in just 29 minutes to help the Washington Wizards reach the NBA playoffs as the Eastern Conference's No...

UNDATED (AP) - Brandon Tanev scored the tiebreaking goal with 3:36 left and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Islanders 5-4 in Game 3 to take a 2-1 lead in their first-round playoff series. Je...

UNDATED (AP) - Joey Wendle homered twice, Rich Hill combined with his bullpen on a two-hitter and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Baltimore Orioles 10-1 to extend their winning streak to seven games. Tamp...