Category Archives: Local Sports

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Jack Flaherty pitched six solid innings to keep his record perfect and Paul DeJong hit a three-run homer in the first inning to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 12-5 victory over th...

ATLANTA (AP) - Trae Young scored 33 points, Clint Capela had 20 points and 11 rebounds and the Atlanta Hawks snapped a three-game slide with a 108-97 victory over the undermanned Chicago Bulls. Playin...

LAKE FOREST, IL (AP) - The Chicago Bears went heavily toward offense in the draft, especially on the line with second-round tackle Teven Jenkins and fifth-round tackle Larry Borom. The cornerstone to ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Kevin Fiala scored 2:16 into overtime and the Minnesota Wild scored the final three goals to rally past St. Louis 4-3 Saturday night. Nico Strum and Jonas Brodin scored late in ...

Congratulations to the Salem Wildcats football players who were named All-Cahokia Conference. Keytin Mitchell was named All-League on both sides of the ball. Also on defense was Brennon Harris. Offens...

Salem dropped to 0-4 in prep baseball falling in their conference opener at Wesclin 8-5. Salem got down early trailing 4-1 after the opening inning. At the plate, Carter Rose doubled twice and scored ...

The Salem Lady Cats softball team improved to 3-1 overall and won their conference opener with a 5-1 win at Wesclin. Maya Susmena was 2-4 with 2 RBI. She also tripled. Katlyn Banning was 2-2 with 2 ru...

Raccoon was the winner of the Region 6 Track Meet held at Salem Community High School on Friday. They finished with 148 points. Central City was second with 134. North Wamac was 3rd Selmaville was 4th...

The Salem Track & Field team hosted Central, Okawville, Wood River and Webber on Thursday. The boys won the event with 138 points followed by Central 89, Okawville and Wood River finished with 40 ...

St Anthony knocked off South Central in a pitcher's dual 2-1. SC took a 1-0 lead in the top of the sixth when Cameron Brandt stole home on a double steal. St Anthony responded in the bottom of the inn...