Category Archives: Local Sports

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - Justin Strong had 16 carries for 159 yards and two touchdowns, Javon Williams Jr. ran 24 times for 150 yards and two scores, and Southern Illinois beat Southeastern Louisiana 5...

BOSTON (AP) - Wearing their new blue-and-yellow uniforms, the Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 7-4 when Marwin Gonzalez homered to key a four-run rally in the eighth inning. The Red Sox unifo...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Yadier Molina hit two home runs, doubled and drove in four, and Nolan Arenado and Paul DeJong also homered in the St. Louis Cardinals' 9-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. S...

CHICAGO (AP) - Nikola Vucevic had 25 points, Lauri Markkanen added 16 off the bench, and the Chicago Bulls beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 106-96 to snap a five-game losing streak. Denzel Valentine had 1...

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) - Darcy Kuemper stopped 20 shots in his return to the lineup, and the Arizona Coyotes rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat the St. Louis Blues 3-2. Arizona got off to a sluggis...

(Photo Credit – Greg Maxey) Freeburg quarterback Griffin Range combined with running back Lucas Stone to rush for 300 yards on the ground as Freeburg pulled away in the 2nd half to beat Salem 41...

(Photo Credit – Greg Maxey) The Salem volleyball team dropped their match at Woodlawn 20-25, 14-25 to fall to 5-9. The night opened with the freshman winning 25-17, 25-19. The JV also were winne...

(Photo Credit – Breanne Swartzlander) The SC Lady Cougars blew a 12-3 lead after 5.5 innings as Vandalia scored 11 runs in the final 4 innings, but SC held on to win 16-14. The teams combined fo...

The Salem Wildcats 11u defeated the Southern Illinois Smash 14-3. Silas Lux drove in 3 runs with 2 hits for Salem. Colton Tockstein and Keytin King also drove in runs.

Salem Bowl held Junior Gold Scholarship Tournaments recently. In the U15 mixed scholarship division Rhett Runge won a $150 scholarship with 1107, one pin better than Silas Moats who won $80 with Domin...