Category Archives: Local Sports

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Ethan Thompson scored 20 points, including a pair of clinching foul shots with 35 seconds left, and No. 12 seed Oregon State beat eighth-seeded Loyola Chicago 65-58 in the Sweet 16...

SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Jakob Poeltl scored 20 points, DeMar DeRozan had 17 and the San Antonio Spurs held on to beat Chicago 120-104 on Saturday night in Nikola Vucevic's debut with the Bulls, snapping a ...

MESA, Ariz. (AP) - David Bote has won the second-base job with the Chicago Cubs, and Trevor Williams and Adbert Alzolay will round out the team's rotation at the beginning of the season. The Cubs clea...

CHICAGO (AP) - Mikael Grunland, Rocco Grimaldi, and Ryan Johansen scored, and the Nashville Predators beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-1 for their fourth consecutive win. Luke Kunin had two assists as Na...

The Salem Wildcats will try to make it a 2-0 start to their football season as they travel to 0-1 Alton Marquette. Salem is coming off a win over Mt Vernon while Marquette dropped their opener to Mate...

(Photo by Greg Maxey) In prep volleyball, Salem dropped their Cahokia match at Columbia 17-25, 17-25 to drop to 2-5 on the year. The JV lost in 3 sets 25-22, 13-25, 20-25 to fall to 3-4 on the season ...

(Photo by Nathan Lee – Winning Lens) The Franklin Park Lady Bobcats are right back in action tonight as they host Christopher. Last night, the Lady Bobcats stayed unbeaten with a 50-26 victory o...

The Iuka Grade School scholar bowl team traveled to Franklin Park yesterday for a match with the Bobcats with the Pirates coming out on top 90-30. Josh Parkinson and Sarah Morris each had 10 points. K...

The Illinois baseball team is set to open its home slate this weekend against Northwestern at 4pm today. The game will be the first at Illinois Field in 388 days. The Illini are 6-6 coming off a four ...

UNDATED (AP) - The Philadelphia 76ers continue to cruise without the services of All-Star center Joel Embiid. The Sixers earned their fourth straight win as Danny Green hit eight 3-pointers and scored...