Category Archives: Local Sports
Dodson Named NTC MVP
The National Trail Conference released their All Conference Baseball Team for 2020. South Central's Chase Dodson was named MVP and was joined on the team by Spencer Johannes. Also receiving the honors...
Oct 16, 2020
MVP of the Week - Cooper Lobek
The Franklin Park Bobcat MVP of the Week sponsored by Kane Insurance is Cooper Lobek. Cooper is a member of the 2020 state champion Bobcats baseball team who also enjoys fishing and building beds for ...
Oct 16, 2020
No Spectators At SIJHSAA State Track Meet Next Friday
Word from the SIJHSAA they will not be allowing spectators at the Class L State Cross Country meet in DuQuoin next Friday. They are looking at finding a way to stream the event, and I'll have more inf...
Oct 16, 2020
Franklin Park Wins Boys XC Regional, Girls Also Advance To State
Franklin Park hosted the regional cross country meet yesterday with the top 2 teams and advancing to next Friday's state meet held in DuQuoin. The Franklin Park Bobcats dominated the field as the boys...
Oct 15, 2020
Rangers Finish Perfect Season At Greenview Golf Course...Salem's Luke Light Finishes 33rd, CORLHS Freshman Boehne 17th
The Benton Rangers completed a rare undefeated sweep of their season after winning the Centralia 2a boys golf Sectional yesterday. They improved to 26-0 including 7 tournament wins. They were led by C...
Oct 14, 2020
Franklin Park Bobcats Are State Champs
For the first time in school history, the Franklin Park Bobcats are state baseball champions. Salem defeated Benton at Rotary Park in Centralia 4-1 to take the Class L title. Benton scored in the open...
Oct 14, 2020
Wildcards Win Class S State Title
St Mary's Centralia/Willow Grove beat Coulterville for the SIJHSAA Class S state title in Pinckneyville 4-2. Reese Koester drove in 2 runs in the top of the 6th to put the Wildcards on top for good. M...
Oct 14, 2020
Franklin Park Hosts Cross Country Regionals Today
Today is the Class L junior high cross country meet hosted at Franklin Park School. The winners will advance to next weekend's state meet. Salem will welcome fellow runners from Breese, Centralia, Fai...
Oct 14, 2020
Salem Recreation/YMCA Coed Softball Results From Tuesday
In Salem Recreation/YMCA coed softball at Bryan Park it was Coffey Construction over Red Dog 14-7, Odd Fellows beat Coffey Construction 6-5 and Route 50 Auto Repair beat Crescent Bearing 18-7.
Oct 14, 2020
Kenzi Anderson Top 10 At Girls Golf Sectional
The Salem Country Club was the site for one of four IHSA Class 1A sectional qualifiers for girls golf on Monday. The sectional competition included 8 full teams that advanced from their respective reg...
Oct 13, 2020
