Category Archives: Local Sports

UNDATED (AP) - The Philadelphia Flyers fell behind early Sunday afternoon before Alain Vigneault elected to tinker with his lines. It worked to perfection. Scott Laughton registered his first career h...

BOYS PREP BASKETBALL Aledo (Mercer County) 71, Galva 33 Barrington 50, Schaumburg 36 Belvidere North 63, Oregon 43 Chester 56, Cairo 45 Christopher 60, Zeigler-Royalton 32 Collinsville 61, Alton 40 Co...

UNDATED (AP) - Former heavyweight champion Leon Spinks Jr. has died at 67 after battling prostate and other cancers. Spinks won gold at the 1976 Montreal Olympics and rose in prominence when he beat M...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Zach LaVine bounced back from a poor performance a night earlier and scored 39 points as the Chicago Bulls routed the injury-plagued Orlando Magic 118-92. LaVine scored just two p...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Kofi Cockburn scored 23 points, Ayo Dosunmu added 21 and No. 12 Illinois beat No. 19 Wisconsin 75-60 in a key Big Ten Conference matchup. Dosunmu also had 12 rebounds and 12 ass...

The Salem Wildcats dropped their season opener to powerhouse Fairfield 61-59. Landon Zurliene took the ball on the inbounds the length of the court and hit a 15 foot jumper that fell through as time e...

UNDATED (AP) - The start of the Milwaukee Bucks' six-game road trip got off to a rocky start when mechanical issues prevented them from getting to Cleveland until Friday morning. The travel issues did...

UNDATED (AP) - The Boston Bruins continue to make a habit out of rallying from third-period deficits. Sean Kuraly and Brad Marchand scored 27 seconds apart in the third period to send the Bruins past ...

(Photo by Greg Maxey) The Salem Lady Cats turned the ball over 9 times in the opening quarter as they trailed 16-6 after the first 8 minutes, and it was a hole they couldn't dig out of in their 56-51 ...

The Salem Wildcats will open up their season tonight when they take on the Fairfield Mules. Bill Hawley will have the call starting at 7:30 on 100.1 FM WJBD. The Wildcats will open up the Cahokia Conf...