Category Archives: Local Sports

Centralia's Addisyn Becker-Fontaine made it to state from her softball throw scores from the Special Olympics in McLeanboro on May 2nd. The state Special Olympics were held in Bloomington-Normal at Il...

In the City of Salem Recreation Sand Volleyball, Meskil Cleaning beat Sandy Cheeks 17-21, 21-14, 15-7 and Sand Fleas in three sets beat Revival Health & Wellness Center 16-21, 21-17, 15-8. The fin...

The 2025 All South Softball Team has been announced. In 2a, Halle Kitley of Flora and Siena Popejoy of Nashville were honored. Also in 3a, Centralia's Madison Francois and Kaylee Bowdler were honored ...

The South 7 Conference released their All League Softball Team. Centralia's Madison Francois was the MVP with Co-Captains Danicah Tobin of Mt Vernon and Alana Bryant of Marion. The First Team included...

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Andrew Heaney carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning and Spencer Horwitz powered Pittsburgh's offense as the Pirates cruised past the St. Louis Cardinals 7-0 on Monday night to ma...

The South Central 12u Storm Chasers swept a double header in Salem over the Wildcats yesterday to finish their summer with an amazing record of 31-0.

The Salem 14u Wildcats won the Millstadt Explosion Sluggers Wood Bat Tournament. After opening up the tournament Saturday with an 8-8 tie against the O'Fallon A's, Salem beat Jasper County 3-1. Then o...

Congratulations South Central Storm 18u on winning back to back championships. Missouri State last weekend and Illinois State this weekend going 10-0 for both weekends. In a rematch of the double inte...

HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) - Chase Elliott couldn't have picked a better setting for a drought-breaking win. Fans roared in approval after Elliott, the home-state favorite, passed Brad Keselowski on the final ...

In Little League softball action Kaskaskia Valley beat Landers Towing 10-2. Izzie Hall collected 3 hits as the team banged out 13 in the game. Avree Winegarner drove in 3 runs, Shaylee Vest had 3 hits...