Category Archives: Local Sports

In Class 3a, the Salem Wildcats will open up against the host Terriers Monday night at 6pm on WJBD. The winner advances to Wednesday's semifinal against Mt Vernon. Marion and Olney will be the other s...

Salem senior Keyton King finished 8th overall at the IHSA State 1a Wrestling Finals in Champaign and finished off a Hall of Fame career that left a lot of firsts for the Wildcats young program. King w...

Nice day for the youth at the Mt Vernon Regional. Salem advanced 14 kids to the Sectional tournament next weekend. Advancing are Baylee Nix, Forrest Hancock, Sawyer Duncan, Izayah Ramirez, Ethan Petri...

Although the Salem Lady Wildcats didn't advance to the final day of the State Finals, a pair of Lady Cats finished up the season on the final day. Sophomore Brooklyn Hamilton averaged 192 on the day a...

Salem grad and Missouri Baptist bowler Charlie Hunter was named to the GLV All Conference First Team. Congratulations to Hunter, who won a team and individual state championship for the Wildcats.

The Mt Vernon Lady Rams won their own 3a regional on Saturday beating conference rival Carbondale 64-54. It was the 5th straight regional title for Mt Vernon. They will advance to Tuesday's Bethalto S...

The KC Blue Devils fell to 13-12 with an 82-55 loss to Wabash Valley College. Myles Liddell led KC with 14 and Terrell Galbreath added 12. Sherod Dent had 24 in the win over Wabash Valley. KC will hos...

The South 7 Freshman Tournament finished up in Marion on Saturday with the host Wildcats knocking off Mt Vernon 51-49. Centralia beat Carbondale 26-23 for 3rd place.

Salem's Brody Elwood, Austin Woolridge, Liam Morris and Holden Richardson competed at the IHSA Swim Meet in Urbana. The team was 6th in the Freestyle Relay and 8th in the Medley Relay. Elwood was 20th...

The Centralia Tigers season ended with a 3rd place win at the SIJHSAA Class L State Tournament at Rend Lake College. The Tigers beat Carbondale 59-48 to win the trophy. In the championship Murphysboro...