Category Archives: Local Sports

The Salem Wildcats finished their regular season at Roxana with a loss to the Shells 53-30. Salem only trailed 11-9 after the first quarter but was outscored in the middle 2 quarters 30-11 as the Shel...

The post season continues in IHSA girls basketball tonight. Mt Vernon is the site for the 3a regional semifinal starting with Mt Vernon and East St Louis at 6pm and then Carbondale and Mascoutah at 7:...

The SIJHSAA Class L State Semifinals are tonight at Rend Lake College. The first game will see Centralia Junior High taking on Marion at 6pm followed by Murphysboro and Carbondale at 7:15. The trophy ...

The NWIGP 7th Grade Tournament continued last night. In the championship semifinals, New Horizon beat Raccoon 36-33. Braxton Martinez led the Crusaders with 14 and Hunter Malekovich added 12. John Org...

Selmaville beat Sandoval 25-23, 25-12 in middle school volleyball. Brylee Carter had 10 service points and Dylann Rosenthal 9. Ava Donoho finished with 8 points and 4 aces. The Rockets JV also won 25-...

Centralia senior Xavier Koch has signed his letter of intent to continue his football and baseball careers next year at Illinois College. Koch has been a standout athlete on the football and baseball ...

Franklin Park held their Girls Basketball and Dance Team Awards last night. Dance Awards went to Macy Pity (Dancing Queen), Ekiya Jones (Leadership), Aisha Emniser (Stage Presence), EmmaLou Lee (Most ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Daytona 500 pole-winner Chase Briscoe was dealt a major penalty Wednesday when NASCAR said Joe Gibbs Racing had a modified spoiler on the No. 19 Toyota in time trials. Joe Gibbs...

The Salem Wildcats are scheduled to head to Roxana today after yesterday's games was canceled due to the weather. The Cats JV will start at 5:30 followed by the varsity start around 7 on WJBD. Last ni...

Over the weekend Odin High School hosted the OBC versus Area All Star Game. The OBC All Stars won 72-38. Raccoon's John Organ and Selmaville's Corey Cano were named co-MVP's for the OBC and Aiden Hoov...