Category Archives: Local Sports

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...

The North Wamac/Irvington/Grand Prairie 7th grade tournament began last night. Raccoon beat Ashley 60-10. John Organ led the scoring with 17, Wyatt Squibb added 12 and Logan Brammeier 10. New Horizon ...

In City of Salem Recreation Winter Coed Volleyball B League play, G&G Rolloff Services needed 3 sets to beat Diggin & Swiggin (21-25, 25-20, 15-10) and It's a Hard Block Life beat Block Party ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Illinois wasn't showing any hard feelings toward its opponent when it declined to participate in a postgame handshake. As several players deal with a virus, the Fighting Illini ju...