Category Archives: Local Sports

In a game that was truly years in the making, the Salem Lady Wildcats soccer team opened up game action at the new Salem Soccer Complex on South College. A big crowd was on hand to open the facility t...

The Salem Wildcats take their 8-9 overall record and 2-3 mark in the Cahokia Conference Mississippi Division on the road to Freeburg this afternoon. Salem is coming off a tight 4-3 loss to Freeburg on...

The Lady Cats are coming off a thrilling 11-9 win at Johnston City yesterday. Salem trailed by 7 heading into the 6th inning when they would score 7 runs to tie the game at 9. Then in the top of the 7...

It was 8th grade at the Salem Country Club for the Franklin Park Bobcats. The boys beat Rome 140-156 with Selmaville competing but not having enough for a team score. Bobcats Kai Graham won shooting a...

Eastern Illinois men's golf placed 11th at the 2025 Ohio Valley Conference Championships which concluded the stroke play portion of the tournament on Tuesday at Dalhousie Golf Club in Cape Girardeau, ...

ATLANTA (AP) - Eli White hit a tie-breaking three-run homer in the eighth inning and the Atlanta Braves beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-1 on Wednesday to win the three-game series. JoJo Romero (1-3) ga...

CHICAGO (AP) - Pete Crow-Armstrong homered and drove in four runs, and the Chicago Cubs topped the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-6 for another wild victory Wednesday night. Dansby Swanson had two hits and two...

The Salem Lady Wildcats will christen the new Soccer Complex today when they play the first game on the new pitch starting at 4:30 when they welcome Metro East Lutheran.

Lady Cats move to 5-0 in the conference with a 9-2 win over Freeburg. Bre Thurman was excellent on the mound striking out 12 in the win. At the plate Alivia Rasul led the way with a perfect 3-3 at the...

A 3 run homer in the first and another insurance run in the inning gave Freeburg a 4-0 lead and Salem's late comeback was cut short in a 4-3 conference loss at home. The loss drops Salem to 8-9 overal...