Category Archives: Local Sports

In 3a, Honorable Mention went to Centralia's Dustyn Collins and Archie Goewey, Dave Barnes of Mt Vernon, Ethan Simmons of Marion. In 1a, Benton's Docker Tedeschi is on the 1st team along with Sam Dona...

Congratulations to Franklin Park 8th grader Maci Susmena for winning the Region 9 SIJHSAA Jim Burnes Leadership Award. They will be honore d with a luncheon tomorrow in Sesser.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Joey Bart, Andrew McCutchen and Isiah Kiner-Falefa each drove in two runs, and the Pittsburgh Pirates handed St. Louis its fourth consecutive loss with an 8-4 victory over the Cardin...

CHICAGO (AP) - Justin Steele tossed three-hit ball over seven innings, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Texas Rangers 7-0 on a frigid Monday night. Michael Busch doubled and scored in the second. He also...

DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) - Denny Hamlin took his last lead out of the pits right before an overtime finish and then held off William Byron to win the Goodyear 400 at Darlington Raceway on Sunday. Hamlin ...

The South Central High School Board of Education this week hired their 6th head boy's basketball coach in the program's history. He is Landon Zurliene from Fairfield. Landon is a senior at McKendree U...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Robert Thomas scored a power-play goal in overtime and the St. Louis Blues tied a franchise record with their 11th consecutive win, 5-4 over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night....

The Salem Wildcats dropped their home game to the Effingham Hearts 8-6 in a rematch of last year's regional championship game won by the Wildcats. Effingham took a 6-0 lead in the top of the 3rd, the ...

The Salem Lady Wildcats earned a hard fought road win at Paris 2-0. Bre Thruman was the winning pitcher striking out 10. Marah Johnson led the offense with 2 hits and an RBI. Emma Lipe also drove in t...

Christ Our Rock competed at the Breese Central Open that was cut short due to lightning. Landyn Mitchell won the 110 hurdles and long jump. Carson Pigg won the 3200 and Rylee Brammeier won the women's...