Category Archives: Local Sports

The Salem Lady Wildcats track team will compete today at the Mattoon Sectionals. Joining Salem in Mattoon are Argenta, Charleston, Danville, Eisenhower, MacArthur, Effingham, Mattoon, Monticello, Mt C...

ROXANA - The Salem Wildcats closed the book on their time in the Cahokia Conference in a big way on Tuesday, finishing third overall in their final conference championships before making the move to t...

The Salem Wildcats have added a home baseball game to the schedule this afternoon when they host Wesclin to Salem Field. Orphans Hold Off Rams Centralia trailed Mt Vernon 6-3 heading into the top of t...

Lady Cats Honor 3 Seniors, Fall To Olney The Salem Lady Wildcats honored their 3 softball seniors and then lost to visiting Olney 10-0. Emma Lipe and Kenley Cripps had the Salem hits. Marah Johnson, A...

In Salem Recreation Women's Volleyball, Free Ballin' beat United Medical (25-22, 25-11), Ball Busters beat Vertically Challenged (25-22, 25-19), Rickell Sager Fitness beat PennyLee Photography (25-20,...

OPS Routs Lebanon In Midday Game Austin Hoffman drove in 4 runs and Odin/Patoka/Sandoval won their game held in the middle of the day yesterday over Lebanon 12-2. The game started at noon with several...

Yesterday, South Central beat Christ Our Rock 5-2. Lauren Johnson drove in 2 runs going 2-4 for SC with a pair of doubles. Addy Ruholl and Emily Rose also had 2 hits. Johnson was the winning pitcher a...

The SC 12u Storm brought home the championship of the Mother's Day Classic in Mattoon over the weekend. They went 4-2 on the weekend. After a rough start on Saturday, their bats came alive on Sunday. ...

In Salem Recreation Women's Volleyball yesterday, PennyLee Photography beat That's What She Set (25-4, 25-16), EPOC won by forfeit over Rickell Sager Fitness (25-0, 25-0), Burners Xtream Clean beat Th...

(By: Toby Gullion - Sports Director)   The Franklin Park Bobcats made school history on Saturday, capturing the program's first-ever SIJHSAA state championship in boys track and field in dramatic...