Category Archives: Local Sports

The state finals in football are set after the semifinals on Saturday. In 1a, Dierre Hill Jr carried it 13 times for 318 yards and 5 touchdowns as Belleville Althoff cruised past Camp Point Central 58...

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer Drew Bannister is out as coach of the St. Louis Blues after less than a full calendar year on the job. Jim Montgomery is back behind the bench of an NHL team five day...

CHICAGO (AP) - Sam Darnold figured the Vikings would recover the Bears' onside kick near the end of regulation and he would only need to kneel. Though things got a little more complicated, he'll take ...

The Salem Lady Wildcats are back in the DuQuoin Tip Off Classic championship after running through their pool 3-0 including last night's win over the hosts 54-40. Salem trailed by 5 points midway thro...

The KC Blue Devils are at Oakland City University while the Blue Angels travel to Olney Central College. The Rend Lake College Warriors are at home against Lewis & Clark while the women continue p...

CHICAGO (AP) - Zach LaVine scored 26 points, Ayo Dosunmu and Coby White each had 20 and the Chicago Bulls beat the Atlanta Hawks 136-122 on Friday night in an NBA Cup game. Nikola Vucevic had 18 point...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Chase Elliott has been named NASCAR's most popular driver for the seventh straight year. He was announced Friday at NASCAR's annual season-ending awards ceremony. It's the only ...

The Salem Lady Wildcats will take on the host Lady Indians tonight at the DuQuoin Lady Indians Tip Off Classic with the winner advancing to tomorrow's finals. Both teams are 2-0 in tournament play. Ga...

The Salem Wildcats are preparing for their trip to next week's Capital Classic in Lawrenceville where they will play Lawrenceville and Mt Carmel next Friday, followed by a game with TTown and their tr...

Franklin Park girls traveled to Marion and came away with a win 32-30. Brynn Kessler and Kenna Benjamin had 10 each, Braelan Knaak added 6. Salem also won the JV game 33-9. Kenna Benjamin had 8 and Le...