Category Archives: Local Sports
Lady Cats 5th Seed In Upcoming Post Season
The seeds have been released for the IHSA girls basketball post season. The Salem Lady Wildcats are the 5th seed with their 16-11 record in the Olney Sectional complex. Mt Carmel is the 1 seed ...
Feb 06, 2026
Bobcats Win 1st Regional Since 2006, Next Stop the State Tournament
Franklin Park won their first boys basketball regional since 2006 as they beat Centralia at Wesclin 40-39. Ben Lux led Salem with 16, Emit Gibson had 10 points and 7 rebounds. Salem will advance to ne...
Feb 06, 2026
Class S State Tournament Opens Saturday at RLC -- Selmaville, Summersville, New Horizon, & Bartelso all Prepare
The Class S tournament starts tomorrow. Selmaville will play Jasper at 9:30, Albers/Damiansville and Crab Orchard at 10:45, then Summersville plays at noon against Coulterville, New Horizon and Pope C...
Feb 06, 2026
TTown Boys Join Girls As IESA State 7th Grade Champions
The Teutopolis 7th Grade Shoes are state champions winning the IESA 3a title over Lisle last night 48-43. TTown trailed by almost double digits in the 2nd halve, but fought back and got it done. Bryso...
Feb 06, 2026
JH Volleyball - Sandoval Tournament Opens Today....Selmaville Wins Again
The Sandoval Junior High Volleyball Tournament opens today. St Mary's Centralia takes on First Baptist O'Fallon at 4pm followed by Field and Lebanon at 5. New Horizon plays St Mary's Mt Vernon at 6 an...
Feb 06, 2026
Lady Cats Host Freeburg On WJBD In Big Cahokia Matchup...Freshmen Lady Cats Fall at Effingham
The Salem Lady Wildcats take their 15-11 record and 4-4 Cahokia Conference record back to B.E. Gum tonight when they host Freeburg. The Midgets are 22-6 and 7-1 overall in the conference, 2nd behind B...
Feb 05, 2026
Illinois Boys & Girls High School Basketball Poll
Class 4A Rank School Total Points Previous 1. Lisle (Benet Academy) (12) (25-1) 120 1 2. Chicago (DePaul College Prep) (21-3) 115 3 3. Chicago (Curie) (1) (21-1) 107 2 4. Gurnee (Warren) (21-2) 91 4 5...
Feb 05, 2026
Marlow Just Outside Top 10 After Another Big Night, 102 Away From 3k
Nathanial Marlow scored 28 and Webber defeated Hardin County 70-54 in Webber. 8th ranked Webber improves to 19-3 while Hardin County falls to 18-7. Marlow passed Chicago Roosevelt start Chuck Taylor, ...
Feb 05, 2026
KC Gets Late Free Throws To Beat SWIC
KC beat SWIC 64-61 in a game that wasn't decided until the final minute. Abdou Fay hit a free throw with 10 seconds left that broke a 61-61 tie and after SWIC missed a 3-pointer, Keyon Garrett-Miller ...
Feb 05, 2026
Selmaville Wins Franklin Park 6th Grade Tournament
The 1st Franklin Park 6th Grade Volleyball Tournament was held yesterday. Selmaville won the title with their wins over Patoka (25-11, 25-13) and Franklin Park (24-26, 25-15, 15-13. The ...
Feb 05, 2026
