Category Archives: Local Sports

(by: Cole Wimberly) It's was another amazing Homecoming week at Salem High School last week. With various clothing themes, and people geared up for the parade Saturday. The boy's are girls got a chanc...

Salem's Haarmann & Russell Advancing To State The Salem Lady Wildcats were 5th at the Effingham Sectional and failed to advance as a team. Salem's Jaryn Haarmann and Mya Russell both qualified as ...

The Salem girl's tennis team went to TTown and came away with an 8-1 win. Girls contributing were Ella Robinson, Lauren Burge, Maddie Keserauskis, Katee Sellers, Abbi Patrick and Kinsey Jarrett. Salem...

Yesterday opened the National Trail Conference Baseball Tournament. The SC Cougars beat Neoga 4-2. Hudson Moore doubled for SC and drove in 2 runs. Trevan Sidwell and Brody Markley added RBI. That was...

It's state semifinal day in the SIJHSAA for baseball and softball. The Class L Tournaments will be held at Rotary Park in Centralia. The Lady Bobcats of Salem will play in the softball 1pm semifinal a...

In the City of Salem Recreation women's A League Volleyball, Somer Real Estate beat Spike Tyson's (25-17, 25-17), Somer then needed three sets to beat the Red Dog Saloon (15-25, 25-10, 15-8), Gold Lin...

The Salem Lady Wildcats golf team are in action today at the Effingham Country Club for Sectional action after qualifying from the Effingham St Anthony Regional last week. They join St Anthony and Eff...

There is a real local flare at the boys 2a Sectional held at the Union County Country Club in Anna. Salem's Kyler Sapp and Logan Lockhart will represent the Cats. Daven Cook will compete for the Orpha...

The Salem Wildcats soccer team is 13-2-and-1 after their 5-2 win over visiting Marion on Saturday morning. Eli Baker scored 4 more goals giving him 105 in his career as the junior is still one of the ...

(Photo: Valerie Moats)   Salem senior bowler Silas Moats is primed for a big final year for the Wildcats. Already a part of back-to-back state titles, Moats is also primed to help his Cat's to an...