Category Archives: Local Sports

Rantoul Spring Swing Tournament   Tournament Recap - Day 1 - Pool Play   Game 1 Salem Cats 12u Beat BBYSL Blast 12u On Powerful Performance from Khaeler Williams. Khaeler hit two inside the ...

In Salem Recreation's Women's Volleyball League, Ball Busters beat United Medical (25-10, 25-17), EPOC over Penny Lee Photography (25-8, 25-20), Rickell Sages Fitness over The Texas Corner Tavern (25-...

The Franklin Park Lady Bobcats will add a Class L state volleyball championship to their trophy case as they pulled off a three-set thriller at Pinckneyville High School to beat Wolf Branch in the fin...

It's always tough at the Class S volleyball tournament, with 16 regions compacted into southern Illinois, the state champion needs to win 4 matches in one day to take on the title. This year Holy Chil...

Okawville won the Class M SIJHSAA State Volleyball Tournament on Saturday at Nashville High School. They beat Trico in the finals 25-16, 25-15 to claim the big trophy. Okawville opened the tournament ...

Parrett Finishes 5th and Veach runs a PR at the Illinois Top Times Meet. On her third throw, Freshman Emily Parrett got the distance she needed to get in the Top 8. Emily's throw of 37-01.25 earned he...

The Mt Vernon Rams battled state ranked Effingham but came up short 5-4. Cale Maurer went 2-3 with an RBI, Grant Holloway had 2 hits and Bronx Hefner assed an RBI and run scored. Maurer struck out 8 i...

The Salem Lady Wildcats dropped a pair of games at DuQuoin on Saturday. Lady Cats fall in game 1 to Du Quoin 9-4. Morgan Honerkamp was good striking out 6. At the plate Katee Sellers, Marah Johnson an...

The Centralia Annies moved to 5-0 on Saturday with an impressive 4-0 shutout of Nashville. Emrie Quick struck out 13 for the Annie allowing just 2 hits in her complete game win. Centralia would get a ...

They fell to Mater Dei 13-1. The Knights would take command with a 6-0 lead in the top of the 2nd. Ryker Dodson and Kaiden Harell each had a hit and Sebastian Kruger drove in a run. It wasn't any bett...