Category Archives: Local Sports

Franklin Park softball fell to Aviston 6-5 in a walk-off defeat. Brinn Detmer, Kaylee Carroll, Gwen Goosetree and Mira Deadmond all had Salem hits with Detmer driving in 2 runs. Jayla Tabor was the st...

Flag Football: In Salem Recreation Flag Football the Giants played the Packers. Players of the game for the Giants were Corbin Davis and Avery Owen. For the Packers, Bensyn Gambill, Jordy Lane and Jon...

The Lady Wildcats will open up their home volleyball schedule tonight when they host Flora. Salem dropped their season opener at Effingham Monday night 22-25, 22-25. The night opened with the freshman...

The Salem Wildcats opened the 2026 soccer season in dramatic fashion Tuesday night, rallying from a halftime deficit to knock off Effingham 3-2 at the Salem Soccer Complex. The victory extended Salem'...

Centralia opened their season with a home win over Carlyle 6-2. Christian Alonso and Maneil Shrestha had 2 goals each for the Orphans and Javier Hortal and Collin Loepker had one each as Centralia had...

The SCHS girls tennis team won their home opener and first match of the season over Centralia 8-1.   Winning in varsity singles were Ella Robinson, Katee Sellers, Emmi John, Adelynn Bumgarner, Al...

In prep baseball, Odin/Patoka out hit Brownstown/St Elmo but it wasn't enough as they lost 6-4. Hunter Thompson had 2 Eagles hits. Brady Cain struck out 10 allowing 4 hits and 4 runs. Cain and Drew Ha...

Franklin Park improved to 4-3 on the season with a 7-3 win over Effingham. Nolan Krutsinger was fantastic on the hill going 5.2 allowing 2 hits and no earned runs with 5 striekouts. Easton keller clos...

The Franklin Park Lady Bobcats fell to Effingham 19-2. Kaylee Carroll and Brinn Detmer each drove in the Salem runs. Skylar Gaston worked 3 innings of relief for Salem. Gwen Goostree and Gaston added ...

The U14 girls walked away with a 2-0 win against Kolping Kicks and a 0-0 tie with the Sangamo United in Division 1 play.   The U13 boys opened on Sunday beating Sangamo United 3-2 and MRSC German...