Category Archives: Local Sports

The Centralia Orphans unbelievable season came to an end last night as East St Louis came alive in the 2nd half and came back to beat Centralia 69-51.   Penn State recruit Jamison White had 21 po...

In 1a, Gage Peterson had his half-court shot bounce off the rim and Waltonville dropped the Trico Sectional finals to Goreville 47-44. The Blackcats will play Jacksonville Routt on Monday in the Jacks...

In 2a at Monticello, Tolono Unity senior Brayden Henry goes the length of the court in 5.7 seconds after TTown's Issac Mcwhorter put the Shoes up 58-57 on a steal/layup, and Unity avenges 2 earlier se...

It's state championship day at the CEFCU Arena in Normal for the IHSA girls basketball tournaments. The 2a state title game will feature Breese Central taking on Byron at noon. It's the 4th state titl...

The 4a title game is at 6pm with Loyola taking on Nazareth Academy. Yesterday Nazareth beat Belleville East 54-36. The Lady Lancers, who were making the program's first ever trip to the state final fo...

It was another great year for the Salem Wildcat Wrestling team under coach Rob Ring and Brian Camp. They held their end of the year awards night this week.   Rylan Moore and Alana Finney were nam...

The Centralia Orphans get a showdown with East St Louis in the 3a Waterloo finals. The winner will advance to the Elite 8 at the Springfield Super Sectional against the winner from Mahomet Seymour bet...

The IHSA State Girls Final Fours started yesterday at the CEFCU Arena in Normal.   The Breese Central Lady Cougars punched their ticket to tonight's state title game with a 48-40 win over Pleasan...

In a back and forth game at the 1a Trico Sectional, Goreville held off Sparta 66-63. The Blackcats had the three point lead with 6 seconds left and missed two free throws giving Sparta a chance. But t...

The Salem Wildcats have their first Cahokia All Conference basketball player since 2022 as Avery Gullion was named to the team. The 6-3 junior averaged 14 points per game on 56% shooting and was top 3...