Category Archives: Local Sports

The Iuka Lady Pirates upset top-seed Trinity Stewardson to win the Region 15 tournament at Iuka 23-25, 25-20, 15-12. Iuka advances next Saturday to Herrin and the State Tournament when they open up at...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Terrence Shannon Jr. scored 28 points to help No. 13 Illinois overcome a 10-point second-half deficit and beat Ohio State 77-74 in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament on Fri...

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) - Coming off a last-place finish in the NL Central, the St. Louis Cardinals displayed confidence in manager Oliver Marmol and announced a two-year contract extension through 2026. "...

The Salem Wildcats JV and Varsity both look for their first wins of the year when they travel to Murphysboro today. The varsity heads to the Metro-East tomorrow for the PBR Showcase while the JV will ...

Salem Wildcats tennis opened up their season at home yesterday with a 5-0 win over Mount Vernon with the rest of the matches canceled due to weather. In singles, Jarrett Rushing, Alex Wilzbach, Carson...

The Franklin Park Lady Bobcats are 23-0 after winning the Olney SIJHSAA Regional last night. Salem opened the night with a win over the hosts 25-12, 25-4 before beating Mt Carmel in the finals 25-6, 2...

Salem, Selmaville & Kell bowlers had their final set of games last night celebrating 8th grade night for the teams. Overall Selmaville and Franklin Park had a great match with Selmaville coming aw...

(Photos: Alishia Winkler) The lone senior on the state championship bowling team for Salem, Dominick Winkler made it officially yesterday at Salem Bowl signing his letter of intent to bowl next year f...

The 31st annual Central Illinois All Star boys basketball game featuring seniors from the Lincoln Prairie and National Trail Conferences. Coaching the NTC will be South Central's Blake Doehring along ...

Keenan Allen said at the end of the Los Angeles Chargers' disappointing 2023 season that he didn't want to play anywhere else. Fast forward to Thursday night, and the team's longest-tenured player was...