Category Archives: Local Sports

CHICAGO (AP) - Whether he was burying his shots or moving the ball, Paul George seemed to make all the right decisions. The Clippers will sure take more of that. George made six 3-pointers and scored ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - UFC Hall of Famer and former champion Mark Coleman called himself "the happiest man in the world" as he embraced members of his family from a hospital bed. Coleman was airlifted to...

The Marion County Scholar Bowl Tournament was recently held. Raccoon took home 3rd place with Selmaville 4th and Nashville 5th. The Rockets team is coached by Michelle Murphy and Jamie Williams and in...

The Salem Lady Wildcats saw their 5-0 late lead yesterday at Benton erased as the Lady Rangers would take a 6-5 lead scoring 6 times in the sixth inning, only to see Salem score 2 runs in the 7th to i...

Christ Our Rock opened their season with a 9-0 home win over Odin/Patoka. Drew Lueking drove in 2 for the Stallions with RBI also from Omari King, Lendon Isaiah and Braden Albert. Also last night in p...

The Cahokia Conference Girls Basketball All-League team has been announced. Salem senior Kayla Felgenhauer was named on the team. She joins Breese Central's Kaydence Shroeder, Taylor Trame, Cece Toenn...

The Southern Illinois Coaches Association released their All South Team for boys basketball. 1a was highlighted by Woodlawn's Wyatt Rollie. In 2a, Docker Tedeschi and Isaac Billington of Benton, Maddo...

The undefeated Franklin Park volleyball team will travel to Olney for Class L Regional play tonight. At 5pm they take on Olney with the winner to play at 7pm against either Mt Carmel or Flora. In Clas...

New Horizon won the Sandoval Regional in Class S over Selmaville in a classic 25-20, 18-25, 15-13. The Lady Crusaders advance to this weekend's State Tournament. In the loss, Carly Veach led the Rocke...

Zach Hicks posted season highs with six 3-pointers and 20 points and 11th-seeded Penn State defeated 14-seed Michigan 66-57 in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament on Wednesday. Donta Scott score...