Category Archives: Local Sports

Lady Cats Comeback To Beat Columbia On Johnson's 3-run HR The Salem Lady Cats trailed 5-0 in the bottom of the fifth when they turned on the gas and came back to beat Columbia 7-5. In that fifth innin...

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Jonah Heim ended the season opener for the World Series champion Texas Rangers with a 10th-inning RBI single, after not finishing a play on a disputed foul tip that had given t...

BOSTON (AP) - Illinois' offense carried it through the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament. The Illini's defense helped put them one victory away from the Final Four. Terrence Shannon Jr. scored 2...

Shohei Ohtani reaches 3 times in home debut as the Dodgers rout the Cardinals 7-1 LOS ANGELES (AP) - Shohei Ohtani reached three times in his home debut for the Dodgers, and Los Angeles beat the St. L...

The Salem Wildcats open up their Cahokia Conference baseball schedule today with a home game against Columbia. Salem hosted Odin/Patoka/Sandoval yesterday. The War-Eagles came out swinging as they too...

The Lady Wildcats softball team opens up Conference play today with a home game against Columbia. Salem improved to 6-1 on the season with an 11-1 win at Waltonville yesterday. Bre Thurman was great i...

The Salem 13u Wildcats opened their travel season with a win at O'Fallon over the Predators 8-3. Zane Applegate and Rhett Starnes drove in runs. Salem got a hit and 2 runs from Benny Bryan, Kai Graham...

CHICAGO (AP) - DeMar DeRozan scored 27 points and Nikola Vucevic added 22 with 12 rebounds to lead the Chicago Bulls past the Indiana Pacers 125-99 on Wednesday night to snap a three-game skid. Coby W...

BOSTON (AP) - Connecticut coach Dan Hurley won't shy away from the notion that his team has consistently been the best in college basketball this season. The Huskies' 33-3 record and the dominant mann...

The Salem Wildcats had their conference opener at Breese rained out yesterday, they will return to action today with a varsity only game at Odin/Patoka. Yesterday, Althoff scored 6 runs in the first t...