Category Archives: Local Sports

The Salem Lady Wildcat bowlers finished 10th at the IHSA State Tournament at The Cherry Bowl in Rockford over the weekend. After qualifying just above the cut-line in 12th place after the opening day,...

The Salem Wildcats open up their 3a regional with a trip to Carbondale tonight. Game time at 6pm and the pregame on WJBD starting at 5:50. The winner advances to the Marion semifinal on Wednesday with...

There were a few prep girls basketball regional championships held over the weekend. The Nashville Hornettes won their 2a regional at Mater Dei beating the host Lady Knights 70-62 in 4-overtimes! They...

Congratulations to Salem High grad and South Central softball coach Alex Phillips on being named the Illinois Coaches Association Coach of the Year.

The KC Blue Devils survived with a win over Shawnee Community College 69-66 to improve to 16-8 overall and 4-8 in Region 24 play. Will Vasser led 3 in double figures for the Devils with 20, Caleb Jenk...

The IHSA Wrestling Individual finals were held at the State Farm Center this weekend. Benton's Mason Tieffel won his back-to-back state title at 138 pounds in Class A finishing the year a perfect 55-0...

Four Salem Wildcat swimmers competed at Edwardsville on Saturday. Martin Douglas, Jaret Gibson, Branson Pappas and Austin Woolridge competed in the 200 Free and Medley Relays and finished 5th out of 1...

Rain pushes Daytona 500 to Monday in first outright postponement since 2012 DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - NASCAR has postponed the season-opening Daytona 500 until Monday because of two days of rain at D...

The Salem Girls Bowling Team took tenth place in State on Saturday in Rockford. The Salem girls totaled 11,164 points in the state championship series, 1,059 behind state champion Jolliet West. Salem'...

By WARREN MAYES Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) - Filip Forsberg and Ryan O'Reilly each had a goal and assist while goalie Juuse Saros registered 35 saves, lifting the Nashville Predators to a 5-2 vic...