Category Archives: Local Sports

SWIC 80. Kaskaskia 77 Southwestern Illinois tripped visiting Kaskaskia, 80-77, in Bellevile. The Blue Storm starters contributed 71 of the team's points, led by Nazier Leonard's 25-point night. Saxton...

Illinois High School Boys Basketball Top 10 Poll Class 4A School W-L Pts Prv 1. Curie (4) 16-1 100 1 2. Homewood-Flossmoor (5) 15-1 99 T2 3. Normal Community (2) 15-1 81 4 4. Collinsville 18-1 66 T2 5...

CHICAGO (AP) - Coby White scored 30 points and Zach LaVine made a big 3-pointer with 1:46 left in overtime, helping the Chicago Bulls top the Houston Rockets 124-119 on Wednesday night. "Big-time play...

PHOENIX (AP) - NCAA President Charlie Baker says Michigan won the national championship fair and square. He also defended his decision to inform the school and the Big Ten during the season that the N...

VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) - Xavier Johnson had 22 points in Southern Illinois' 77-68 victory over Valparaiso on Wednesday night. Johnson added seven assists for the Salukis (12-4, 4-1 Missouri Valley Conf...

LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) - The Chicago Bears answered their most immediate offseason question. The biggest one, however, still lingers. The Bears said Wednesday they are sticking with coach Matt Eberflu...

The Salem Lady Wildcats will hit the road tomorrow and travel to the top ranked 2a school in Illinois, Breese Central.   Girls Scores: Benton 52 DuQuoin 41 Carbondale 35 Marion 26 Dieterich 65 OP...

(By: Steven Stilt) The Centralia Orphans ran their record to 18-0 on Tuesday night by overwhelming Charleston 62-28 in front of a big crowd at Trout Arena on "Red Out Night." Centralia scored 13 of th...

South Central beat visiting Windsor/Stew-Stras 41-35. Smith led SC with 13 and Magnus added 9. Jackson Gurgel led the Hatchets with 18. SC also won the JV and Fresh/Soph games. The Cougars will travel...

The Franklin Park Lady Bobcats finished the regular season 19-7 with their 35-21 win on the road at Flora. Quinn Wolfe had 18, Kendall Zimmermann chipped in 7. The Salem JV won 21-12 to finish 14-7. B...