Category Archives: Local Sports
Saturday High School Basketball Scoreboard
BOYS PREP BASKETBALL= Breese Mater Dei 59, Pinckneyville 55 Herrin 45, Carbondale 44 Mount Vernon 75, Effingham 21 Nashville 74, Cahokia 61 North Clay 72, Sandoval 43 Olney 53, Mattoon 34 Steeleville ...
Dec 10, 2023 Karl Baron / CC
Dalton Knecht scores 21 to lead No. 17 Tennessee over No. 20 Illinois 86-79
By AL LESAR Associated Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Dalton Knecht scored 21 points and No. 17 Tennessee rallied from a second-half deficit to beat No. 20 Illinois 86-79 Saturday. Knecht had eight poi...
Dec 10, 2023 Tennessee guard Zakai Zeigler (5) dribbles the ball past Illinois forward Quincy Guerrier (13) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023 in Knoxville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Beauvillier scores as Blackhawks beat Blues 3-1 for 1st win streak of the season
By TIM CRONIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Anthony Beauvillier, Alex Vlasic and Jason Dickinson scored, and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the St. Louis Blues 3-1 on Saturday night for their first bac...
Dec 10, 2023 St. Louis Blues right wing Kasperi Kapanen (42) and Chicago Blackhawks center Connor Bedard (98) battle for the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023, in Chicago. (AP Photo/David Banks)
LSU QB Jayden Daniels overcomes being out of playoff hunt to win Heisman Trophy with prolific season
BY RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Jayden Daniels was too good to be overlooked. LSU's dazzling dual-threat quarterback won the Heisman Trophy on Saturday night, becoming the...
Dec 10, 2023 LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels, right, and LSU coach Brian Kelly poses for pictures next to the Heisman Trophy after Daniels won the college football award, Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
Shohei Ohtani agrees to record $700 million, 10-year contract with Dodgers
By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Shohei Ohtani has set a financial record to go along with his singular on-field performance, getting $700 million to make a 30-mile move up Interstate...
Dec 10, 2023 FILE - Los Angeles Angels' Shohei Ohtani smiles before a baseball game, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023, in Philadelphia. Shohei Ohtani is a favorite to win his second AL Most Valuable Player award, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, and is likely to speak publicly since tearing an elbow ligament on Aug. 9, an injury that required surgery and will keep him off the mound next year. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
Army holds on with goal-line stand in final seconds, beats Navy 17-11
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - Army opened a 17-3 lead and held on with a goal-line stand in the final seconds to beat Navy 17-11 in the 124th matchup of the nation's oldest service academies. Army lineback...
Dec 10, 2023
Photo Gallery - Centralia Orphans Rout Cahokia Friday Night
Photos by Pat Hodges:
Dec 09, 2023
Wildcats Fall To Columbia In Double Overtime...Prep Boys Basketball
The Salem Wildcats fell at home to visiting Columbia 44-40 in double overtime last night at B.E. Gum. Columbia had a shot at the buzzer at the end of regulation but couldn't get the go ahead bucket. S...
Dec 09, 2023
KC Still Unbeaten With Win Over Simmons
The KC Blue Devils are 10-0 after their 98-68 win over Simmons College. Caleb Jenkins had 20, Will Vasser 19, Koby Wilmoth 12 and Isaiah Tolbert 10 for the Blue Devils. They will play at home on Wedne...
Dec 09, 2023
Bulls overcome Wembanyama's big night to to hand Spurs 16th straight loss, 121-112
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Having played for San Antonio under Gregg Popovich, Chicago Bulls All-Star DeMar DeRozan knows the Spurs should eventually be OK. But for now, the Spurs are suffering another histor...
Dec 09, 2023
