Category Archives: Local Sports

In Salem Recreation Men's Softball, New Day Lawn & Outdoor beat El Rancherito 10-0, Eliminators doubled up Wagers 18-9 and Legends beat Colden Brewery/SWAG/Texas Corner Tavern 7-3.

Beautiful weather for the tennis State Tournament! The senior duo of Reed Ashford and Ethan Samples finished their Orphans careers going 1-2 at the IHSA State Tournament. They opened with a 6-4, 6-2 w...

The Salem Wildcats track team will finish up their season with the IHSA state meet this weekend at EIU in Charleston. They announced their end of the year awards. The Track MVP was Alex Spencer (jr). ...

The Lady Wildcat 2026 Soccer team ended the season 10-12-1. Shelby Johnson scored 27 goals this season, she now holds the record for most goals scored in a single season for the SCHS girls soccer team...

The Salem Wildcats were locked in a 1-1 tie with top-seed TTown on Wednesday in the bottom of the sixth inning of their 2a regional semifinal at Vandalia. The Shoes would get a 3-run double from Bryce...

The Mt Vernon Rams avenged 2 earlier losses this season to the Centralia Orphans when it mattered most, winning their 3a Mascoutah regional semifinal game 8-5. Down 5-3 in the fourth, the Rams scored ...

In 1a, North Clay looked like the top seed and #2 ranked team in Illinois with a dominant 13-0 regional semifinal win at home over South Central. North Clay scored 5 runs in the first and another 6 in...

The IHSA boys state track meet begins today with 1a preliminary rounds followed tomorrow by 2a prelims before all the finals on Saturday on the campus of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. &nb...

The IHSA State Bass Fishing tournament is on Lake Shelbyville this weekend. Salem's Mya Russell and Kai Graham will represent the Wildcats after having won the regional and sectional tournaments. &nbs...

The Salem 13u almost erased all of a 14-run deficit but ended up falling 16-11 to TTown.   Salem had the tying run up in the bottom of the 6th in a 14-11 game but couldn't complete the comeback. ...