Category Archives: Local Sports

By STEVE STEIN Associated Press CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Luke Altmyer threw a touchdown pass and ran for another and Isaiah Williams caught eight passes for 120 yards to lead Illinois to a 23-17 win ove...

The Associated Press Casey-Westfield 14, Lawrenceville 0 East St. Louis 54, O'Fallon 13 Edwards County def. Vienna, forfeit Le Roy 49, Red Hill 13

By RICHARD J. MARCUS Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) - The Padres matched the expansion 1969 Montreal Expos as the only teams to go 0-12 in extra innings as the St. Louis Cardinals ended San Diego's s...

By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Cubs are pushing for an NL wild card, and Javier Assad just wants to help in whatever way he can. The same goes for Miles Mastrobuoni. Assad ...

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) - There's no other ballpark in the majors where Luis Robert Jr.'s 311-foot line drive would have been a home run. Heck, it might not have even gotten high e...

No. 6 Ohio State plunges for touchdown with 1 second left to beat No. 9 Notre Dame 17-14 SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Chip Trayanum's 1-yard TD run with a second left to give No. 6 Ohio State a 17-14 victo...

The Salem Wildcats got off to a great start leading 10th ranked Roxana 20-16 at the halftime break. But the Shells exploded for 4 touchdowns in the 3rd quarter as they pulled away to beat Salem 57-27....

The Salem Wildcats soccer team heads to Greenville this morning coming off a 9-0 home win over Carlyle yesterday. Eli Baker finished with 4 goals. Caleb Purintun had 2 goals and an assist, Robbie Shob...

The Franklin Park Bobcats baseball team will play for the Benton Regional championship against the hosts on Monday afternoon. Last night in Class L regional semifinals at Olney, the hosts shutout Carm...

The SYFL JV and Varsity Wildcats will both play for the South 7 Championships today, their first year in the conference. The games will be held at SIU Saluki Stadium in Carbondale. The Salem JV Wildca...