Category Archives: Local Sports
Joel Embiid returns with seventh career triple-double in 76ers' rout of Chicago Bulls
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Joel Embiid declined at first to wear a " Big Energy " chain before he reluctantly agreed to slip on the gaudy necklace and flexed his muscles for a quick photo at his locker. "The...
Jan 3, 2024
Wildcats Head To Chagnon Tonight To Take Battle Rams On WJBD
The Salem Wildcats are 5-11 heading into the 2024 part of their schedule which begins tonight with a trip to Chagnon Gym to take on the Mount Vernon Rams. Mount Vernon is 11-4 coming off their 4th pla...
Jan 2, 2024 Photo: Greg Maxey
NestoHoops Illinois Prep Rankings
The NestoHoops Illinois prep basketball rankings are out following the holiday tournament madness. Collinsville is 3rd in 4a with an unblemished 16-0 record. In 3a, Centralia and Mt Zion are 5 and 6 a...
Jan 2, 2024
Eldorado School Board To Meet Tonight In Wake Of Holiday Tournament Ugliness
The Eldorado Community Unit #4 School District will hold a special meeting tonight with the purpose of employment discipline as well as student disciplinary action. The meeting was called in response ...
Jan 2, 2024
Lady Cats Prepare For Thursday's Game Versus Roxana...SC Heads To Martinsville
The Salem Lady Wildcats will return to action on Thursday as they are 10-7 heading into 2024. The Lady Cats went 2-2 at the Benton Tournament over the Holiday's and will next play at home Thursday aga...
Jan 2, 2024 Photo: Greg Maxey
Here is the latest Big Ten Conference sports news from The Associated Press
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Blake Corum rushed for a 17-yard touchdown on the second snap of overtime, and top-seeded Michigan advanced to its first College Football Playoff championship game with a 27-20...
Jan 2, 2024
Michael Penix Jr. leads No. 2 Washington to 37-31 victory over Texas and spot in national title game
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The remarkable comeback story of Michael Penix Jr. is a victory away from a perfect ending for Washington. Penix passed for 430 yards and two touchdowns, and the Huskies held off Te...
Jan 2, 2024 ngader / CC
Harbaugh's Michigan Wolverines to play for national title after stopping Alabama 27-20 in OT
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Jalen Milroe caught a low snap on fourth down in overtime at the Rose Bowl and ran straight ahead into wall of blue and maize. That wall of Michigan defenders had been hardened...
Jan 2, 2024 ajay_suresh / CC
College Football Playoffs set for Monday
A tantalizing Rose Bowl matchup pits Saban's Alabama against Harbaugh's Michigan in the CFP PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Nick Saban and Jim Harbaugh are among the few larger-than-life figures still standin...
Jan 1, 2024
Justin Fields, DJ Moore lead way as Bears deal Falcons' hopes a big blow with 37-17 romp
CHICAGO (AP) - Justin Fields noticed the smoke in the air and the cigars on a table as he walked into the locker room. By then, the celebration was underway. Fields threw for 268 yards with a touchdow...
Jan 1, 2024 Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields (1) passes the ball in the first half of an NFL football game against the Atlanta Falcons in Chicago, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/David Banks)
