Category Archives: Local Sports

Breese Central came out shooting last night, playing in front of their home crowd for the only time before January, the Cougars made 13 three pointers on their way to a 59-35 win over Salem to open th...

The trophy games are set for the Kaskaskian Classic in Carlyle today. At 3pm the 7th place game will see Riverview Gardens taking on Hillsboro, then Greenville and Flora for 5th place at 4:30, Okawvil...

Today is the SSM Health/WMIX Shootout in Mt Vernon. Casey and Nashville junior high will lay a girls and then boys game to start the day at 11 and 12:30 followed at 2 by the Mt Vernon Lady Rams and Mt...

Sandoval hosted a boys and girls varsity double header during the school day yesterday for the student bodies from Sandoval and Christ Our Rock.   The Lady Blackhawks opened the day with a 69-24 ...

The KC Blue Devils fell in overtime to visiting Rend Lake College 92-87. Rend Lake played their 2nd straight overtime game, falling to John A Logan their last time out. Allen Myers had 21 and Myles Li...

In boys basketball, Selmaville beat St Mary/Willow Grove 50-39. Isaac Knapp had 21 to lead Selmaville. Amare Bilberry, Callen Williams and Griffin Knowles each had 10 for the Wildcards. The Selmaville...

The Salem Lady Wildcats dropped their Cahokia Conference opener to visiting Breese Central 56-23. Taylor Trame had a great game for the Lady Cougars scoring 19 points and grabbing 7 rebounds. Salem wa...

The Salem Wildcats open up their final Cahokia season tonight when they make the trip to Breese for the Central Cougars home opener. Game time at 7:30 on 100.1 FM and streaming at southernillinoisnow....

In middle school boys basketball, Iuka beat Raccoon 59-41. Brooks Heinzmann had 19 in the win, Eli Bookhout added 13, Vince Krajefska 12 and Ethan Smith 10. Iuka won the JV game 47-27 behind 26 from H...

In IESA Regional play, South Central is the host and lost to Dieterich in the semifinal 35-30. In the loss Skylar Webster had 17. Dieterich will play Albion in the finals after their 39-8 win over Alt...