Category Archives: Local Sports

It's the Super Sectional night in Illinois in prep boys basketball. SIU-Carbondale is the site for a pair of games. In 1a at 6pm, Roderick Gatewood Jr leads Mounds Meridian against Tuscola. The 2a gam...

3 of the 4 girls state basketball champions are from the 618 after a great weekend at Redbird Arena in Normal. Okawville own the 1a state title knocking off Christopher in a rematch of the 2019 SIJHSA...

The KC men's basketball team will open up play in the Central District Region 24 Tournament today at Rend Lake College. The Blue Devils will play the 2nd quarterfinal game today as the 5-seed taking o...

The Wildcats traveled to the campus of SIU-C for their second indoor meet of the season. The Wildcats had a very good day with the shot putters leading the way. Caleb Smith won the shot with a put of ...

The Franklin Park 7th grade competed in the Wesclin JV Tournament. Salem started with a split against Maryville 21-11, 9-21. Salem then lost to Mascoutah 11-21, 200-21 before beating Centralia 21-7, 2...

Salem grad Delaney Kell helped SEMO to a pair of wins over the weekend at the Ole Miss Classic. On Saturday, Kell tossed a complete game shutout in a 1-0 win over Mount St Mary's. Then on Sunday, Kell...

The Jr Orphans won the 14th annual Robinson Youth Tournament going 3-1 on the tournament. On the final day, Centralia beat St Joe Olney 71-34, they then beat Robinson in the semifinals 49-18 before av...

CHICAGO (AP) - Tyrese Haliburton scored 29 points, including a 3-pointer with 2.7 seconds left, to give the Indiana Pacers a 125-122 victory Sunday over the Chicago Bulls. Haliburton's game-winning sh...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - Brandon Newman scored a season-high 19 points, Zach Edey added 17, and No. 5 Purdue held on to beat Illinois 76-71 on Sunday to become the first Big Ten team since 2014 to ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Eduard Lowen scored the go-ahead goal on a penalty kick in the fifth minute of first-half stoppage time and St. Louis City became the fourth expansion team to win its first two matche...