Category Archives: Local Sports

The SC Cougars fell in their National Trail Conference Tournament consolation contest to St Elmo/Brownstown as the Eagles Paslay hit a 3 with a second left to win it for St Elmo/Brownstown. The Cougar...

The Little Illini Conference Tournament finished off yesterday. 3rd seed Newton upset top-seed Richland County in the title game 40-37. Lawrenceville nipped Casey Westfield for 3rd place 48-46. Robins...

The Selmaville Rockets came up short in their bid for a regional championship, falling to top-seeded Altamont Lutheran at Odin 31-25. Selmaville had a furious comeback in the 2nd half after starting t...

The SIJHSAA girls state basketball tournaments will finish today at Rend Lake College. First at 9:30 it's the Class L 3rd place game between Wesclin and Wolf Branch followed by the title game at 11 wi...

The Salem Wildcats will host 2nd ranked Columbia who enters tonight's action at 22-2 on the season and undefeated along with Breese Central in the Cahokia Conference. Columbia is led by senior Logan M...

The SC Cougars survived and advanced in the NTC Tournament as they knocked off CHBC 60-42. Aidan Dodson had 23 for SC, Anthony Buonaura added 13. SC advances to play St Elmo/Brownstown tonight at 6:15...

Lady Cats Fall At Columbia In Cahokia Play The Salem Lady Cats dropped their Cahokia matchup at Columbia 62-34. The Lady Cats were led by Emma Gregg with 8 and Alesia Keller with 7 as they trailed 19-...

Jerzy Bittle came into her Marion Lady Wildcat's game with Meridian needing 10 points to break the Marion all-time girls scoring record. She got that and one more in the first quarter to lead the Lady...

The Franklin Park JV traveled to Flora to play a pair of games against their JV and Varsity. The JV game Salem lost 36-27. Kellen Nix, Owen Tennyson and Jace Keller had 5 each for Salem. In the 2nd ga...

Tonight is trophy night for the Class M girls state tournament at Rend Lake. At 6pm Nashville and Goreville will play for 3rd followed by the title game with Okawville and Pinckneyville. The Class S a...