Category Archives: Local Sports

The Salem Wildcats baseball team finally had the opportunity to hold their baseball awards night from the 2023 season at the Little League Complex. Most Improved went to Drew Davis, Noah Nix won the E...

The South Central Lady Falcons opened up their middle school softball season yesterday with a home win over Sigel-St Michel 12-2. The Lady Falcons opened with 3 runs in the 1st inning and 3 more in th...

The Salem Youth Football League opens up their season tomorrow when they host Centralia. The 3rd/4th grade will start at 3pm, the JV at 5 and the varsity at 6:30. Salem has moved to the Jr South 7 Con...

CHICAGO (AP) - Jameson Taillon pitched five-plus innings for his fourth straight win, and the surging Chicago Cubs held on to beat Cincinnati 5-3 Thursday night, knocking the Reds out of first place i...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Michael A. Taylor and Ryan Jeffers each hit a two-run homer, and the AL Central-leading Minnesota Twins beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-3 on Thursday night. The Twins took two of three...

In Salem Recreation/YMCA men's softball scores from last night before the rain came through, ABC Pub shutout SWAG/Pour House 14-0 and Iuka State Bank also beat SWAG 10-6.

CHICAGO (AP) - Ian Happ homered twice and the Chicago Cubs easily overcame an early deficit to beat the Cincinnati Reds 16-6 on Wednesday night. Cristopher Morel, Dansby Swanson and Seiya Suzuki also ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Dakota Hudson pitched seven strong innings in his second start of the season and Alex Burleson hit a three-run homer, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to a 7-3 win over the AL Central-...

A group of Big Ten presidents has begun discussing the possibility of adding more West Coast schools to the conference if the Pac-12 continues to crumble, two people familiar with the conversations to...

For the 3rd straight year, a team from Southern Illinois has won the Colt World Series. With 2-time defending champion Marion eliminated, it was time for Southern Illinois to pull it off as they beat ...