Category Archives: Local Sports

The Salem 8u Lady Wildcats won the Olney All Star Softball Tournament over the weekend going 3-0. They opened with a 13-2 win over Paris. Salem then beat Olney 13-6 and would turn around and face Olne...

The Vandalia 18u travel baseball team that includes SC grad Anthony Buonaura fell in the semifinals of the ISU Invitational at Millikin University. They lost to the Decatur Commanders 8-5 to finish 3-...

The SC 15u Storm Chasers featuring several Salem players finished 2nd at the O'Fallon Tournament over the weekend. SC opened the tournament with 4 straight wins beating the Southern Illinois Rage 13-5...

In Salem Recreation/YMCA sand volleyball action last night, Dairy Mart beat 3 Gen Farms in 3 sets (17-21, 21-18, 15-9); BB 2.0 over Sand Slingers in 3 sets (21-16, 15-21, 15-5); Meskil Cleaning Servic...

The Salem 8u Lady Wildcats won the Olney All Star Softball Tournament over the weekend going 3-0. They opened with a 13-2 win over Paris. Salem then beat Olney 13-6 and would turn around and face Olne...

The SC 15u Storm Chasers featuring several Salem players finished 2nd at the McKendree University Tournament over the weekend. SC opened the tournament with 4 straight wins beating the Southern Illino...

The Patoka Trap Shooting competed at the USA High School Clay Target Nationals. Overall everyone performed well as it's tough to advance to the finals here, as the scores were phenomenal as they compe...

The Salem 12u All Stars will play today in the championship of the District Tournament against the hosts in Robinson at 7pm. Salem will need to win tonight and then beat Robinson tomorrow in the "if n...

The Patoka Patriots won the Gold Championship of the 8u Pinto World Series in Marion beating the country of Bonaire in the finals 8-6 after a long day of baseball. Patoka opened bracket play with a th...

The Salem 8u All Star girls finished 2nd at the Olney Tournament over the weekend. Salem opened with a 6-4 loss to Paris before beating Mt Carmel 11-0 and Olney 9-5 to get a rematch with Paris in the ...