Category Archives: Local Sports

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Jose Altuve hit a three-run homer in Houston's five-run eighth inning and the Astros rallied to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 10-7 on Wednesday night. Jose Abreu added a two-run homer ...

CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Bulls and center Nikola Vucevic agreed Wednesday to a $60 million, three-year extension, keeping the two-time All-Star off the free agent market. The move was hardly a surpr...

The Salem Wildcats varsity baseball team will open up the post season Final Four today at home in the 2nd game of the night. The opening game at SCHS Field will feature the North Division winners taki...

The Salem JV Wildcats split their home double header with Breese Red. Salem won the opener 10-0 in five innings. Eli Lograsso had a hit, 2 RBI and scored 3 runs with Keytin Grawe, Avery Gullion and Aa...

The Salem Little League Majors City Series continues tonight at the Little League Complex. Security Alarm can clinch the best-of-three series with a win after taking game 1 on Monday night 9-2. Rotary...

The Salem JV and Varsity basketball teams played games at South Central High School yesterday. The varsity dropped games to Carlyle and South Central while the JV won their only game defeating South C...

Kaskaskia College Tennis coach Joe Basch announced the signing of a pair of athletes for the upcoming season. Ty Eastin is a 2-time state qualifier from Mattoon and Titus Ashford who was all-conferenc...

In Salem Recreation/YMCA men's softball at Bryan Park, SWAG/Pour House beat El Rancherito 20-6, Eliminators over SWAG 29-15 and Eliminators beat Pennington Chevrolet 21-11.

DESTIN, Fla. (AP) - Former Arkansas quarterback Ryan Mallett, who also played for New England, Houston and Baltimore during five seasons in the NFL, has died. He was 35. Mallett died in an apparent dr...

CHICAGO (AP) - Brandon Marsh homered twice and drove in three runs, helping the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Chicago Cubs 5-1 on Tuesday night for their second straight win. Phillies left-hander Ran...