Category Archives: Local Sports

The Salem Wildcats tennis team is back in action today at Carbondale. Salem split a couple matches recently. Salem lost to Flora 7-2 and beat Centralia yesterday 5-4. In the loss to Flora, Salem's win...

Centralia got a girls soccer win last night shutting out Mt Carmel 3-0. Photos by: Pat Hodges  

Salem Bobcats Soccer Varsity teams bring home wins over the weekend. The 5th-8th grade boys won 3-1 against Pinckneyville. Maneil Shrestha led scoring with 2, and Koltyn Tolka put in 1. The 5th-8th gr...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Dansby Swanson hit a two-run homer and Drew Smyly delivered seven solid innings as the Chicago Cubs bounced back from a rough series at Miami to beat the Washington Nationals 5-1 on ...

South Central grad Sydney Garrett had a sophomore day to remember for Kaskaskia College. She blasted 3 home runs including a walk-off to win the 2nd game over Rend Lake in a 9-8 victory. Garrett also ...

The Salem brought home a second place finish from the Nashville Girls Invitational. Nashville won the 8 team meet. The lady cats had several good showings from their young team. Maci Thorsen won the 3...

The Salem Wildcats split their double header at Highland on Saturday. The Cats opened with a 6-0 win over the host Bulldogs, outhitting Highland 16-3. Rhett Detering was great in the complete game win...

The Salem JV dropped both of their games at Highland. Salem gave up 7 runs in the fifth inning falling 13-9. Ryan Deteringwent 3-3 with 3 runs scored and an RBI, Cody Beard was 2-3 with 2 RBI. Brody C...

The South Central Cougars went 0-3 at the Centralia RBI Tournament over the weekend. On Friday, SC lost to Wesclin 6-5. Aidan Dodson doubled home a run, Chase Thompson had 2 RBI. Ethan Watwood took th...