Category Archives: Local Sports
Saturday Times Change Slightly As SC Wood Bat Tournament Opens Friday Night
The South Central Wooden Bat Tournament begins today at Lions Field in Kinmundy with a good field that includes the past 2 Class A state champions. The first game of the tournament will be at 4:30 whe...
Apr 14, 2023 Chad Cooper / CC
Blagoue & Lady Cats Enjoy "Perfect" Afternoon, OPS Gets W Behind Moore -- Prep Softball
"Perfect" Afternoon For Blagoue & Lady Wildcats The Salem Lady Cats knocked off Roxana 6-0 on a perfect day for softball. Lilly Blagoue took that literally as she threw her first career Perfect Ga...
Apr 14, 2023
Salem Tennis Dominates Charleston....Centralia Shows Well At TACO Quad
Wildcat Tennis Team Dominates Charleston. The Salem Wildcats tennis team earned a 7-2 win over Charleston. Winners in singles were John Tran, Logan Bandy, Daniyal Islam, Andrew Tate, Mason Jones and A...
Apr 14, 2023
Miller Back On Carbondale Bench
A familiar face is back on the bench for the Carbondale Terriers. After Lee Nailon vacated the position after a season, the Carbondale School Board last night hired back long time coach Jim Miller who...
Apr 14, 2023
Wildcats Win At Fairfield, Return To Cahokia Play Today Vs. Roxana --- Prep Baseball Roundup
The Salem Wildcats knocked off Fairfield on the road 11-1 in five innings. Salem plated 4 runs in the opening inning and 5 more in the fourth as they outhit the Mules 13-3. Griffin Day led Salem's off...
Apr 13, 2023
Prep Softball --- Salem Earns Road Win At Fairfield....SC & OPS Fall In Road Games
The Salem Lady Cats beat Fairfield on the road 10-2. Makenna Smith struck out 7 in the win. Breanna Thurman led the way with 2 triples and 4 RBI, Maya Susmena and Lauren Burge each drove in 2. Every L...
Apr 13, 2023
SCHS Track Shows Well
On what has been the best day weather-wise in the track season, the sophomore and freshmen T&F Wildcats traveled to Highland for the Highland F/S Invite. The field events were strong for the young...
Apr 13, 2023
Veach Sets Selmaville 7th Grade 100m Record That Stood For 22 Years
Selmaville hosted a track meet earlier this week. The Selmaville girls won the event with 88 points followed by Iuka with 51 and St Mary's Centralia 3rd with 49 Willow Grove rounded out the scoring 4t...
Apr 13, 2023
Travel ---- Salem 13u Beats SC....Salem 8u Opens With Softball Win
Salem 13u Knocks Off SC The Salem 13u Wildcats beat the SC 13u Storm Chasers 8-3. Salem got 2 RBI each from Logan Butts, Damon Jennings and Landon White. Kyler King also drove in a run. He also earned...
Apr 13, 2023
Stars take Central Division lead with 5-2 victory over Blues
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Wyatt Johnston scored twice, Tyler Seguin had a goal and an assist and the Dallas Stars beat the St. Louis Blues 5-2 on Wednesday night to take the Central Division lead. Dallas moved...
Apr 13, 2023
