Category Archives: Local Sports

The Salem Bass Fishing team had 3 teams jump in the IBF Saturday at Newton. Russell/Stewart 3rd Barthelemy/Hodge 5th Graham/Ward 7th. Sunday kicked off CASSTT spring season at Newton with a full 84 bo...

Wildcats had a great showing at the Tiger Tune-Up today in Herrin! They competed hard and finished tied for 3rd place with Herrin, earning 12 team points each. Overall, we played really well and were ...

The Salem 7/8 indoor team battled hard Friday night, earning a tie and dropping a tough, close match in two exciting games. In the loss, Kayne Rhynes and Rylan Smith each found the back of the net. Mi...

They beat the Cavaliers of LaSalle/Peru 12-0. Cayden Craig had 3 hits to lead the Cardinals. NC scored 8 times in the 4th inning. Collin Schnepper singled, scoring two runs, Cooper Lewis singled, scor...

The Salem Wildcats Baseball team dropped both games played at SIU-Carbondale on Saturday. In the opener, Salem saw two separate 3-run leads evaporate as Carterville came back to beat the Cats 8-6. The...

Saturday Christ Our Rock competed in the Mt. Zion Final Qualifier for our last chance to qualify for the Illinois Top Times Indoor Championships. Here are yesterday's results. Carson Pigg finished his...

The Salem Cats 12U softball team won over Fayette County Freedom with two decisive victories - 13-3 and 15-3 - behind strong pitching. In Game One, the Cats jumped out early and never looked back. Kha...

DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) - Overcoming a malfunctioning alternator and cool suit, Tyler Reddick chased down Brad Keselowski and led the final 28 laps at Darlington Raceway for his fourth NASCAR Cup Series...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Cearah Parchment scored 21 points as seventh-seeded Illinois beat No. 10 seed Colorado 66-57 on Saturday night in the first round of the women's NCAA Tournament. The Fighting I...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) - Andrej Stojakovic transferred to Illinois following a standout sophomore season at California because he believed in coach Brad Underwood's program and the Fighting Illini's te...