Category Archives: Local Sports

South Central improved to 19-8 on the season with their 56-52 win over Webber Township. After losing all of a 10-point lead, the Cougars trailed by 1 with 30 seconds left when senior Ethan Watwood hit...

The Salem Lady Wildcat bowlers finished 2nd and advanced out of the Mount Vernon Regionals to Sectionals this weekend missing 1st by just 12 pins. Elena Vanhoutin was 2nd overall with a 1244 series an...

Salem competed at the Roxana Wrestling Regionals over the weekend. Kannon King and Aiden Doolen qualified for sectionals in Carterville with their 3rd place finishes. Just missing the cut were Keyton ...

Kaskaskia College swept away their visit to Rend Lake College on Sunday. The men finished with a 75-65 win. Jhei-R Jones led the way with 23, Caleb Jenkins added 14, Emanuel Prospere 12 and Zavian Jac...

In middle school volleyball, area teams competed at the St Peter Tournament over the weekend. The Lady Bobcats finished 3rd with a win over Selmaville in their final game 10-21, 21-11, 15-7 in a tight...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Kevin Harvick won't spend a single day in retirement when his NASCAR driving days are over: Fox said Sunday it has hired Harvick for its broadcast booth next season. Harvick announc...

BOYS PREP BASKETBALL= Belleville East 66, Springfield Lanphier 33 Carbondale 44, Granite City 31 Carmi White County 38, Mt. Carmel 33 Centralia 62, Salem 34 Centralia Christ Our Rock 88, Grayville 52 ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - LeBron James moved 36 points away from breaking the NBA career scoring record in the Los Angeles Lakers' 131-126 loss to New Orleans on Saturday night that ended the Pelicans' losin...

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) - Matthew Tkachuk is under contract to the Florida Panthers for much of the next decade. So is fellow All-Star Aleksander Barkov. And right there are two compelling reasons why play...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Reigning NASCAR champion Joey Logano opened last year with a win in the inaugural Busch Light Clash at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. It started a season in which he won his sec...