Category Archives: Local Sports

Illinois opens Big Ten play at Indiana on Friday night following its convincing Week Zero win over Wyoming. This will be the Hoosiers' opener. Indiana has won the last three in the series. The teams h...

Christ Our Rock Cross Country competed at the Murphysboro Invitational featuring over 30 schools and some of the top runners in southern Illinois. Junior Sarah McKowen was 14th, Rylee Brammier was 34t...

The Salem Girls Golf team shot their best score as a team winning a their Tri-Match at the Nashville Municipal Golf Course shooting a 176 to Nashville's 193 and Chester shot 198. Alyssa Paul was the m...

Salem Runs Win Streak To 9 With Comeback Win Over Altamont Lutheran, Host TTown Thursday Landen Maxey singled home 2 runs in the bottom of the 5th inning as Franklin Park overcame a 3-0 deficit to bea...

Lady Bobcats JV Falls To Patoka Varsity The Lady Bobcats varsity is back in action today as they host TTown. The Salem JV took an 18-12 loss to Patoka's varsity. Aubrey Parker scored three runs, Adyse...

In Marion County YMCA/City of Salem Coed Softball, Prestige Worldwide won by forfeit over Odd Fellows, Eliminators beat The Resistance 15-4.

CINCINNATI (AP) - Albert Pujols hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the 13th inning, Lars Nootbaar added a two-run homer and the St. Louis Cardinals twice used five-man infields to stop the Cincinnati Red...

TORONTO (AP) - Franmil Reyes homered, Nico Hoerner drove in a pair of runs and the Chicago Cubs beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-5 to avoid a three-game sweep. Ian Happ and Zach McKinstry each had two hit...

In a matchup of the last 2 Class 1a State Baseball Champions, the SC Cougars knocked off the North Clay Cardinals 7-1 in Louisville in a NTC matchup. SC jumped on top 2-0 after 4 and then tacked on 4 ...

The Salem Wildcats hosted St Anthony to the Salem Country Club yesterday. The varsity boys lost 147-165. Jairen Stroud led Salem with a 39, Brogan Gregg added a 39 as well, 43 from Matt Slover and 44'...