Category Archives: Local Sports
Salem 13u Goes 2-1 Saturday At Mount Vernon Before Rain Cancels Sunday
The Salem 13u played 3 games on Saturday at the Mount Vernon Renegades Tournament before having the Sunday bracket play canceled due to weather. Salem opened with a 9-1 win over the Breese Flames. Lan...
May 8, 2023 Photo: Pam Butts
Salem 12u Wins Pair At Centralia On Saturday
The Salem 12u played in tournament action at Centralia. Saturday they won both games 12-0. They beat the Decatur Jr Dawgs in the first game. Colton Tockstein had 2 RBI with runs driven in also from Ka...
May 8, 2023 Photo: FTS Productions
Salem 8u Falls Twice To Aviston A's
The Salem 8u Lady Wildcats softball team dropped a pair of games to the Aviston A's. Salem fell in the first game 13-10. Kaylee Carroll had 7 RBI for Salem. Kinleigh Barton and Abbi Haines also drove ...
May 8, 2023
Salem Bowlers Show Well At Highland Jr Gold Qualifier....Moats Runner Up
Area Salem bowlers took part in the SIYST Junior Gold Qualifier held in Highland on Sunday. Silas Moats finished 2nd on the day with Rhett Runge 5th and Dominick Winkler 6th. After a slow game one, Ke...
May 8, 2023
Marlins stop 5-game slide with 14-inning win over Cubs
CHICAGO (AP) - Miami manager Skip Schumaker enjoyed the very end. The rest of the afternoon was a challenge. "I'm exhausted, and I didn't play," Schumaker quipped. Garrett Hampson scored on Adbert Alz...
May 8, 2023
Goldschmidt 3 HRs, Cards end 8-game skid, beat Tigers 12-6
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Paul Goldschmidt homered three times, Brendan Donovan hit a three-run drive and the St. Louis Cardinals stopped an eight-game losing streak with a 12-6 win over the Detroit Tigers on ...
May 8, 2023
Cards' skid at 8 as Wainwright returns, Tigers win 6-5 in 10
By DAVID SOLOMON Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) - The St. Louis Cardinals extended a losing streak to eight for the first time in 16 years, losing to the Detroit Tigers 6-5 on Saturday in Adam Wainwr...
May 7, 2023 A squirrel runs across the infield in the seventh inning of a baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Detroit Tigers, Saturday, May 6, 2023, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Tom Gannam)
Madrigal's two-run single lifts Cubs over Marlins 4-2
CHICAGO (AP) - Nick Madrigal's two-run single in the eighth inning lifted the Chicago Cubs to a 4-2 win over the Miami Marlins on Saturday. Jorge Soler hit a solo homer for the Marlins, who've dropped...
May 7, 2023
TJ Friedl's 3-run homer lifts Reds past White Sox 5-3
By JEFF WALLNER Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) - TJ Friedl hit a three-run homer and a run-scoring triple, helping the Cincinnati Reds top the Chicago White Sox 5-3 on Saturday. Friedl's third homer...
May 7, 2023 David Wilson / CC
Mage wins star-crossed Kentucky Derby amid 7th death
By BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - After seven deaths raised questions about the future of horse racing, Mage earned a surprising Kentucky Derby victory on Saturday, capping a nerv...
May 7, 2023 Mage (8), with Javier Castellano aboard, wins the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 6, 2023, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
