Category Archives: Local Sports

Boys Junior High Basketball: In middle school boys basketball, the Centralia Tigers picked up a huge win knocking off Casey Mt Vernon 44-37. Kenny Bratton led Centralia with 17, JaShawn Staples added ...

The All-State football teams have been announced. In 1a, Jacob Powden of Red Hill was honored. In 2a, Payton Allen of Fairfield, Luke Gundlach of Althoff, and Matthew Hagy of Vandalia. In 3a, Blayne S...

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - D'Moi Hodge scored 17 of his 30 points in the first half and Missouri routed SIU Edwardsville 105-80 on Tuesday night. Hodge, a 6-foot-4 transfer from Cleveland State, finished 11...

The KC Blue Angels took their first loss of the season falling to Parkland College 68-48. Taylor Austin led KC with 16, Tianna Rhodes, and Kamryn Pieron each had 10 with Staisha Hamilton finishing wit...

The Salem Lady Cats dropped the opening game of the DuQuoin Thanksgiving Tournament falling to Christopher 55-24. Salem trailed 16-8 after the opening quarter and 27-17 at the half. Emma Gregg led the...

Junior High Boys Basketball Franklin Park won their 4th straight game winning at Altamont Lutheran 43-24. The Bobcats pulled away outscoring the Rockets 13-2 in the final quarter. Trey Clark led Salem...

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) - The St. Louis Blues felt the love from the crowd. Then again, their moms were cheering in the stands. They were treated to quite a show, too, with plenty o...

By GAVIN GOOD Associated Press CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Terrence Shannon Jr. had a career-high 30 points and eight rebounds to lead No. 19 Illinois to a 103-65 win over Monmouth on Monday night. Freshma...

By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Jon Scheyer pushed defense from the first workouts after taking over at Duke. A week after his debut, he'll get a look at how that unit performs against a top oppon...

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer South Carolina passed its first test of the season and now the top-ranked Gamecocks have a tougher challenge: a visit to No. 2 Stanford on Sunday. South Carolina ...