Category Archives: Local Sports

On a very windy day but with plenty of sunshine, the Wildcats traveled to Mt. Vernon for their final regular season meet of the year.   The host Rams won the meet with the Wildcats placing a dist...

This weekend's KC sports action brought with it some successes as well as some struggles as both our Blue Devils and Blue Angels were in action over Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Getting in the last g...

The Salem Lady Cats take their 18-3 record to Wood River to play the Lady Oilers today trying to stay in the hunt for at least a share of the Cahokia Conference title. Salem trails Freeburg by a game ...

The Salem Wildcats tennis team is back in action today at Carbondale. Salem split a couple matches recently. Salem lost to Flora 7-2 and beat Centralia yesterday 5-4. In the loss to Flora, Salem's win...

Centralia got a girls soccer win last night shutting out Mt Carmel 3-0. Photos by: Pat Hodges  

Salem Bobcats Soccer Varsity teams bring home wins over the weekend. The 5th-8th grade boys won 3-1 against Pinckneyville. Maneil Shrestha led scoring with 2, and Koltyn Tolka put in 1. The 5th-8th gr...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Dansby Swanson hit a two-run homer and Drew Smyly delivered seven solid innings as the Chicago Cubs bounced back from a rough series at Miami to beat the Washington Nationals 5-1 on ...

South Central grad Sydney Garrett had a sophomore day to remember for Kaskaskia College. She blasted 3 home runs including a walk-off to win the 2nd game over Rend Lake in a 9-8 victory. Garrett also ...

The Salem brought home a second place finish from the Nashville Girls Invitational. Nashville won the 8 team meet. The lady cats had several good showings from their young team. Maci Thorsen won the 3...

The Salem Wildcats split their double header at Highland on Saturday. The Cats opened with a 6-0 win over the host Bulldogs, outhitting Highland 16-3. Rhett Detering was great in the complete game win...