Category Archives: Local Sports

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Illinois signed coach Bret Bielema to a new six-year contract through 2028 on Tuesday, a big reward for transforming a struggling program into a winner in his second season. Bie...

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) - Ryan Donato continued his hot streak of goal-scoring and got the Seattle Kraken off to the start they needed against an opponent they've struggled with in ...

By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) - Cody Bellinger is looking forward to a fresh start with the Chicago Cubs and showing he can again be a productive hitter. He went from winning the NL...

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) - The only yells in the Chicago locker room were happy ones. Nikola Vucevic had 29 points and 12 rebounds, DeMar DeRozan scored 24 points and the Bulls ...

The Salem Wildcats will close down their pre-Christmas portion of their schedule tonight at home with a Cahokia Conference matchup with the East Alton-Wood River Oilers. Salem enters at 1-9 on the sea...

The Salem Lady Cats enter tonight's road game at Wood River at 5-6 and a chance to get to .500 before Christmas but also their first Cahokia win. The Lady Oilers enter at 5-7 and 0-3 in the league and...

The Selmaville Lady Rockets return to action tonight with a home game against Carlyle after falling to Breese last night 39-25. Allie Hustedde had 13 for the Lady Rockets in the loss. The JV also took...

The SC Falcons improved to 11-4 on the season with their 57-46 win over St Elmo/Brownstown. Sebastian Kruger had 17 and Westin Neilson 16 in the win. Garret Shumate added 7. The JV improved to 14-6 wi...

On Saturday, the Community of Salem lost a legend. Bob Jamison, or coach as known to most of us, was a huge part of the Salem baseball program. Whether it be working out at the Little League Complex w...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - Jordan Kyrou had three goals for his first career hat trick and had an assist as the St. Louis Blues beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-1 on Monday night. Robert Thomas ha...