Category Archives: Local Sports

Salem High grad and Centralia Annies head women's basketball coach Katie Meador-Steffen has been chosen to be inducted into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame as a player. Meador...

The Salem Lady Wildcats are 4-3 overall and 0-1 in the Cahokia Conference as they host Columbia tonight. The Lady Eagles enter at 4-3 overall on the year as well. I'll have the play by play starting a...

Bobcats Get First Win Since 05 Over Centralia In Tight Contest The Franklin Park Bobcats beat Centralia for the first time since 2005, in a tight game at the Bobcat Den with a final 44-42. Trey Clark ...

The KC Blue Angels knocked off Lincoln Trail on the road 71-51 to improve to 7-5 overall and 2-1 in the Region. The Angels put 4 in double figures led by Taylor Austin with 19, Staisha Hamilton 16, Co...

Here are the girls prep basketball polls with rank, team, first-place votes, record, total points, and previous ranking. Class 4A School W-L Pts Prv 1. Hersey (3) 9-1 63 2 2. Benet (2) 5-2 62 1 3. Fre...

Here are the boys prep basketball polls with rank, team, first-place votes, record, total points, and previous ranking. Class 4A School W-L Pts Prv 1. Kenwood (6) 5-0 96 T3 2. Moline (4) 4-1 78 2 3. J...

Winner's this year at Franklin Park for the Elks Hoops Shoot and those advancing to shoot December 21st at Selmaville School are Gwen Goostree and Lewis Eddy for the 8-9 year olds, Kinsley Gansauer an...

SAN DIEGO (AP) - Willson Contreras is going to St. Louis to replace Yadier Molina at catcher, agreeing to an $87.5 million, five-year contract with the Cardinals on Wednesday. A person familiar with t...

CHICAGO (AP) - DeMar DeRozan scored 15 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter, Nikola Vucevic had 25 points and 11 rebounds, and the Chicago Bulls beat the Washington Wizards 115-111 on Wednesday nigh...

SAN DIEGO (AP) - The Chicago Cubs have added Jameson Taillon to their rotation, agreeing to a four-year contract with the right-hander that is worth roughly $68 million. A person familiar with the neg...