Category Archives: Local Sports

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Bryan Rust scored the winning goal 1:16 into overtime, lifting the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Saturday. "We showed a bit of resilience to get bac...

The Christ Our Rock Stallions led for all of the first half and into the 3rd quarter in a tight ballgame with St Anthony for the South Central Regional title last night. The Bulldogs took the lead a m...

The Centralia Orphans and Mount Vernon Rams each won their 3a regional finals last night. Centralia knocked off Carbondale at Mascoutah 56-39. Cruz Harlan had 14 in the win. The Orphans will host Sect...

The Breese Central Cougars advanced with a 51-37 win over Mater Dei at Nashville's 2a Regional. Columbia's season is over falling to Pinckneyville at Sparta 48-45. Also in 2a at Benton, Massac County ...

The KC men and women will honor their sophomores today with home games against Shawnee. The women tip at 1 and prior to the game coach Jay Jenkins will honor 4 sophomores on the squad. Courtney Lumpki...

In prep indoor track, Salem competed at Principia. Sean Thornton set a new school indoor record in the 60m dash running it in 7.49 edging Logan Rubin's time of 7.67. Thornton also won the long jump an...

CHICAGO (AP) - Zach LaVine scored 32 points on 12-of-17 shooting and the Chicago Bulls drubbed the Brooklyn Nets 131-87 on Friday night to snap a six-game skid. Chicago held Brooklyn to a season low i...

The Centralia Orphans will play for another regional title tonight when they travel to Mascoutah to take on Carbondale. The Orphans have a pair of wins over the Terriers this year. Game time at 7pm. T...

The Mount Vernon Lady Rams season came to an end as Grace Wilke scored 29 and Larissa Taylor added 16 in Highland's 66-54 win at Centralia. The Lady Bulldogs advance to play Lincoln at Taylorville on ...

Franklin Park volleyball improved to 11-3 with their 25-4, 25-9 win over Altamont. The JV is 8-0 after their 25-13, 25-15 win. Selmaville beat visiting Odin 25-12, 25-7 with 11 service points from Car...