Category Archives: Local Sports

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Makira Cook scored 20 points, Genesis Bryant added 18 and No. 24 Illinois celebrated its first game as a ranked team in 23 years with a 70-57 win over Minnesota on Sunday. Brynn Sho...

Photos by Pat Hodges Despite having a good season overall, the Centralia Orphans fell 43-39 to Mount Vernon on Friday night. Daryle Jones, with 15 points, was the leading scorer for Centralia while Na...

Boys Basketball Belleville East 50, Westminster Christian 47 Belleville West 66, MICDS, Mo. 58 Bethalto Civic Memorial 52, Ramsey 37 Centralia Christ Our Rock 62, Alton Marquette 47 DeSmet, Mo. 82, Be...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Dain Dainja was an inside force Michigan State had no answer for and Matthew Mayer hit clutch 3s in the second half as Illinois ended the Spartans seven-game win streak with a 7...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) - Damar Hamlin visited with teammates at the Bills' facility on Saturday for the first time since being discharged from a Buffalo hospital. The visit came 12 days after the Bil...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Trevor Lawrence followed four interceptions with four touchdown passes - one of the most improbable turnarounds in NFL postseason history - and rallied the Jacksonville Jagua...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - To Ja Morant, the answer was a slam dunk. His ferocious jam Saturday night was his best one yet. Morant's dunk came in the third quarter of the Memphis Grizzlies' 130-112 victory o...

The Salem Wildcats dropped to 5-14 on the season with their loss at 5th ranked Breese Central 61-22. Salem scored the first basket of the game off the opening tip, but it was the only advantage they w...

The Stallions are coming off a 60-24 win at Bunker Hill. Senior Bianca Adubato scored 27 hitting a school record 7 three pointers. Junior Reagan Pingsterhaus and Chloe Carter were also in double figur...

The Irvington/North Wamac Tournament finished up last night. Selmaville won the championship over Sandoval for the 2nd straight year with the Rockets coming away with the win. Wyatt McCarty was named ...