Category Archives: Local Sports

Central City 7th grader Archie Goewey scored his 1000 career varsity point on Thursday at home with a jump shot with 4 seconds left in the first quarter of the Citian's 58-32 win over Altamont Luthera...

Top seed Nashville won their 3rd straight Class M regional title 41-27 over Carlyle at Carlyle. Since 2015, Nashville has won regional titles in 7 of the last 8 years and moved to 20-5 on the season. ...

Today is the Salem Wildcat Cheer Clinic from 1-4 at B.E. Gum for kids in Kindergarten through 5th grade. There is a $10 discount off the total for families of 2 or more. You pay at the door and those ...

Today is the Salem Wildcats Bowling Regional held at Salem Bowl. There are high expectations for this group of Wildcats as they compete against bowlers from Breese Central, Mater Dei, Christ Our Rock,...

CHICAGO (AP) - Nico Hoerner heard the same message from the Chicago Cubs over and over again. They liked him as a shortstop, and they also had confidence in him at second base. When the Cubs landed Go...

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...

CHICAGO (AP) - Josh Giddey matched a season high with 25 points and added 10 rebounds, helping the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 124-110 win over the Chicago Bulls on Friday night. Rookie Jalen Williams ...

The Salem Wildcats will travel to the 5th ranked Breese Central Cougars tonight. Breese is 16-2 on the year and tied with 3rd ranked Columbia atop the Cahokia Conference. Salem is coming off a tough o...

The Salem Lady Cats dropped their 5th straight falling at home to Breese Central 57-27. Central was on fire early from deep hitting 7 three's in the opening 2 quarters. Salem was led by Alesia Keller ...

It was a battle of two teams who combined for a record of 36-6, and the Franklin Park Bobcats won on the road at 19-1 TTown by a final of 45-28. Salem dominated from the start jumping out to a 17-7 le...