Category Archives: Local Sports

Last night at the Irvington/North Wamac Tournament Selmaville advanced to the championship with a 48-11 win over Ashley. Riley Tate and Jaxon Ward with 10 each while Wyatt McCarty chipped in 8. Selmav...

Lady Bobcats Drop Regional Semifinal To End Season The Salem Lady Cats dropped their regional semifinal at Wesclin to Highland last night 47-36. Brylee Pennypacker led Salem with 13 and is one of 3 gr...

John A. Logan 97; Lake Land 73 Sixth-ranked John A. Logan (13-3) rolled to a 46-35 halftime lead, then expanded the margin quickly in the second half to defeat Lake Land, 97-73, in Mattoon. Six Volunt...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Kyle Kuzma broke a tie with a 3-pointer with 5.7 seconds left and the Washington Wizards beat the Chicago Bulls 100-97 on Wednesday night. Following a timeout, Kuzma drove to his rig...

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) - Lance Jones' 18 points helped Southern Illinois defeat Indiana State 69-61 on Wednesday night. Jones shot 6 for 17 (3 for 9 from 3-point range) and 3 of 4 from the free throw ...

CHICAGO (AP) - Left-hander Drew Smyly could earn up to $41.5 million over three years from his contract with the Chicago Cubs if he pitches 150 innings annually, and catcher Tucker Barnhart could rais...

The Salem Wildcat Bowlers honored their 7 seniors before hosting Centralia to Salem Bowl and winning at every level. The Varsity Boys were led by Kannon King with a 684 series, Charlie Hunter 673 and ...

After having last night's game with Mascoutah canceled due to the Indians scheduling too many games, Kipp Academy of St Louis came to Trout Arena last night to play. The Orphans defended their home co...

Reserved seat ticket packets for the 71st annual Salem Invitational Tournament are available to the general public this week, Monday through Friday until noon on Friday. The cost is $25 per seat for t...

Girls Tuesday Scoreboard: Alton 34 Collinsville 28 Althoff 63 Cahokia 34 Benton 59 Herrin 33 Dieterich 51 OPH 30 East St Louis 49 Belleville East 45 Freeburg 40 Nashville 24 Marion 58 Carbondale 39 Mo...