Category Archives: Local Sports

The Franklin Park Cross Country team competed over the weekend at the Mt Vernon Airport in the Summersville Invitational. The Varsity Girls won the event led by Kendall Zimmerman who was 2nd out of 64...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - Aaron Jones made sure the Green Bay Packers' promise to get him the ball more often paid off. Jones rushed for 132 yards and a touchdown and caught a scoring pass from Aaron Rod...

CHICAGO (AP) - Randal Grichuk had two hits and two RBIs, and the Colorado Rockies beat the Chicago Cubs 4-3 on Sunday for a rare second straight win on the road. Connor Joe hit a solo homer for last-p...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Stuart Fairchild homered and Luis Cessa tossed five shutout innings as the Cincinnati Reds shut down Albert Pujols and the St. Louis Cardinals 3-0 on Sunday. The 42-year-old Pujols, w...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Yadier Molina hit a two-run drive while Albert Pujols went hitless in his quest for 700 homers, and the St. Louis Cardinals swept a doubleheader from the Cincinnati Reds 5-1 and 1-0 i...

CHICAGO (AP) - The Colorado Rockies made a Dunkin' Donuts run in the morning, then pulled out a rare road win. Clearly, as the old slogan goes, it was worth the trip. Charlie Blackmon hit a tiebreakin...

BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) - Chris Buescher closed out a bizarre first round of NASCAR's playoffs in which none of the title contenders won a race by becoming the 19th winner this season with his victory Sat...

NORMAL, Ill. (AP) - Zack Annexstad threw for two touchdowns and ran for another and Illinois State's defense came up with two interception-return scores as the Redbirds stymied Eastern Illinois 35-7 o...

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) - Nic Baker hit Jacob Garrett with a touchdown pass for the second time in the game to break a tie with 12:28 left in the fourth quarter, and Southern Illinois went on to top North...

SEATTLE (AP) - Michael Penix Jr. threw for 397 yards and four touchdowns and Washington emphatically stated its case as a contender in the Pac-12 with a 39-28 win over No. 11 Michigan State. Penix was...