Category Archives: Local Sports

Bobcats Get Combined No-Hitter In 8th Grade Night Win Franklin Park honored their 8th graders and then went on to pound Casey Mt Vernon 20-0 in 3 innings. Payton Gullion and Max Vincent combined for t...

Lady Bobcats Get No-Hitter Over Casey On 8th Grade Day The Lady Bobcats earned a 15-0 win over Casey Mt Vernon on 8th grade day. Brylee Pennypacker earned the win striking out 4. Mya Russell and Emma ...

In Week 1 of the YMCA Flag Football League the Players of the Game for the Packers were Ryder Mulvaney and Kobe Sheehan. For the Chiefs it was Elijah Polanski and Ethan Petrillo. For the Dolphins, Wye...

NEW YORK (AP) - Chris Bassitt had his shortest start in three months, failing to get through the fourth inning as the NL East-leading New York Mets lost to the Chicago Cubs 5-2. The Mets had won each ...

A trio of Salem bowlers competed in Wichita for the Storm Youth Championships. Overall, Nick Gregg was 13th with a 213 average. Charlie Hunter was 23rd with a 204 and Rhett Runge added a 194 average f...

The Salem Lady Wildcats went 3-2 at the Benton Tournament to win the Silver Bracket. They earned wins over Harrisburg, West Frankfort and Christopher. Jacie Reynolds was named to the All Tournament Te...

The Salem Wildcats soccer team dropped their home Cahokia matchup with Freeburg on Saturday 3-0. Salem is back in action at home against Mt Vernon tomorrow at FCC Field. Greenville shutout Carlyle 4-0...

North Clay Drops 2 Saturday The North Clay Cardinals are coming off a pair of losses on Saturday. They fell to Putnam County 4-2. Jesse Weidner drove in the run for the state champs with a run from Co...

SC opened up the IESA softball regional on Saturday at Effingham St Anthony. The Lady Falcons beat North Clay 7-1. Maddie Peddicord went all 7 innings allowing 2 hits and struck out 16. Peddicord also...

Salem Soccer hosted six teams on Saturday. They were able to get all the games in with only one weather delay. The day started off with the 1st/2nd graders hosting Centralia at 8:30. The game was comp...