Category Archives: Local Sports

In Salem Recreation Coed Softball, Iuka State Bank beat All the 8's Poker Bar 7-2, Connexion All Stars beat Colonial Legends 12-3, NAL Odd Balls over Village Bar 14-10 and ABC beat Browns Heating &...

The Salem Wildcat battled at the 14th ranked Olney Tigers yesterday and came away with a hard fought 2-1 playoff like atmosphere to run their record to 14-2. Olney got on the board first and led 1-0 a...

In 1a, at Carlyle, Father McGivney was the champion shooting 313, Staunton shot 320 and Litchfield 324. Carlyle was 4th as a team, Sandoval 6, Vandalia 10 and Altamont 12. Litchfield's Sam Schwab shot...

Mt Vernon won the Carbondale 2a regional shooting 316 and will advance along with Benton 318 and Carterville 320. Xander Ashby was medalist shooting 70. St Anthony won the Effingham Regional shooting ...

Congratulations to Odin/Patoka/Sandoval coach Beau Parrish. Following the Eagles final game of the Fall, he has retired after dedicating almost 15 years to coaching. On top of coaching, Parrish also s...

The Lady Wildcats tennis team is on the road at Olney. Tuesday, the Lady Wildcats honored their five seniors, Maddie Keserauskis, Samantha Allil, Kinsey Jarrett, Abbi Patrick and Hannah Smith as they ...

Yesterday, Salem was the site for the Oil Belt Conference cross country meet. The Selmaville varsity girls were 1st with all 5 in the top 12. Gabby Harper was conference champion, Karmen Murray 3rd, M...

Central City varsity boys are the conference champion as Kolton Cook won the title for the 2nd year in a row. Mike Sutton was 4th, Zayne Allgood 5th, Braxton Bitters 9, Gavin Pender 10 and Boden Goewe...

Franklin Park's cross country team travelled to Kaskaskia College on Tuesday. The following athletes medaled:   JV Girls - McKenna Flood Kynleigh Zimmermann Landrey Rose   JV Boys Caleb Veit...

The Salem Wildcats soccer team improved their record to 13-2 and remained undefeated at home this season with an 8-1 win over visiting Altamont. The Indians got on the board first when Salem had an ow...