Category Archives: Local Sports

The Salem Wildcats enter tonight's home opener at Jim Finks Field with a record of 1-1 after an opening week loss to Centralia and then a blowout win at Alton Marquette last weekend. Salem will host t...

Lady Cats Fall To Freeburg, Head To Benton Tournament Saturday The Salem Lady Wildcats volleyball team fell to 0-4 with their home loss to Freeburg 12-25, 8-25. They will head to the Benton Tournament...

The Salem Wildcats dropped their Cahokia soccer match at Breese Central 7-1. Haden Irvin scored the lone Salem goal as they are in action tomorrow morning when they host Freeburg to FCC Field at 11. H...

CORLHS Silver Stallions competed at The West Frankfort Red Bird Invitational. The top 20 in each race were considered medalist and received a Redbird Inv. meet T-shirt.   In the Girls Varsity Rac...

Breese Central won their 2nd straight Nashville Invitational Golf Tournament shooting 160 with Carterville 2nd 165, Nashville 166 was 3rd with Steeleville and Okawville tying for 4th shooting 168. Bre...

SC Wins 8 Straight With Victory Over OPS Anthony Buonaura went 2-5 with a double, triple and 5 RBI in South Central's 11-2 win over visiting Odin/Patoka/Sandoval. Ethan Watwood doubled twice and drove...

Bobcats Fall In 9 Innings The Franklin Park Bobcats fell to visiting Wesclin 12-11 in 9 innings in a long game yesterday at Bobcat Field. The Bobcats trailed 9-6 in their final at bat but scored a pai...

Franklin Park Holds Off Wesclin The Franklin Park Lady Bobcats earned a tough, ugly, gritty win over visiting Wesclin 11-8. Reaan Shuler was the winning pitcher going 5. Abigail Thompson was goo in he...

It didn't seem much could still go wrong this year for Kyle Busch until his engine blew with 22 laps remaining in NASCAR's opening playoff race. Busch had dominated at Darlington Raceway and led a rac...

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) - The Chicago Bears say they will need taxpayer assistance if they are going to construct an enclosed suburban stadium that could host Super Bowls, Final Fours and College...