Category Archives: Local Sports
Salem Trio Of Bowlers Compete At SYC In Kansas Over The Weekend
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...
Sep 12, 2022
Lady Wildcats Win Silver Division At Benton Tournament
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...
Sep 12, 2022
Wildcats Drop Home Match To Freeburg - Prep Soccer
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...
Sep 12, 2022 Photo: Greg Maxey
North Clay Drops Pair....CORLHS Falls To Altamont -- Prep Baseball
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...
Sep 12, 2022 Photo: Kristina Weidner Photography
Lady Falcons Advance To IESA Regional Finals On Tuesday
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...
Sep 12, 2022
Salem Youth Soccer Has Successful Saturday In Spite Of Weather
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...
Sep 12, 2022
Here is the latest Big Ten Conference sports news from The Associated Press
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska has fired football coach Scott Frost after a 1-2 start to the season. The situation was so dire that athletic director Trev Alberts made the move only three weeks before ...
Sep 12, 2022
STAT WATCH: Illini RB off and running toward another 1,000
Illinois's Chase Brown is well on his way to a second straight 1,000-yard rushing season. He leads the nation with 168 yards per game after going for 146 in a win over Virginia on Saturday. Tulsa's Da...
Sep 12, 2022
Estrada, Flores homer in late innings, Giants beat Cubs 4-2
CHICAGO (AP) - Thairo Estrada homered in the seventh, Wilmer Flores connected in the eighth and the San Francisco Giants held on to beat the Chicago Cubs 4-2. The Giants kept the Cubs offense in check...
Sep 12, 2022
Harrington wins in St. Louis for 3rd PGA Tour Champions win
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Padraig Harrington has won for the third time this year on the PGA Tour Champions. The Irishman had seven birdies in his closing round of 68. He needed them to offset a few mistakes h...
Sep 12, 2022
