Category Archives: Local Sports

It was an absolute wet, muddy mess with huge wind gusts at Detweiller Park in Peoria for the High School Cross Country Championships on Saturday. The rain came pouring in during the 1a girls race and ...

Franklin Park 3rd At Marion Shootout The Franklin Park Bobcats will open up their home schedule tonight when they host Aviston. Salem is coming off a 2-1 day and 3rd place finish at the Marion Shootou...

It's the beginning of the Oil Belt Conference Girls Tournament. Tonight at Central City the Citians take on Raccoon at 6pm. At 7:30 it's Odin taking on Iuka. The championship semifinals are tomorrow a...

The Salem 4th Grade Bobcats won the Selmaville Tournament. They opened with a 27-9 win over Iuka. EJ Wolfe had 11, Brody Brubaker added 10 to advance to the title game on Saturday. There they beat Car...

TORONTON (AP) - Fred VanVleet returned from injury with season highs of 30 points and 11 assists, Scottie Barnes had 19 points and 10 rebounds, and the Toronto Raptors overcame the absence of leading ...

CHICAGO (AP) - There were a lot of questions about Justin Fields as late as a month ago. Not so many at the moment. Showing off his dynamic athleticism and improved passing, Fields went toe-to-toe wit...

AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) - Joey Logano won his second NASCAR championship to give Roger Penske two titles in the same season with a victory in Sunday's winner-take-all finale at Phoenix Raceway. It was th...

The second round of IHSA football playoffs was held this weekend, and on Saturday, Morris took down Centralia 56-0 in Class 5A. While it is an unfortunate loss, the orphans played well and had a fanta...

HOUSTON (AP) - Yordan Alvarez hit a moon shot that sent Space City into a frenzy, and the Houston Astros to their second World Series title. While the stain on Houston's first championship might never...

MILWAUKEE (AP) - Brook Lopez scored 25 points and the Milwaukee Bucks extended their season-opening winning streak to a franchise-record nine games with Giannis Antetokounmpo on the bench, beating the...