Category Archives: Local Sports
Two Yepez HRs, Goldschmidt 4 for 4, Cards top Marlins 9-0
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Rookie Juan Yepez had his first career multi-homer game and Adam Wainwright pitched seven scoreless innings in St. Louis Cardinals' 9-0 rout of the Miami Marlins. Yepez's five RBIs ma...
Jun 28, 2022
Former Illinois star Dee Brown to coach at NAIA's Roosevelt
CHICAGO (AP) - Former Illinois star and NBA player Dee Brown is the new coach at Roosevelt University in Chicago. The NAIA school announced the hiring Monday. Brown is 37 and was a McDonald's All-Amer...
Jun 28, 2022
Cardinals place Flaherty and Bader on the injured list
ST. LOUIS (AP) - The St. Louis Cardinals have placed right-hander Jack Flaherty and center fielder Harrison Bader on the injured list. Flaherty was placed on the 15-day list with a right shoulder stra...
Jun 28, 2022 Minda Haas Kuhlmann / CC
Elks Beats Peoples National Bank On Walk-Off Friday Night
It was an exciting finish to Pony League action Friday night as Elks nipped Peoples National Bank 5-4 in walk-off fashion. The Elks Landen Maxey tripled on the first pitch of the at bat in the final i...
Jun 27, 2022 Photo by: Toby Gullion, FTS Photography.
City Series Opens Up Tonight At Little League Complex
The 2022 Salem Little League Major's City Series begins tonight. Bud's Minor League went through the season 11-1 and cruised into the championship series while Americana clinched on the 2nd to last ni...
Jun 27, 2022
SC 13u Wins Quincy Wood Bat Tournament
The SC 13u Storm Chasers won 5 games over the span of 20 hours as they brought home the Quincy Wood Bat title beating the Mid-Co All-Stars in the championship 10-0. Luke Shumate earned the complete ga...
Jun 27, 2022
Chase Elliott needs nearly 7 hours to win at Nashville
LEBANON, Tenn. (AP) - Chase Elliott salvaged a crummy day for Hendrick Motorsports and interrupted a potential Toyota rout by winning the rain-drenched race at Nashville Superspeedway on Sunday night....
Jun 27, 2022
Mississippi wins first CWS title by sweeping Oklahoma
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Mississippi scored twice on wild pitches in a three-run eighth inning and the Rebels won their first national baseball title, sweeping Oklahoma in the College World Series finals wi...
Jun 27, 2022 Sterling G / CC
Cubs overcome 5-run deficit to beat Cards 6-5, Flaherty hurt
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Willson Contreras hit a tiebreaking single in the 10th inning to drive in his third run of the game, and the Chicago Cubs overcame a five-run deficit to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6...
Jun 27, 2022 apardavila / CC
Cards beat Cubs 5-3
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Ivn Herrera hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the eighth inning for his first career RBI and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 5-3. Juan Yepez lined a one-out double to t...
Jun 26, 2022
