Category Archives: Local Sports

CHICAGO (AP) - Hayden Wesneski allowed two hits over five shutout innings of relief to win his major league debut, and the Chicago Cubs took advantage of 11 walks to beat the Cincinnati Reds 9-3 for t...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Nolan Gorman broke out of a slump with a homer and a pair of RBIs, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Washington Nationals 4-1. Jos Quintana gave up a run on five hits and he struck...

The PBA Jr Lakeside Midwest Regional Open was held Saturday and Sunday at Bowlero Lakeside in Valley Park, Missouri. Salem senior Charlie Hunter is the 18u champion. The 17-year old from Iuka was soli...

SC travels to Dieterich After going 2-3 at the Olney Lady Tigers Classic on Saturday. SC beat Mt Carmel (25-23, 25-18) and Edwards County (25-23, 25-22) with losses to Carterville (18-25, 20-25), Mt Z...

The KC cross country teams traveled to the campus of Eastern Illinois University for the Walt Crawford Open. The meet included Marquette, EIU, SIU-E, Illinois-Chicago and Vincennes. The Blue Angels we...

The Franklin Park Cross Country team will host another Fun Run meet today. Salem ran at Woodlawn on Saturday. The Varsity Boys were 1st as a team taking the top 3 spots with Alex Spencer winning follo...

Central City Citians had a great turn out at the Pinckneyville cross country meet. Varsity girls took 11th out of 26 teams. Varsity girls out of 105 runners Sienna Feig 46th Ryleigh Claybourn 61 st Ma...

The SC Falcons will host the Centralia Tigers. SC is coming off a pair of wins at home on Saturday. SC beat Mulberry Grove 12-0. Colton Tockstein threw a 1 hitter in the 4 inning win. SC got RBI from ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Jack Flaherty pitched five effective innings for St. Louis in his first big league game since late June, but the NL Central-leading Cardinals had their four-game winning streak stoppe...

DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) - If NASCAR's playoff opener at Darlington Raceway was any indication, the postseason is going to be a wild one. Erik Jones became the first non-playoff driver to win NASCAR's op...