Category Archives: Local Sports
Brewers take 2 from Cubs, Taylor HRs in both, Ashby fans 12
CHICAGO (AP) - Tyrone Taylor homered in both games, Aaron Ashby struck out a career-high 12 in the nightcap and the Milwaukee Brewers swept a doubleheader from the Chicago Cubs 7-6 and 3-1, Luis Uras ...
May 31, 2022
State Track Wrap-up: Centralia has state champion; Salem has two Top 10 finishers; Mt. Vernon ties for second in Class 2A
Centralia has a state track champion. JehChys Brown took first place in the shot put at Eastern Illinois University's O'Brian Stadium over the weekend. Salem's tandem of Caleb Smith and Cole Johnson e...
May 30, 2022 daveynin / CC
High School Baseball Super-Sectionals on Monday: North Clay Baseball Team advances
The North Clay Cardinals advanced to the Elite 8 after their Sectional championship win over conference rival Windsor/Stew-Stras 3-2 in a tight game with a few controversies. North Clay scored the go-...
May 30, 2022
Burnes shuts down Cardinals' offense in 8-0 Brewers win
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Corbin Burnes tossed seven shutout innings and Jace Peterson hit a three-run homer to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to an 8-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Lorenzo Cain and Rowdy Tel...
May 30, 2022
White Sox beat Cubs 5-4 in 12 innings
CHICAGO (AP) - Jake Burger atoned for a costly error with a game-ending RBI single in the 12th inning, and the banged-up Chicago White Sox topped the Chicago Cubs 5-4 in a wild finale to the season se...
May 30, 2022 Tony Hisgett / CC
MLB Wrap-Up: Rays gain split with Yankees
UNDATED (AP) - The New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays are right back where they were when they began their four-game series in St. Petersburg on Thursday. The Rays earned a four-game split and pulled...
May 30, 2022
Hamlin wins long, wild Coca-Cola 600
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) - Denny Hamlin held off Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch in overtime to win the Coca-Cola 600. NASCAR's longest and grueling race lasted more than 5 1/2 hours and took 413 laps ...
May 30, 2022
Ericsson wins at Brickyard
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Marcus Ericsson and Chip Ganassi were kings of the Brickyard on Sunday. Ericsson became the second Swede to win the Indianapolis 500 in 106 runnings, joining 1999 winner Kenny Brac...
May 30, 2022 momentcaptured1 / CC
Celtics outlast Heat to win East
MIAMI (AP) - The Boston Celtics and Golden State Warriors will play for a championship. The Celtics are in the NBA Finals for the first time in 12 years following a 100-96 win over the Heat in Game 7....
May 30, 2022
Cards and Cubs both take wins
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Nolan Gorman hit his first major league homer and Matthew Liberatore earned his first major league win, helping the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 8-3. Liberatore pitc...
May 29, 2022
