Category Archives: Local Sports

Franklin Park hosted the Class L Region 6 Track Meet at SCHS yesterday. The Bobcats won the boys event with 187 points followed by Olney with 149 and Centralia 78. Trey Clark won the 7th grade 100, Pa...

Earlier at the Class S regional meet held at Salem on Monday, Devin Konhorst advanced to state finishing 2nd in the 100 as well as the 200. Selmaville's Carter Lowe was 2nd in the 400m with teammate K...

The Salem Wildcats track team competed at the Mt Vernon Invitational on Monday. The first place finish for Salem came from the Fresh/Soph 4x100 team of Hopkins, Lang, Ettress and Thorton. Salem got 2n...

The Salem Lady Cats were 4th in the Cahokia Conference Track Meet. Breese Central was first followed by Freeburg and Roxana. The Lady Cats top finisher was Mollie Walker who won the shot put and was 3...

Christ Our Rock competed at the Gateway Metro Conference Meet at Alton Public Stadium. The girls were led by Sarah Mckowen who was 2nd in the 3200 and 3rd in the 800. Rylee Brammier was 3rd in the 320...

UNDATED (AP) - The Miami Heat and Phoenix Suns hit the road after taking the first two games of their respective second-round series in the NBA playoffs. Bam Adebayo and Jimmy Butler carried the Heat ...

UNDATED (AP) - The Tampa Bay Lightning, Minnesota Wild and Edmonton Oilers got even on Wednesday, while the Carolina Hurricanes maintained control of their first-round series in the Stanley Cup playof...

UNDATED (AP) - The New York Yankees' double-digit winning streak has come to an end. The Yanks had won 11 straight before Yusei Kikuchi allowed one run in a season-high six innings of the Blue Jays' 2...

UNDATED (AP) - Right-hander Adrian Houser has argued his salary arbitration case against the Brewers, asking a three-man panel for $3 million while the team argued for $2,425,000. The 29-year-old pitc...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Veteran defensive end Adam Gotsis has signed a one-year contract to rejoin the Jacksonville Jaguars. Gotsis is entering his seventh NFL season and third with Jacksonville. He...