Category Archives: Local Sports

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Drivers Matt Kenseth and Hershel McGriff and crew chief Kirk Shelmerdine have been selected to the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Kenseth was a first-ballot selection, Shelmerdine was voted...

North Clay improved to 23-3 with a 10-2 win on the road at Teutopolis. Collyn Ballard homered twice, including a grand slam, as he drove in 7. Bryton Griffy homered as well as he drove in 2. Carson Bu...

The baseball and softball sectional seeds have been announced for Classes 1a and 2a. In 1a baseball at the Effingham St Anthony Sectional, North Clay will be a regional host and the top seed followed ...

The Class S regionals were held yesterday at SCHS with Raccoon winning the boys event with 151 points. Qualifying for state by winning events were Tyler Carruthers long jump and 7th grade 100 and 200m...

Centralia's Jeh"Chys Brown is now the new discus record holder for the Orphans with a throw of 171'1" breaking the old mark set by Don Wright in 1970 of 168'10.75". Vandalia's Riley Ward has once agai...

The Downtown Lounge located at 235 South Locust in Centralia will be hosting a Pasta Day Fundraiser on Saturday, May 14th for the Zach and Andrea Loll Family. Blain Loll, seventeen year old son of Zac...

UNDATED (AP) - Ja Morant scored 47 points to match his postseason high and carry the Memphis Grizzlies into a tie in the Western Conference semifinals with a 106-101 victory over the Golden State Warr...

UNDATED (AP) - Game 1 of the Rangers-Penguins first-round series at Madison Square Garden had enough drama for two games, which works out because it was nearly as long. In a game they never led until ...

TORONTO (AP) - Toronto Maple Leafs forward Kyle Clifford has been given a one-game suspension for a boarding incident in Toronto's playoff-opening win over the Tampa Bay Lightning. The NHL's departmen...

NEW YORK (AP) - The New York Mets swept a doubleheader from the National League East rival Atlanta Braves. Mets manager Buck Showalter saved veteran starter Carlos Carrasco for the nightcap, hoping th...