Category Archives: Local Sports

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - Jim Thorpe has been reinstated as the sole winner of the 1912 Olympic pentathlon and decathlon in Stockholm. The move comes nearly 110 years after he was stripped of those...

11u: The Salem 11u is preparing for the opening of their District Tournament in Robinson. They will play their first pool game at 5 pm on Saturday against Robinson and then return on Sunday at 5 pm to...

The Salem travel 9u Wildcats will have tryouts for next summer's team coming up on July 31st at 2 pm at the Salem Little League Complex. The tryouts will be held on the Major's Field. South Central Hi...

The Centralia Orphan Track Summer Series continues today with a free speed and agility clinic featuring Tyrone Jones. He is a 2-time track NCAA All-American at the University of Illinois. Jones is the...

ST LOUIS (AP) - Tyler Anderson pitched six shutout innings, Gavin Lux hit a two-run homer and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-0. Anderson scattered three hits, struck out four, ...

CHICAGO (AP) - Carlos Carrasco pitched six sharp innings, Brandon Nimmo and Pete Alonso homered, and the New York Mets beat the Chicago Cubs 8-0. The Cubs have lost seven straight. The Mets won for th...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Luis Robert hit his first grand slam, Johnny Cueto pitched six strong innings and the Chicago White Sox beat the Minnesota Twins 12-2 to extend their winning streak to three games. ...

Vandalia Vandal Jaydon Lotz, who just finished off a very strong Senior season, will continue his education and baseball career at Kaskaskia College this fall. Jaydon joins other recent Vandals grads,...

In YMCA/City of Salem men's softball, B&J Loggers beat Misfits 11-1, Eliminators over Misfits 20-4, Eliminators also beat Odd Fellows 19-6.

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Hanser Alberto hit a tiebreaking single with two outs in the ninth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers climbed out of a huge hole in a 7-6 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. Los Ang...