Category Archives: Local Sports

CHICAGO (AP) - Seiya Suzuki extended his hitting streak to nine games, tying Akinori Iwamura for the longest by a Japanese-born player at the start of a major league career, and the Chicago Cubs beat ...

UNDATED (AP) - Joel Embiid had 31 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 112-97 win over the Toronto Raptors in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference playoffs. Tyrese Maxey had 23 point...

UNDATED (AP) - Boston's Marcus Smart is the first guard in over a quarter-century to win the NBA defensive player of the year award. The last guard to win this honor was Seattle's Gary Payton in 1995-...

UNDATED (AP) - Jorge Polanco and Kyle Garlick hit early two-run homers over the Green Monster to back Dylan Bundy, carrying the Minnesota Twins past the Red Sox 8-3 in Boston's annual Patriots' Day ga...

UNDATED (AP) - Red Sox manager Alex Cora says catcher Kevin Plawecki tested positive for COVID-19 along with two staff members. Cora said the 31-year-old Plawecki is vaccinated. He was placed on the C...

UNDATED (AP) - The Cleveland Browns have spoken to an NFL investigator looking into claims by former coach Hue Jackson, who said the team intentionally lost games in 2016 and 2017. Jackson, now coachi...

UNDATED (AP) - Johnny Gaudreau, Dillon Dube and Blake Coleman scored in the first period, and the Calgary Flames beat the lowly Chicago Blackhawks 5-2 on Monday night. Jacob Markstrom made 21 saves as...

No. 1 - Alex Gott, MARION HIGH SCHOOL - Logan Arnold, MARION HIGH SCHOOL def. Cameron Courty, CARMI-WHITE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL - Dacin Rudolph, CARMI-WHITE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, 7-5 , 6-1 , -; No. 2 - Gag...

The SC Cougars improved to 10-4 over the weekend in winning two baseball games on Saturday at the Wooden Bat Tournament in Flora and taking home the championship in a 3-way tie. SC opened Saturday wit...

The Salem JV Lady Cats softball team competed at the Fairfield Tournament on Saturday and split a pair of games. Salem beat Edwards County 12-4 and fell to Fairfield 9-2. Lauren Burge and Bre Thurman ...