Category Archives: Local Sports
AP Prep Football Rankings For Week 8
Class 8A Rank School Total Points Previous 1. Chicago (Mount Carmel) (9) (7-0) 99 1 2. Frankfort (Lincoln-Way East) (1) (7-0) 90 2 3. Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West) (7-0) 78 3 4. Park Ridge (Maine South) ...
Oct 16, 2025
Franklin Park held their Fall Sports Awards last night.
Ben Lux and Emit Gibson were Co-MVP for the baseball team. Lux was also the Offensive Player of the Year hitting .493 as well as the Pitcher of the Year. Tanner Purintun had a fielding percentage of ....
Oct 16, 2025
Mike Shaffer Memorial Shootout in Sandoval on Saturday
The Franklin Park boys and girls will open their season on Saturday as part of the Mike Shaffer Memorial Shootout in Sandoval. They will both take on O'Fallon St Clare with the boys playing at 12:15 f...
Oct 16, 2025
Wildcats Match School Record For Wins As They Roll Into Next Week's Post Season
The Salem Wildcat soccer team put an emphatic exclamation point on their record setting season with a dominant 8-1 win on the road at Mattoon. The game was scoreless for the 20 minutes, but that's whe...
Oct 15, 2025
Prep Volleyball: Salem Gets 2 Conference Wins...Centralia Drops Marion (photo gallery)
The Salem Lady Wildcats got a rare double varsity win last night when they host East Alton Wood River. Their original game scheduled at Wood River a few weeks ago was canceled due to a maintenance iss...
Oct 15, 2025
Prep Tennis: Annies Fall To Newton...Salem Wins Regular Season Finale
The Centralia Annies fell to Newton 5-3 in a match called early due to darkness. Centralia got singles wins from Zoe Holloway and Lily Hull. The doubles team of McKenna VanDeveer and Liliana Nocerino ...
Oct 15, 2025
Salem Recreation Women's Fall Volleyball League Results
In Salem Recreation women's fall league volleyball, Hits & Giggles beat Goose Bumps (25-23, 25-22), Vertically Challenged over Free Ballin' (25-19, 25-20), AND The Iuka State Bank beat Bob's Auto ...
Oct 15, 2025
Wildcats Soccer Finish Regular Season Tonight At Mattoon
The 17-3 Salem Wildcats will be on the road at Mattoon today to take on the Green Wave in their regular season finale. Yesterday in prep soccer, Charleston beat Altamont 1-0, Breese Central lost to Wa...
Oct 14, 2025
Lady Wildcats Volleyball Host Rare Conference Double Header Tonight Against Wood River
The Salem Lady Wildcats volleyball team will host a rare double header today when they welcome Wood River. Having had their earlier game at Wood River canceled due to maintenance issues at the school,...
Oct 14, 2025
Salem Recreation Women's Volleyball Scores
In Salem Recreation Fall Women's Volleyball action, United Medical beat Gold Link (27-25, 25-18), EPOC over Ball Busters (25-5, 25-17), Timmons Fast Lane over No Dig-gity (25-13, 25-12) and in three s...
Oct 14, 2025
