Category Archives: Local Sports

The Salem 11u Tournament opened up at the Little League Complex last night with Salem grabbing a 5th inning lead and holding off 618 11-8. Salem was down 8-7 when Owen Tennyson doubled home 2 runs. In...

CHICAGO (AP) - Paul Goldschmidt homered to extend his hitting streak to 25 games, Corey Dickerson went deep twice, and the St. Louis Cardinals pounded the Chicago Cubs 14-5. Nolan Gorman and Lars Noot...

The Salem Wildcats summer season continued yesterday with a trip to Highland. Salem dropped the opener 8-5 as Highland jumped out to a 6-1 lead after 3 innings. For the Cats, Gavin Zimmermann got the ...

The 1a/2a state baseball tournaments open up today at Dozer Park in Peoria. The first 1a semifinal will start at 10am and feature 27-4 Brown County against 31-3 Ottawa Marquette. Brown County and coac...

Today is the opening day of the state Final Four softball tournament held in Peoria at the Louisville Slugger Park. The day begins in Class 1a at 10am with Newark and Illini Bluffs followed at 12:30 b...

Today is also the State Final Four in girls soccer. In Class 2a at 11a.m. it is Triad against Oak Park Fenwick followed at 1 by Lisle Benet Academy and Deerfield. Then the 3a semifinals begin at 5pm w...

In Little League Majors at the Complex, Americana beat Rotary 14-7. The game was tied at 7 in the bottom of the 5th when Colton Tockstein doubled home the go ahead run. Rotary scored 4 runs in the 4th...

In City of Salem Recreation/Marion County YMCA men's softball yesterday at Bryan Park... Diamonds knocked off Misfits 10-7, Lock 'N' Roll Self Storage over Misfits 14-11, Modern Woodmen routed Prestig...

CHICAGO (AP) - Frank Schwindel launched a long solo homer and doubled among his three hits and the Chicago Cubs topped the St. Louis Cardinals 7-5 for their third straight victory. Willson Contreras w...

MADISON, Ill. (AP) - Chris Buescher has tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss the inaugural NASCAR Cup race Sunday in the St. Louis area. RFK Racing said Thursday that Truck Series regular Zane S...