Category Archives: Local Sports

In Fall Youth Soccer, Green Beauty Supply beat Moore Than Behavior 5-1. In the win, Lyla Koebele and Adley Green were Players of the Match, Tanner Landreth and Victoria Hunter honored in the loss. El ...

The Franklin Park cross country season opened up Saturday at Woodlawn. The varsity girls were 2nd overall. Stevie Nix was 6th with Laney Kuhns and Sophia Nix also getting top 20 medals. The JV girls w...

Denny Hamlin won from the pole position at World Wide Technology Raceway, playing the strategy perfectly to lead the final 25 laps in his series-high fifth victory this season. With his 59th career wi...

The Salem Wildcat golfers were 2nd at the 12-team Carbondale Invitational. They were led by the sophomore team of Jaxon Ward and Scout Puricelli with a 66. Kyler Sapp and Landen Maxey shot 67 and Huck...

In prep baseball, South Central hosts Beecher City. SC is coming off a tough 4-0 loss at home to St Anthony in NTC play. Aidan Hoover and Garrett Shumate had all 4 of the Cougars hits. Shumate doubled...

Emit Gibson drove in 4 runs to lead Franklin Park to an easy win over visiting Woodlawn 17-2Gibson homeredas part of his big day. Ben Lux, Dakota Gregg, Gibson and Eli Purdy all doubled. Easton Keller...

Franklin Park fell to Woodlawn 16-3. Brinn Detmer had a hit along with Emma Hawley, Macy Canon tripled and Bre Pennypacker doubled. Canon, Pennypacker and Josey Gibson drove in runs. Raccoon scored 11...

The Salem Wildcats will be back at Jim Finks Field tonight when they host the Olney Tigers. Salem is coming off a week 1 loss to Centralia while Olney beat Taylorville to open their season. Game time ...

The Salem Wildcats soccer team played their very first game on the new pitch at the Salem Soccer Complex in front of a huge crowd, and they knocked off visiting 2nd ranked and undefeated Highland 2-1....

The Lady Wildcat golfers just continue to win. They hosted Mt Vernon to the Salem Country Club yesterday and won 170-194. Junior Mya Russell led the way again for Salem shooting 37 for medalist honors...