Category Archives: Local Sports

NEW YORK (AP) - For all the vitriol, Major League Baseball owners and locked-out players have closed the gap in recent weeks and are negotiating on similar frameworks for a new collective bargaining a...

ATLANTA (AP) - Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Calvin Ridley has been suspended for the 2022 season for betting on NFL games in the 2021 season. The suspension announced by NFL commissioner Roger Goodel...

INA, IL (March 4, 2022) - Some of the best young athletes in the area will suit up once again as the Southern Illinois Premier Jr. High All-Star Classic returns next weekend. The event will be held bo...

Tonight is Super Sectionals night in prep boys basketball. SIU-Carbondale will be the site for a 1a and 2a contest. First at 6pm, Macon Meridian will take on Steeleville followed by the 2a game featur...

The girls basketball season finished up this weekend. Brimfield won the 1a state title in the opening game Saturday over Galena 32-31. Quincy Notre Dame is the 2a champ after their 63-56 win over Winn...

After winning the Region 24 Tournament Friday over Shawnee, John A Logan earned the 4 seed in the Juco National Tournament in Hutchison, Kansas starting March 14th. The Volunteers finished the regular...

The KC Tennis Teams took on D2 McKendree University over the weekend and performed well. Highlighting the match was Maddi Capps winning her singles match along with her doubles contest with Diana Moss...

The Franklin Park Lady Bobcats competed in the Wesclin 7th Grade Tournament on Saturday. They opened with a 2-set loss to Mascoutah 16-21, 15-21. Salem then beat Collinsville 21-12, 21-6 and then fini...

The SI Process 7th grade travel basketball team based out of Salem, traveled to the Robinson Exposure Tournament along with more than 70 teams from 3rd-8th grade. The Process made the Final Four befor...

The Selmaville 4th Grade Rockets won the Raccoon PeeWee Tournament over the weekend with wins over Odin, Central City and St Mary's Centralia. Rafe James had a great tournament scoring 49 points in 3 ...