The Salem Southwest and Centralia Legion teams will be in Clinton County this week for the annual Gator Classic.

Pool play begins Thursday.

Salem is in Pool B with New Baden, Carlyle, and Steeleville. Centralia is in Pool C with Aviston, Murphysboro, and Imperial, Missouri. Pool A consists of Trenton, Highland, Sparta, and Marion.

Salem will face New Baden Thursday at 7:30. Centralia will meet Imperial Friday night at 7:30 in New Baden.

Meanwhile, the Salem Southwest team is scheduled to host Mt. Vernon for a doubleheader tonight, starting at 6pm.

Salem Community High School is offering an opportunity to get your child’s sports physical through Salem Township Hospital on Wednesday, July 24, and Thursday, July 25, from 8:30am-11:30am both days at SCHS.

All students participating in sports are required to have a completed physical.

The cost of the physical exam is $25.

Forms may be picked up at SCHS in the main office and must be completed and presented at the time of the exam along with payment.

If you have any questions, please call SCHS at 548-0727.

BOSTON (AP) - The Boston Bruins have beaten the Chicago Blackhawks 2-0 to take a 2-1 lead in the Stanley Cup finals.

Daniel Paille and Patrice Bergeron scored in the second period and Tuukka Rask posted his third shutout of the playoffs by turning aside 28 shots last night, moving the Bruins within two wins of their second NHL championship in three years.

The Blackhawks suffered a key loss moments before the game when high-scoring forward Marian Hossa was scratched from the lineup after being hit by a puck during warm-ups.

Bryan Bickell nearly scored for Chicago, but his shot hit the right post with 42 seconds left.

Game 4 of the best-of-seven series is tomorrow night in Boston with the series shifting to Chicago on Saturday night.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - A person familiar with the decision tells The Associated Press that former Oklahoma State quarterback Wes Lunt is transferring to Illinois.

The person spoke yesterday on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized by Lunt to discuss the decision.

Lunt is from Rochester, Ill. He started five games last fall as a freshman but was sidelined by an injury. He was 81-131 for 1,108 yards and threw for six touchdowns.

The 6-4, 215-pound Lunt decided to leave the Cowboys after the season.  Under NCAA transfer rules, Lunt will have to sit out this fall.

The Illini finished last season 2-10 with Nathan Scheelhaase and Reilly O'Toole sharing the quarterback job. Scheelhaase will be a senior this fall while O'Toole will be a junior.

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Rookie Shelby Miller pitched five shutout innings and Yadier Molina had a two-run double to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-2 win over the Chicago Cubs on Monday night.

Miller (8-4), who had to wait out a rain delay of 1 hour, 59 minutes to start the game, left due to cramping in his right leg. He allowed just two hits and struck out five in the shortest start of his career. His previous shortest stint was 5 1-3 innings at Los Angeles on May 26.

Kevin Siegrist and Seth Manness followed Miller and combined for two shutout innings before Trevor Rosenthal allowed a run in the eighth on a broken bat single by Nate Schierholtz. Edward Munica gave up a homer to Darwin Barney with two outs in the ninth, but still earned his 20th save in 20 opportunities.

Travis Wood (5-6) took the loss.