Author Archives: WJBD Staff
SC Lady Cougars Win 1a Regional Championship.....Softball Scores From Friday
The SC Lady Cougars are regional champions after knocking off Altamont at Webster Field in Kinmundy 7-1. Taegan Webster was the winning pitcher going all 7 innings, allowing 3 hits and 1 run with 6 st...
May 21, 2022
Salem Wildcats Tennis Fails To Advance From Sectionals
The Salem Wildcats tennis team had a rough day at the Centralia Sectional. The Cats failed to score in the 10-team field. St Anthony had 20 points to win the team event followed by Mascoutah with 19 a...
May 21, 2022 New Salem Wildcats sports logo.
Soccer Post Season Continues
In 1a girls soccer Sectional finals at Roxana, Belleville Althoff advanced in Penalty Kicks knocking off Columbia 2-1. They will move on to play on Tuesday in the Super Sectional at Columbia to take o...
May 21, 2022
Squibb Tank Shuts Out Edward Jones In Minors Action At Complex
In Little League boys minors at the Complex, Squibb Tank shutout Edward Jones 10-0. Tanner Purintun had a 3-run homer and added an RBI single. Eli Purdy had 2 hits and drove in 3, Lucas Howe 2 singles...
May 21, 2022 Sterling G / CC
Warriors go up 2-0 with 2nd-half comeback
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The Golden State Warriors have control of the NBA's Western Conference finals. The Warriors took a 2-0 lead in the series by flipping the script in the second half of their 126-11...
May 21, 2022
Raanta blanks Rangers, puts Canes up 2-0
UNDATED (AP) - Antti Raanta is making things difficult for his former team these days. Raanta stopped 21 shots and the Hurricanes took a two-games-to-none lead in their second-round series by blanking...
May 21, 2022
Six straight wins for Dodgers
UNDATED (AP) - The Los Angeles Dodgers still haven't lost since ending a four-game skid last Sunday. Freddie Freeman singled three times and had two RBIs in the Dodgers' sixth consecutive win, 4-1 ver...
May 21, 2022
Severe weather hits South Central Illinois
Cleanup continues Friday on a path of storm damage from north of Breese to near Jamestown in Clinton County where one trained storm spotter reported seeing a tornado. Several large outbuildings were h...
May 20, 2022 Outbuilding destroyed south of Bartelso. Photo by Jaccob Johnson.
Hungry Hearts program returns Monday for summer
The Salem Elks has announced the Hungry Hearts program will resume for the summer on Monday. Mike Hooe coordinates the program for the Elks, but says there are lots of volunteers who make it possible ...
May 20, 2022 Meals being prepared for Hungry Hearts program at the Salem Community Center in 2019. File Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Franklin Park and Hawthorn School improvement projects set to start next week
Salem Grade School Superintendent Dr. Leslie Foppe told the school board Thursday night everything is on track for major projects at Hawthorne and Franklin Park Schools this summer. Foppe says the goa...
May 20, 2022
