Author Archives: WJBD Staff
Salem & Christ Our Rock Will Keep Running
The Salem boys and girls cross country teams qualified for this weekend's Class 1a Sectional to be ran at the Hickory Point Golf Course in Decatur. Breanna Thurman led the girls to a fifth place finis...
Oct 25, 2021
KC Cross Country Finishes Regular Season With Good Showing In St Louis
The KC cross country teams finished their regular season schedule on a high note. KC traveled to St. Louis for the Fall Classic hosted by St. Louis Health Sciences and Pharmacy College. The Blue Angel...
Oct 25, 2021
SC Storm Chasers 13u Finish Fall With 2nd Place At GMB
The SC Storm Chaser 13u finished up their fall season with a 2nd place finish at the GMB Tournament in O'Fallon, Missouri held at the Ozzie Smith Sports Complex. SC opened Sunday with a 7-1 win over S...
Oct 25, 2021 Photo credit - Toby Gullion, Wilkins Studios.
Franklin Park Opens Season With Hoops Win....Patoka Falls To Rome
Franklin Park opened up their basketball season with a 49-17 win over North Wamac/Irvington/Grand Prairie at the Rend Lake Shootout. Ryegan Warren led Salem with 22. Patoka lost to Rome 59-38. Brady C...
Oct 25, 2021
Salem Soccer Has GREAT Weekend
Salem Soccer's 5th/6th grade girls had a very successful weekend. They started with their last league game on Saturday in New Baden. They won 2-1 completing a perfect league season of 7-0. Kourtney Ga...
Oct 25, 2021
Here is the latest Big Ten Conference sports news from The Associated Press
UNDATED (AP) - For the first time this regular season, there were no teams making their season debut in The Associated college football poll. Iowa State and BYU rejoined the AP Top 25 presented by Reg...
Oct 25, 2021
Bears no match for Super Bowl champ Bucs in 38-3 loss
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Whatever hopes the Chicago Bears had of upsetting the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the second straight season were long gone before the first quarter ended. Poor protection for rookie q...
Oct 25, 2021
Illinois stuns No. 7 Penn State 20-18 in NCAA's 1st 9OT game
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Casey Washington caught a 2-point conversion pass from Brandon Peters to end the first nine-overtime game in NCAA history and lift Illinois over No. 7 Penn State 20-18. The t...
Oct 25, 2021
Bengals bury Ravens in Baltimore
UNDATED (AP) - The Baltimore Ravens have company atop the AFC North. Joe Burrow threw for a career-high 416 yards and three touchdowns, including a pivotal 82-yarder to rookie Ja'Marr Chase in the thi...
Oct 25, 2021
Hornets have first 3-0 start
UNDATED (AP) - The Charlotte Hornets are 3-0 for the first time in franchise history. Miles Bridges had 32 points and nine rebounds, Ish Smith added 11 of his 15 points in the fourth quarter of the Ho...
Oct 25, 2021
