Author Archives: WJBD Staff
Baseball Roundup - Orphans Walk It Off...NC Wins Again...OPS Can't Hold On To Lead....Monday Scores
Snow Lifts Orphans To Walk-Off Win Dax Snow hit the walk-off single to lift the Orphans over Belleville East 4-3. The Orphans led 1-0 in the sixth when East tied the game. Belleville took the lead in ...
Apr 21, 2026
Softball Roundup: Annies Squeak Out Win, Tobin Great For Lady Rams, OPS Falls To Dieterich, Scoreboard
Quick's Arm, Venturini's Bat Leads Annies Past O'Fallon The Annies improved to 11-2 as they beat O'Fallon 1-0. The game was scoreless until the 6th when Josie Venturini hit a sac-fly to score the game...
Apr 21, 2026
Johnson's Hat Trick Leads Salem To Shutout Of Mt Carmel
The Salem Lady Wildcats soccer team earned an easy 9-0 win over Mt Carmel. Shelby Johnson had the hat trick. Jordan Kessler and Adysen Pracht each scored 2 goals. The Lady Cats also got goals from Aud...
Apr 21, 2026
Murphysboro Meet 4/20
First Place Finishes Boys Salem 138 points Murphysboro 132 points Ben Lux Shot Put 43-5 * Class L State Standard Discus 145-2 * Class L State Standard Eli Purdy Hurdles No time but edged out Murphysbo...
Apr 21, 2026
Ice Helps ONU To Conference Golf Title
Salem native Taylor Ice delivered a standout performance as the Olivet Nazarene University women's golf team captured the 2026 Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) Championship at Univers...
Apr 21, 2026
Salem Recreation Volleyball Scores
In Salem Recreation Women's Volleyball at the Community Center last night it was Vertically Challenged beating United Medical (25-8, 25-15), Rickell Sager Fitness over That's What She Set (25-12, 25-1...
Apr 21, 2026
Salem 10 Goes 0-2-1 Over the Weekend
The Salem 10u played 3 games this weekend. They lost a pair and tied the other. In the 3-3 tie, Judah Webb started for the cats allowing no hits and one run over 3 innings and struck out 7. Edison Sag...
Apr 20, 2026 Darren Whitley
NC Wins SC Wood Bat Tournament In Dominant Fashion
The North Clay Cardinals won the South Central Wood Bat Tournament finishing undefeated on the weekend. They beat SC on Saturday afternoon to clinch the title 10-0. Former SC Cougar Trevan Sidwell was...
Apr 20, 2026
The Salem 10u played 3 games this weekend
The Salem 10u played 3 games this weekend. They lost a pair and tied the other. In the 3-3 tie, Judah Webb started for the cats allowing no hits and one run over 3 innings and struck out 7. Edison Sag...
Apr 20, 2026 SergeyNivens / Depositphotos.com
The Salem Wildcat track team had a successful trip to the very tough Mascoutah Military Invitational on Friday
It started in the field events. Silas Lux was 2nd in the shot with a PR throw of 5'5.75'' which ranks him 16th in the state of Illinois. Trey Clark was 5th in the discus, Payton Gullion 9th in the hig...
Apr 20, 2026
