Author Archives: WJBD Staff

8th Grade Highest Honors: Savannah Arnold Mahayla Crain Maranda Donoho Macee Grzegorek Evan Hoover Alaska Horath Wyatt Iler Keira Langley Kierstyn Lyday Kaitlyn Swift Kyra Swift Jennifer Weems Evan Wh...

The Salem Wildcats opened up post season baseball play with an 8-3 victory over the Lawrenceville Indians in 2a play. Hunter Daniels drove in 3, Blane Phillips went 2-3 with 2 RBI. Salem also got RBI ...

In regular season play, South Central improved to 19-3 with a 10-5 win at Woodlawn. The Cougars trailed 4-1 after 2 innings but scored 7 over the next two frames to earn the win. Chase Dodson homered ...

The Salem Lady Cats open up post season softball play today as the 4 seed and will host Red Bud at 4:30 Also today, Marquette hosts Vandalia, Central welcomes Staunton, Benton at Carmi, Waltonville go...

The Salem Lady Cats will host the Sectional Track Meet this afternoon at Jim Finks Field Track starting at 1pm with the field events followed with the running events at 2. Joining Salem in the field w...

The prep girls soccer post season opened yesterday. In Class 1a, Salem's season came to an end with an 18-0 loss at Columbia. In 3a, Collinsville beat East 4-1, Edwardsville shutout Quincy 4-0, O'Fall...

The Peoples National Bank Pony League team improved to 4-1 and won their 4th straight following their 6-1 win last night over Minor League. Heydin Purcell worked the first 3 innings in getting the win...

In Marion County YMCA Men's Softball, Odin Caf beat Odd Fellows 20-14, Eliminators over Security Alarm 19-7 and Alpha & Omega 28-4, NAL shutout Prestige Worldwide 18-0.

Chicago Cubs (32-23, first in the NL Central) vs. San Francisco Giants (34-21, first in the NL West) San Francisco; Thursday, 9:45 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Cubs: Zach Davies (2-2, 4.65 ERA, 1.61 W...

Cincinnati Reds (24-29, fourth in the NL Central) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (31-25, second in the NL Central) St. Louis; Thursday, 8:15 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Reds: Vladimir Gutierrez (0-1, 1.80 E...