Author Archives: WJBD Staff
Believe It or DON'T
Believe It or DON'T On this day in 1970, Paul McCartney announced that he'd quit The Beatles, due to personal differences in direction with John Lennon and disapproval of Yoko Ono. Believe It or DON'T...
Apr 10, 2025
Wildcats Fall To Belleville East....Back At It At Home Today Against Breese Central...Prep Scores
The Salem Wildcats will finish their conference series with Breese Central today with a home game against the Cougars. Salem dropped Game 1 of the 2 game series on Tuesday in Breese 3-2 in 9 innings. ...
Apr 10, 2025 (Photo: Toby Gullion/FTS)
Annies Shutout Salem, Lady Cats Host Breese Central Today
Yesterday, Salem lost at Centralia 4-0. Reagan Shuler took the loss in the circle. At the plate, Bre Thurman and Jaelyn Keller each doubled. Alivia Rasul and Emma Lipe added singles. Maddy Francois to...
Apr 10, 2025
Orphans Tennis Nips Olney, Travels to Flora Today
The Orphans tennis team travels to Flora today. Centralia is coming off a tight 5-4 win over Olney on Wednesday. Reed Ashford, Ethan Sampples and Justus Edson won their singles matches with the double...
Apr 10, 2025 Photo: Pat Hodges)
Selmaville Finally Opens Track Season At Jo Campbell Invite
Selmaville competed at the Jo Campbell Invite in Pinckneyville. This was their first meet of the year due to rain cancellations. Out of 17 teams, the Lady Rockets finished 5th. Medaling were Alana How...
Apr 10, 2025
Patoka Shows Well At Franklin Park Track Meet
Recently Patoka competed at the Franklin Park home meet this week. Noah Pippens - 5th discus (60'11'') River Huffman - 4th hurdles (19.17) 4th 200m (31.1) 4x200 (Kuhn, Aukamp, Burns, Huffman) - 3rd (2...
Apr 10, 2025 daveynin / CC
Boehne & EIU Shoot 4th Lowest Score In Program History
The Eastern Illinois University Panthers golf team shot the 4th best score in EIU golf history and finished 5th out of 14 teams at the Tennessee State Big Blue Intercollegiate in Nashville, Tennessee ...
Apr 10, 2025 Chris Urbanowicz / CC
Howell to McKendree, Hill to KC...Area Athletes Make Decisions On Next Level
Kaskaskia College soccer has signed DuQuoin's Abby Hill to play next season. Hill is the first DuQuoin girl's soccer player to play at the collegiate level. Christ Our Rock's Jada Howell signed to con...
Apr 10, 2025
Seager homers twice as Rangers avoid a sweep in Chicago, beat Cubs 6-2
CHICAGO (AP) - Texas shortstop Corey Seager homered twice as the Rangers avoided a sweep in Chicago, beating the Cubs 6-2 on Wednesday. The two-time World Series MVP opened the game with a solo shot t...
Apr 10, 2025
Joey Bart singles in 13th to give Pirates 2-1 win over Cardinals despite 6 hitless from Fedde
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Joey Bart singled in the winning run with the bases loaded in the 13th inning to give the Pittsburgh Pirates a 2-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday, despite six hitless ...
Apr 10, 2025
