Author Archives: WJBD Staff

Prep Softball Roundup from Tuesday
Lady Cats Fall To Breese Central, Host Annies Today The Salem Lady Wildcats held leads of 6-2 and 7-3, but Breese Central plated 4 runs in the sixth and tied the game at 8-8 in the top of the 7th to s...
WJBD Staff Apr 08, 2026

The Franklin Park Track Team held their first meet of the season at Jim Finks Field on the campus of SCHS.
Boys First Place Finishes Ben Lux Discus129'10 * Class L Standard Shot Put 44'7 * Class L Standard Kaiden Washington High Jump 5'4 * Class L Standard Long Jump 17'6 8th 100m 12.39 Kayne Rhynes Pole Va...
WJBD Staff Apr 08, 2026

Selmaville Has Great Day At Jo Campbell Invite in Pinckneyville
Selmaville was at the Jo Campbell Invitational at Pinckneyville. Kasen Harris broke the school record in the 7th grade 100 with a time of 12.43 breaking the previous record that has stood since 1999. ...
WJBD Staff Apr 08, 2026

Riley Martin Makes MLB Debut
Salem Community High School graduate and former Quincy University standout Riley Martin reached a major career milestone on Monday afternoon, making his Major League Baseball debut for the Chicago Cub...
WJBD Staff Apr 07, 2026

Wildcats Host Breese Central Today, Prep Baseball Roundup
The Salem Wildcats will open up their final Cahokia season today when they host Breese Central. Salem is coming off their first win of the year Friday when they knocked off Odin/Patoka/Sandoval. It's ...
WJBD Staff Apr 07, 2026

Prep Softball Roundup from Monday
Annies Beat Mascoutah (Photos: Pat Hodges) Centralia beat Mascoutah 6-1 as Mackenzie Perez hit a first inning solo homer that helped the Annies to get off and running. Kinsley Hawthorne also homered f...
WJBD Staff Apr 07, 2026

Wildcat Tennis Wins Again
The Salem tennis team knocked off Charleston 7-2. Singles wins came from Jarett Rushing, Carson Huggins, Caleb Squibb, Jackson Green and Caleb Purintun. Huggins and Rushing won their doubles match alo...
WJBD Staff Apr 07, 2026

Salem Recreation Women's Volleyball Scores
In Salem Recreation Women's Volleyball play at the Community Center, EPOC beat Vertically Challenged (25-8, 25-17), Ball Busters swept The Texas Corner Tavern (25-16, 25-23) and in three sets it was T...
WJBD Staff Apr 07, 2026

More Salem wrestlers competed for PSF Wrestling at the Adidas Nationals in Independence, Missouri.
Kayne Rhynes finished 2nd falling 4-3 in double overtime in his last match losing due to a technical violation. It was a very intense match full of scrambling. Ramirez wrestled great, but with 12 seco...
WJBD Staff Apr 06, 2026

IT'S OFFICIAL, LANDYN "THE EMPEROR" MITCHELL IS HEADED TO THE FOREST AT ISU!!
This phenomenal track and field athlete is continuing his academic career at Indiana State University! Lando plans to major in Kinesiology, minor in Business, and pursue a future as a physical therapi...
WJBD Staff Apr 06, 2026
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