Author Archives: WJBD Staff
Lady Cats Soccer Season Ends To Top Seed....Mt Vernon Heads To Triad Today
The Salem Lady Wildcats soccer season came to an end losing to top seed Father McGivney at Breese Central 10-0. McGivney advances to the finals where they will play Mater Dei after they eliminated Cen...
May 19, 2026 ArturVerkhovetskiy / Depositphotos.com
Weather Plays Havoc With IHSA Softball Regionals
Rain played havoc with the IHSA softball regionals yesterday. The Salem Lady Wildcats game at Breese Central was canceled. They were waiting to see if the fields would dry today or if they would have ...
May 19, 2026
Wildcats 14u Show Well Over The Weekend
The Salem 13u went 2-1-1 this weekend. The opened up on Saturday with a 3-0 win over the Diamond Jaxx. Dakota Gregg was the winning pitcher, Eli Purdy, Ben Lux and Tanner Purintun drove in the Salem r...
May 18, 2026
SC Honors State Baseball Title Team, Beats OPS Saturday
The SC Cougars honored the 5-year anniversary of the program's only IHSA State Baseball title on Saturday, prior to their game with rival Odin/Patoka/Sandoval. Many of the players from that team were ...
May 18, 2026
Salem Soccer Continues Regional Play Today Against Top Seed
The Salem Lady Wildcats continue IHSA 2a soccer regional play Monday afternoon when they travel to play top-seed Father McGivney at Breese Central at 4:30. Central will take on Mater Dei in the other ...
May 18, 2026
Here are the IHSA Softball Regional Openers on Monday.
1a: Cisne at Red Hill Wayne City at North Clay Pleasant Hill at Maryville Christian Okaw Valley at Neoga Gallatin County at NCOE Grayville at Oblong Valmeyer at Odin/Patoka/Sandoval Mulberry Grove at ...
May 18, 2026
Salem 13U Wildcats won both games in a round robin with Pinckneyville and Nashville on Saturday
In game one, the Wildcats banged out 16 hits including a season high 9 extra base hits and pulled away from the Pinckneyville Celtics with a 13-3 win. Isaac Knapp had 4 hits including a triple, two do...
May 18, 2026
Lady Cats Win Swinging for a Cause Event at Tully, Head To Breese Today To Open Regionals
The Lady Cats battled through rainy conditions and strong competition to bring home the tournament trophy, picking up two impressive victories-defeating Greenville 5-4 in Game 1 and topping Wesclin 11...
May 18, 2026
Centralia Varsity Orphans Come Up Short Against 4th Ranked Freeburg in Extras
Centralia Varsity Orphans fell to Freeburg 6-4 on Saturday. Freeburg opened the scoring in the top of the first thanks to two singles. Freeburg first got on the board when Breyman singled, scor...
May 18, 2026
CORLHS Grad Helps WVC To National Tournament
Wabash Valley College is celebrating a remarkable postseason run as both the Warriors softball and baseball programs have advanced to the NJCAA World Series, putting the school on the national map in ...
May 18, 2026
