Author Archives: WJBD Staff
Larson dominates at The Roval to lead 3 Hendrick cars into next round of NASCAR playoffs
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) - Kyle Larson raced to his Cup Series-high sixth victory of the season Sunday to easily advance to the third round of NASCAR's playoffs, winning on the hybrid road course/oval at Ch...
Oct 14, 2024
Wildcats fall at Columbia...football scoreboard
The Salem Wildcats dropped their final road trip of the season, losing at Columbia 38-8. In the loss, Salem senior Miking Ettress had a career game catching 8 balls for 193 yards including a 74 yard c...
Oct 12, 2024 New Salem Wildcats sports logo.
Orphans Fall On Senior Night, Head To Rival Mount Vernon Next Week
Centralia lost to Cahokia in a South 7 Showdown 28-17 on Senior Night. With the Comanches up 8-0, the Orphans would get a 21-yard field goal from Caiden Taylor and it was 8-3 after the first quarter. ...
Oct 12, 2024
Illini Host Purdue Today...Big Intersectional Big 10 Games Today
The Fighting Illini will be back home for the first time in nearly a month when they host Purdue. Pregame at 1:30 and kickoff at 2:30 on WJBD. The Big Ten features two huge intersectional matchups thi...
Oct 12, 2024
Eichel, Barbashev and Theodore have a goal and assist to lead Golden Knights to 4-3 win over Blues
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Jack Eichel, Ivan Barbashev and Shea Theodore each had a goal and an assist on Friday night to lead the Vegas Golden Knights to a 4-3 victory over the St. Louis Blues. Nicolas Roy, pl...
Oct 12, 2024
Wildcats Head To Columbia Tonight...Orphans Host Comanches
The Salem Wildcats are on their final road trip of the season when they head to Columbia to take on the Eagles. Salem is 1-5 on the season and 1-2 in the Cahokia Conference, while Columbia is 4-2 on t...
Oct 11, 2024 Photo by Henderick Morton.
Franklin Park Wins Baseball State Title....Lady Bobcats Softball Runner Ups
Bobcats Win 2nd Class L State Title Beating Previously Unbeaten Marion The Franklin Park Bobcats are SIJHSAA State Baseball champions for just the 2nd time in school history as they came back to beat ...
Oct 11, 2024
OBC All Conference Softball Team Announced
The Oil Belt Conference released their All Conference Softball Team yesterday. Making the team was Samara Simmons, Gabby Goostree and Allie Patrick of Selmaville; Emma Pinkston and Brynlee Page of Fie...
Oct 11, 2024
Salem Earns 15th Win On Senior Day...Orphans Fall To Rams, Honor Their Senior Trio
The Salem Wildcats honored seniors Keaton Gullion, Oliver Morton and Parker Findlay and then went on to beat Newton for the first time in the senior's tenure with the school by a final score of 8-0. E...
Oct 11, 2024
Lady Cats Fall In 3 Tight Sets To State Ranked Columbia...CHS Heads To Highland Tournament
It was an exciting night for volleyball at B.E. Gum as Salem battled state-ranked Columbia all the way to a 3-set loss, falling in the final set 29-27 to the Lady Eagles. Salem held a 20-15 advantage ...
Oct 11, 2024 Photo: Greg Maxey
