Author Archives: WJBD Staff

MILWAUKEE (AP) - Christian Yelich, Blake Perkins and Willy Adames hit home runs and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs 10-6 on Wednesday night, handing Shota Imanaga his first loss. Rookie Jo...

CINCINNATI (AP) - Matt Carpenter hit a go-ahead home in the third inning, Nolan Gorman also went deep and the St. Louis Cardinals reached .500 for the first time in six weeks with a 5-3 win over the C...

NEW YORK (AP) - Josh Gibson became Major League Baseball's career leader with a .372 batting average, surpassing Ty Cobb's .367, when Negro Leagues records for more than 2,300 players were incorporate...

The Salem Wildcats will head to their first Sectional Tournament today since 2017 when they head to the Triad, ironically it was the scene of their last post season run this deep. Salem is 18-18 on th...

The 3a softball sectionals opened yesterday. At Freeburg, the host Lady Midgets continue to play well as they eliminate Effingham 4-2. They will get Waterloo in the finals after they upset top-ranked ...

The Salem Summer HS JV baseball season tipped off last night as they JV took over the varsity game that was scheduled with Woodlawn as the Salem varsity team is still playing in the IHSA post season. ...

The Black Diamond All Conference Baseball Team has been announced. The MVP this year was Jex Schnepper of Edwards County with the Conference Captain being named Caleb Siebers of Carmi. Also on the tea...

In Little League Majors last night, Rotary shutout Crouse Funeral Home 14-0 in five innings. Ben Lux was the winning pitcher striking out 14 allowing just 1 hit and 1 walk. He also had 2 hits includin...

In City of Salem/YMCA Men's Softball, Eliminators opened the night with a 20-18 win over Iuka State Bank, ABC Pub over the Knights 15-7 and Eliminators also beat the Knights 19-8.

The Women's B-League Volleyball Tournament finished up last night. 2 Legit 2 Hit are the tournament champs after a tight two set win over Plumbers & Pipefitters (25-17, 25-22). In the 3rd place ma...