Author Archives: WJBD Staff

1. ANTLERS are a single piece and are shed and regrown each year . . . while HORNS are made of two pieces, a bone core and a keratin cover, and don't shed, except in one case: The Pronghorn, a species...

The Salem Wildcats put together another great team performance as they traveled to Charleston and came away with a 63-49 win over the Trojans. Kaeden Bevolo led Salem with 19 points and 8 rebounds, Av...

The North Wamac/Irvington/Grand Prairie boy's tournament continues with pool play games tonight. New Horizon will play the hosts at 5:30 followed by Raccoon and Ashley. Last night, St Mary/Willow Grov...

The bowling post season assignments are out. The Salem Wildcats will compete at the North Clay Regional that will be hosted at Pagel Silver Dollar Lanes in Effingham on Friday, January 16th. Salem wil...

In Salem Recreation Coed Volleyball B League, Toss N Wash beat Mom Photography (25-14, 25-18), Vertically Challenged over That's What She Said (25-14, 15-19), Mixed Nuts beat Saggy Nets (25-22, 25-18)...

High Honor Roll- GPA 3.6-4.0 Jayda Alcala Emmaline Allen Hadley Allison Jacob Alvis Braxton Anderson Ronin Artieda Matthew Asroff Ross Baker Issac Baldridge Zaid Baldridge Izabella Barger Caraline Bea...

2025-2026 Semester 1 Honor Roll 3.0 GPA - 3.499 GPA   Seniors Back, Nathaniel A. Bechtel, Izaic D. Buchanan, Gavin L. Cain, Keegan J. Carroll, Payton E. Clegg, Jaden R. Collier, Valerie A. Douder...

High Honors:   5th Grade: Jaxton Westbrook Grayson White   6th Grade: Lukas Grawe Kaylin Kays   7th Grade: Madison Amburgey David Brand Avah Kehn Blakelyn McCarty Liberty Pruitt Leighto...

Salem Senior Jordan Kessler became the 13th member of the 1000-point club for the Lady Wildcats as she needed 15 and got exactly 15, including her final point from the free throw line to get to the mi...

The Salem Wildcats will hit their old Apollo Conference stomping grounds tonight when they travel to Charleston to take on the Trojans. Salem is 10-8 on the season. The freshmen will start the night a...