Author Archives: WJBD Staff
SIJHSAA Class S State Tournament Opens Today
The Class S State boys basketball tournament opens at Rend Lake College today. Selmaville and Jasper tip off at 9:30, Summersville and Coulterville play at 12, New Horizon and Pope County at 1:15. The...
Feb 07, 2026
St Anthony Wins 7th Grade IESA State Title
Congratulations to St Anthony on winning the IESA 7-2a championship beating West Central 31-21 handing them their only loss of the season. St Anthony joins the TTown 7th grade boys and girls on winnin...
Feb 07, 2026
Blue Devils Rout Tropics...JUCO Saturday Schedule
The KC Blue Devils improved to 13-10 with a big 132-64 win over Kentucky Tropics. AJ Tillman led 7 in double figures for Kaskaskia College with 25, Myles Liddell 22 and Carlyle grad Hayden Huels added...
Feb 07, 2026
Wildcats Host Freeburg Tonight on WJBD, Orphans Head To Cahokia
The Salem Wildcats are back home tonight when they host Freeburg. Freshman tip at 5 followed by the jv at 6 and the varsity game around 7:30 on WJBD. South Central is at home on Gary Shirley Co...
Feb 06, 2026
Lady Cats Beat Freeburg To Move Into 3rd Place In Cahokia...Girls Basketball Roundup
The Salem Lady Wildcats handed Freeburg just their 2nd conference loss of the year as they led from start to finish in a 42-33. Jordan Kessler moved further up Salem's all-time scoring list as she fin...
Feb 06, 2026
Lady Cats 5th Seed In Upcoming Post Season
The seeds have been released for the IHSA girls basketball post season. The Salem Lady Wildcats are the 5th seed with their 16-11 record in the Olney Sectional complex. Mt Carmel is the 1 seed ...
Feb 06, 2026
Bobcats Win 1st Regional Since 2006, Next Stop the State Tournament
Franklin Park won their first boys basketball regional since 2006 as they beat Centralia at Wesclin 40-39. Ben Lux led Salem with 16, Emit Gibson had 10 points and 7 rebounds. Salem will advance to ne...
Feb 06, 2026
Class S State Tournament Opens Saturday at RLC -- Selmaville, Summersville, New Horizon, & Bartelso all Prepare
The Class S tournament starts tomorrow. Selmaville will play Jasper at 9:30, Albers/Damiansville and Crab Orchard at 10:45, then Summersville plays at noon against Coulterville, New Horizon and Pope C...
Feb 06, 2026
TTown Boys Join Girls As IESA State 7th Grade Champions
The Teutopolis 7th Grade Shoes are state champions winning the IESA 3a title over Lisle last night 48-43. TTown trailed by almost double digits in the 2nd halve, but fought back and got it done. Bryso...
Feb 06, 2026
JH Volleyball - Sandoval Tournament Opens Today....Selmaville Wins Again
The Sandoval Junior High Volleyball Tournament opens today. St Mary's Centralia takes on First Baptist O'Fallon at 4pm followed by Field and Lebanon at 5. New Horizon plays St Mary's Mt Vernon at 6 an...
Feb 06, 2026
