Author Archives: WJBD Staff

Christ Our Rock standout Landyn Mitchell has been accepted into the emerging elite division for the triple jump and the championship division for the 60m hurdles to compete at this year's Nike Indoor ...

The NFHS announced their 2025 Coaches of the Year. Locally, Breese Central's Gina Benhoff for adaptive/allied/unified sports, Dempsey White of Nashville for girls basketball, Justin Judiscak of O'Fall...

In Salem Recreation Coed Volleyball A League, Be Still beat Iuka State Bank (25-18, 25-14), Meskil Cleaning Services over Phelps Contractors (25-20, 25-22), Sugar and Spike in three sets over Walmart ...

The Salem Wildcats saw a 35-31 halftime lead at home to DuQuoin evaporate as they dropped to 12-14 on the season with a 61-52 loss. Salem was led by junior Avery Gullion with 19, senior Ryegan Warren ...

The St Anthony Bulldogs were down, but not quite out in the championship game of the NTC Tournament at Altamont High School. The host Indians had 2 free throws with 4 seconds left and a 1 point lead. ...

The Centralia Orphans made it 2 wins in less than 24 hours over state ranked teams as they beat Waltonville Saturday afternoon at the Pinckneyville Shootout 60-47 to improv to 24-1 on the season. Arch...

Nine Salem Wrestling Wildcats will be headed to Sectionals after qualifying from the Wood River Regionals on Saturday. This is a huge accomplishment for a squad still truly in their infancy as a progr...

The Class M championship will be Monday night with undefeated Smithton taking on Okawville. Smithton kept their perfect season alive with a semifinal win over Nashville Saturday 33-14 while Okawville ...

The Selmaville Rockets are headed to the SIJHSAA State Tournament next weekend at Rend Lake College after winning the Region 11 title at Iuka over Odin 52-38. Rafe James had 22 to lead the Rockets wit...

The Mt Vernon Rams bowling team made a remarkable comeback to finish 3rd at this weekend's IHSA State Bowling finals held at St Clair Bowl in O'Fallon. The Rams edged out Breese Central by less than 1...