Author Archives: WJBD Staff

The IHSA soccer sectional semifinals are today. At Effingham, the host Hearts take on upset minded Carlinville who as the sixth seed has already beaten 2nd seed Hillsboro and 3rd seed Litchfield in th...

In middle school boys basketball, Raccoon's John Organ joined brother Michael in the 1000 point club, doing the honor last night in their 45-33 win over Central City. Organ finished with 20. Oliver Wo...

The SC Lady Falcons earned a win over Cumberland 35-11. The JV opened the night with an 11-5 loss. The varsity will open up play in the Junior NTC Tournament tonight when they play Sacred Heart at 6pm...

The Franklin Park Cross Country team held their awards night last night. Most Valuable Runners were Stevie Nix and Grayson Frazier. HEART Award went to Kinsley Gansauer and Calen Viet-Tackitt, Most Im...

In the Salem Recreation fall women's volleyball league, Timmons Fast Lane beat Ball Busters in 3 sets (21-25, 25-16, 15-10), EPOC over Gold Link (25-21, 25-15), and Gold Diggers beat United Medical (2...

In 4a, the Centralia Orphans will get a rematch in their opener looking for revenge against South 7 champion Cahokia. They will open up in the 8-9 matchup at Evers Field Saturday afternoon at 2pm. Cen...

The Salem Wildcats historic soccer season came to an end on Saturday as they lost to Rochester in the 1a regional finals 4-0. Salem's season ends with the most wins in school history at 19, the first ...

The Salem Lady Wildcats volleyball team finished the regular season 22-10 after going 4-0 this weekend winning the Fairfield Tournament. The wins were over Casey-Westfield, Civic Memorial, Hamilton Co...

The 2a post season opens tonight. Vandalia and TTown play at Effingham, Greenville will host Wesclin, Anna and West Frankfort play at Herrin, Flora and Olney will play from Hamilton County. In 1a regi...

The Salem cross country team competed at the 2a regionals at Olney Central College. Kendal Zimmerman and Hunter Malan both qualified to run at this weekend's Mattoon Sectional at Lake Land College. Th...