Category Archives: Local Sports

Bobcats Finish Regular Season With Impressive Win Over Nashville
Franklin Park finishes their regular season at 14-6-1 following a 12-2 win over Nashville Saturday. The game was scoreless until the third when Salem would plate 6 runs. They outhit Nashville 17-3 in ...
WJBD Staff Sep 22, 2025

KC Cross Country Travels To Bradley Intercollegiate Over The Weekend
The KC Cross Country team competed at the Bradley Intercollegiate Invite, the biggest meet of the year. There were just under 30 colleges from throughout the Midwest. The Blue Devils were 19th out of ...
WJBD Staff Sep 22, 2025

Salem Bobcats Soccer Busy This Weekend
It was another busy weekend for the Salem Bobcats Soccer program. The 7/8 grade fell to New Baden on a rainy day 6-4. Kayne Rhynes had all 4 goals for Salem. The U14 tied with Metro Alliance FC Red. J...
WJBD Staff Sep 22, 2025

Clark's 3 TD's & Defense Lead Wildcats To Shutout Of Wood River
The Salem Wildcats got back to .500 on the season as they opened their final year in the Cahokia Conference with a dominant 56-0 win over East Alton Wood River at Jim Finks Field. The Wildcats had a h...
WJBD Staff Sep 20, 2025

Jackson's Big Half Helps Orphans To Blowout Of Granite City
Kruz Jackson had 3 touchdowns in the first two quarters leading Centralia to a 42-6 win at Granite City to improve CHS to 3-1 on the year. Kenny Bratton opened the game taking the kickoff 97 yards for...
WJBD Staff Sep 20, 2025

Salem Match Play Today At Country Club
Today is the Salem Match Play for boys and girls prep golf at the Salem Country Club. They will tee off at 9am. The boys tournament includes Salem, Centralia, Mt Vernon and Carlyle. The girls event wi...
WJBD Staff Sep 20, 2025

HS Baseball: SC Falls To WSS....North Clay Bounces Back
lost to Windsor/Stew-Stras yesterday 5-0. Carter Verdeyen was the winning pitcher giving up just one hit and striking out 10. SC only had 1 hit on the night, Colton Tockstein singled. Garret Shumate w...
WJBD Staff Sep 20, 2025

SIJHSAA Baseball Regionals are Underway in Region 6
The SIJHSAA baseball regionals opened up yesterday. In Region 6, The Citians knocked off Selmaville in their first round game 9-4 at the Little League Complex. The Citians scored 6 unearned runs takin...
WJBD Staff Sep 20, 2025

Wildcats Host Winless EAWR To Open Cahokia Tonight
The Salem Wildcats take their 1-2 record to Jim Finks Field tonight as they take on Wood River starting at 7pm on WJBD. The Oilers are 0-3 and have yet to score a point this year. Also in the Cahokia ...
WJBD Staff Sep 19, 2025

Baker Scores 5, Sapp Gets First Career Goal and Salem Wins 10th Straight
The Salem Wildcats won their 10th straight game, shutting out Wesclin 9-0 at the Salem Soccer Complex. Wesclin's defender received a red-card for intentional hand ball in the box and the Warriors were...
WJBD Staff Sep 19, 2025 (Photo: Behind the Seen)
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