Category Archives: Local Sports

College Football Wrap-Up: Miami-Ohio and Central Florida earn bowl wins
Miami-Ohio gets bowl win UNDATED (AP) - Brett Gabbert completed 22 of 31 passes for 228 yards and two touchdowns, Kenny Tracy scored on an 8-yard run and Graham Nicholson kicked two field goals as Mia...
Bruce Kropp Dec 24, 2021

Wednesday High School Basketball Results
BOYS PREP BASKETBALL Pana 66, Hillsboro 55 GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL Benton 28, Pinckneyville 26 Carlyle 46, Flora 33 Greenville 62, Farina South Central 56
Bruce Kropp Dec 23, 2021

Cockburn, Plummer lead llinois past Missouri 88-63
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Kofi Cockburn scored 25 points and grabbed 14 rebounds for his fifth straight double-double and Illinois breezed to an 88-63 victory over Missouri on Wednesday night in the 41st editi...
Bruce Kropp Dec 23, 2021

Bouyea carries San Francisco over Southern Illinois 64-52
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Jamaree Bouyea had 20 points as San Francisco stretched its home win streak to seven games, topping Southern Illinois 64-52. Ben Coupet Jr. led the Salukis on Wednesday with 12 po...
Bruce Kropp Dec 23, 2021

NBA Wrap-Up: Celtics top Cavs
UNDATED (AP) - The Cleveland Cavaliers' six-game winning streak is over. Jaylen Brown poured in 34 points and Robert Williams III had a double-double as the Celtics beat the Cavaliers, 111-101. Willia...
Bruce Kropp Dec 23, 2021

More COVID woes: NBA postpones two games Toronto-Chicago and Nets-Blazers
UNDATED (AP) - Dallas star Luka Doncic has entered the league's health and safety protocols. That news came on the same day the NBA has postponed Toronto's game scheduled for Wednesday at Chicago and ...
Bruce Kropp Dec 23, 2021

NFL Wrap-Up: Record 27 teams remain in playoff hunt with 3 weeks to go
UNDATED (AP) - While no team has clinched a postseason spot in the jam-packed AFC, there never have been more teams alive in the playoff hunt this late in a season. Only Chicago, Detroit, Jacksonville...
Bruce Kropp Dec 23, 2021

College Football Wrap-Up: Texas A&M won't play in Gator Bowl due to COVID-19 issues
UNDATED (AP) - If a team is unavailable to play in College Football Playoff semifinals because of COVID-19 issues, the game will be declared a forfeit and the available team will advance to the champi...
Bruce Kropp Dec 23, 2021

College Basketball Wrap-Up: Vols first to beat Wildcats this season
UNDATED (AP) - No. 19 Tennessee jumped to a double-digit lead to start the game and kept No. 6 Arizona at bay handing the Wildcats their first loss of the season, 77-73. Tennessee hit 7 of its first 1...
Bruce Kropp Dec 23, 2021

Wildcats Rout Wood River....SC Holds Off Sandoval...Boys Scores
The Salem Wildcats used a 24-6 second quarter to extend what was a 2-point lead after one quarter, into a 20 point halftime advantage as they ran the clock in the 4th quarter in their 64-27 win at Eas...
WJBD Staff Dec 22, 2021
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