Category Archives: Local Sports

US plans diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House says the U.S. will stage a diplomatic boycott of the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing to protest Chinese human rights abuses. It's a move that China has vowed to g...
WJBD Staff Dec 7, 2021 Paul VanDerWerf / CC

Texas Southern has historic win....Purdue is number one for the first time
UNDATED (AP) - Monday's top-25 men's basketball schedule has begun with a stunner. Texas Southern became the first Southwestern Athletic Conference team to beat a ranked SEC program in The Associated ...
WJBD Staff Dec 7, 2021

Avs deal Flyers 9th straight loss....Jets' Pionk suspended; Leafs' Spezza offered hearing for hit
Avs deal Flyers 9th straight loss UNDATED (AP) - New coach, same result for the Philadelphia Flyers. The Flyers' suffered their ninth consecutive loss hours after firing head coach Alain Vigneault and...
WJBD Staff Dec 7, 2021

Nonprofit to offer Texas offensive linemen $50,000 annually
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A new organization says it will provide every Texas Longhorns offensive lineman on scholarship $50,000 annually for use of their name, image and likeness to support charitable cau...
WJBD Staff Dec 7, 2021 aaronisnotcool / CC

2019 US Open champ Andreescu takes time off for mental break
UNDATED (AP) - 2019 U.S. Open champion Bianca Andreescu says she will take a mental break from tennis and sit out the start of next season, including the Australian Open. Andreescu said Monday in a po...
WJBD Staff Dec 7, 2021

FP Hosts Carlyle Tonight....OBC Tournament Starts....SC 7th Grade Falls In Tournament Action
The Franklin Park Bobcats enter tonight's game at home with Carlyle at 6-6 while the Tribe enter at undefeated. The night will start with a pair of unbeaten JV teams playing as Salem's 7th graders ent...
WJBD Staff Dec 6, 2021

Lady Bobcats 6th Grade Win Pair At Flora Tournament
The Franklin Park Lady Bobcats 6th grade earned 2 wins at the Flora Tournament. They beat TTown in the opener 25-8. Quinn Wolfe led Salem with 11 and Maddie Dulaney added 6. Salem then beat Flora 31-5...
WJBD Staff Dec 6, 2021 Photo Credit: Sideline Photos.

Christ Our Rock Girls Rout Valmeyer...Saturday Girls Scores
The Christ Our Rock girls moved to 5-3 on the season with a 60-27 win over Valmeyer on Saturday. Lexi Calhoun made 6 three pointers to lead the Stallions with 18. Bryanna French and Mireya Rose had 8 ...
WJBD Staff Dec 6, 2021

Pinckneyville Claims Kaskaskian Title....Boys Saturday Scores
The Kaskaskian Classic in Carlyle finished up on Saturday. Pinckneyville won the title over Flora 47-35, Hillsboro over Greenville in the 3rd place game 69-63, Carlyle won the 5th place game over Noko...
WJBD Staff Dec 6, 2021

Blue Devils Split Weekend Games, Angels Fall To #15 Parkland
The KC Blue Devils had a busy weekend. On Sunday, KC beat St Louis Community College 55-44. Chauncey Hughes led KC with 18, David Granger added 11. KC dropped their Saturday game at home with Lewis &a...
WJBD Staff Dec 6, 2021
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