Category Archives: Local Sports

Boehne & EIU Shoot 4th Lowest Score In Program History
The Eastern Illinois University Panthers golf team shot the 4th best score in EIU golf history and finished 5th out of 14 teams at the Tennessee State Big Blue Intercollegiate in Nashville, Tennessee ...
WJBD Staff Apr 10, 2025 Chris Urbanowicz / CC

Howell to McKendree, Hill to KC...Area Athletes Make Decisions On Next Level
Kaskaskia College soccer has signed DuQuoin's Abby Hill to play next season. Hill is the first DuQuoin girl's soccer player to play at the collegiate level. Christ Our Rock's Jada Howell signed to con...
WJBD Staff Apr 10, 2025

Seager homers twice as Rangers avoid a sweep in Chicago, beat Cubs 6-2
CHICAGO (AP) - Texas shortstop Corey Seager homered twice as the Rangers avoided a sweep in Chicago, beating the Cubs 6-2 on Wednesday. The two-time World Series MVP opened the game with a solo shot t...
WJBD Staff Apr 10, 2025

Joey Bart singles in 13th to give Pirates 2-1 win over Cardinals despite 6 hitless from Fedde
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Joey Bart singled in the winning run with the bases loaded in the 13th inning to give the Pittsburgh Pirates a 2-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday, despite six hitless ...
WJBD Staff Apr 10, 2025

Giddey dominates with 28 points, 16 rebounds and 11 assists as Bulls beat Heat 119-111
CHICAGO (AP) - Josh Giddey dominated with 28 points, 16 rebounds and 11 assists and the Chicago Bulls beat the Miami Heat 119-111 Wednesday night in a game with heavy seeding implications. Giddey exte...
WJBD Staff Apr 10, 2025 Chicago Bulls

Oilers close in on playoff spot with 4-3 victory over the Blues
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) - Connor Brown scored twice, Connor McDavid had three assists in his return to the lineup and the injury-riddled Edmonton Oilers moved within a hair of wrapping up a playoff spo...
WJBD Staff Apr 10, 2025

Wildcats Fall To Breese in 9 innings....Orphans Get Walk-Off Win....CORLHS & Odin/Patoka/Sandoval Earn W's
The Salem Wildcats drop their Cahokia Conference opener on the road at Breese Central 3-2 in 9 innings. With the game tied at 1 in the top of the 9th, Salem would get a 2 out walk to Cooper Lobek. Cod...
WJBD Staff Apr 09, 2025 Darren Whitley

Lady Wildcats Open Conference With Blowout Win....Williamson Shines For CORLHS...Tobin Dominant For Mt Vernon....Prep Softball Scores
The Salem Lady Wildcats make the short trip to Centralia to take on the Annies in prep softball. Salem is coming off a 12-0 win over Breese Central to open the Cahokia Conference. Bre Thurman struck o...
WJBD Staff Apr 09, 2025

Kesslers 2 Goals Leads Salem Soccer Over Vienna/Goreville
Yesterday Salem beat Vienna/Goreville 3-0. Jordan Kessler had 2 goals and Shelby Johnson had the other. Kiwi Kunstman and Aila Laird had assists and Kinnley Eagan got the shutout in goal. The Annies S...
WJBD Staff Apr 09, 2025 ArturVerkhovetskiy / Depositphotos.com

Salem Tennis Falls To TTown...Prep Scores
The Salem Wildcats tennis team fell to TTown 7-2. Winning for the Cats was Juan Diez in singles and the doubles team of Jarrett Rushing and Carson Huggins. Also yesterday in tennis action... Flora bea...
WJBD Staff Apr 09, 2025 zhukovsky / Depositphotos.com
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