Category Archives: Local Sports

Michael Siani hits his first homer and drives in 4 as Cardinals beat Orioles 6-3
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Michael Siani hit his first career home run and drove in four runs, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-3 on Monday night. Siani's three-run homer into the right ...
WJBD Staff May 21, 2024

Scottie Scheffler's Louisville court date postponed after arrest during PGA Championship
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky court has postponed pro golfer Scottie Scheffler's appearance on charges he injured a police officer and disobeyed commands outside the gates of Valhalla Golf Club as...
WJBD Staff May 21, 2024

Ricky Stenhouse could face suspension after throwing punch at Kyle Busch after All-Star Race
NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C. (AP) - Ricky Stenhouse Jr. threw a right hook at Kyle Busch, and suddenly, an otherwise boring All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro Speedway had NASCAR fans buzzing heading into ne...
WJBD Staff May 21, 2024

Centralia High School honored the Class of 2024 at its graduation ceremony on Sunday
Centralia High School honored the Class of 2024 at its graduation ceremony on Sunday. Trout Arena was packed full of seniors' friends and families present to celebrate the achievements of the graduati...
WJBD Staff May 20, 2024

Salem's Smith & Puricelli Show Well At IHSA State Track Meet
The Salem duo of Hannah Smith and Finley Puricelli competed this past weekend at the IHSA Class 2a State Track Meet at EIU. Smith was 15th in the discus with a throw of 106-10 for the sophomore. Puric...
WJBD Staff May 20, 2024

CHS Record Holding 4x100 Team 14th At State
The Centralia 4x100 team of Strowder, Wagner, Dabney and Maines-May finished the preliminaries in 14th place in a time of 49.46.
WJBD Staff May 20, 2024

Pollard Leads Mount Vernon Track To A Great Day At State
Mount Vernon's Kamaree Pollard was 4th in the triple jump going 36-9 and finished 10th in the long jump with a leap of 16-3. Pollard was also 7th in the 200m in a time of 25.08. Cahokia's Kayda Austin...
WJBD Staff May 20, 2024

CORLHS McKowen's Stellar Career Ends at IHSA 1s State Meet
Christ Our Rock Senior Sarah McKowen won her Section Race at the IHSA 1a State Girls Meet at EIU in a time of 12:04.10 beating the rest of the competitors by 10 seconds. That put her 13th overall and ...
WJBD Staff May 20, 2024

Christ Our Rock 3-Peats As Regional Baseball Champs
The Christ Our Rock Stallions won their 3rd straight baseball regional title with a 4-0 win over the hosts at Marissa. Damari Dabney was the complete game winner allowing just 2 hits. At the plate, th...
WJBD Staff May 20, 2024

SC wins 17th Regional Title Under Curt Jones In Upset Of 10th Ranked Edwards County
South Central knocked off 10th ranked Edwards County in Albion 8-4. Callaway Smith was the winning pitcher going 6 innings allowing 4 runs, 1 earned. Trevan Sidwell worked a clean 7th inning for the s...
WJBD Staff May 20, 2024