Category Archives: Local Sports

Salem Recreation A League Tournament - Sugar & Spike Are Champions
In Salem Recreation Winter Coed A League Volleyball, Sugar & Spike won the tournament title in straight sets over Be Still (25-19, 25-21). Walmart won the 3rd place game over Spike Tyson's (25-13,...
WJBD Staff Mar 24, 2026

The Salem Select U12 girls Battle To a Draw
The Salem Select U12 girls went toe-to-toe with the St. Louis Legends Pre-Academy in an absolute battle, finishing in a hard-fought 1-1 draw. Stevie Nix delivered the lone goal for Salem. In scorching...
WJBD Staff Mar 23, 2026 ArturVerkhovetskiy / Depositphotos.com

Russell/Stewart 3rd at IBF Newton
The Salem Bass Fishing team had 3 teams jump in the IBF Saturday at Newton. Russell/Stewart 3rd Barthelemy/Hodge 5th Graham/Ward 7th. Sunday kicked off CASSTT spring season at Newton with a full 84 bo...
WJBD Staff Mar 23, 2026

Wildcats Tennis 3rd At Herrin Tune Up
Wildcats had a great showing at the Tiger Tune-Up today in Herrin! They competed hard and finished tied for 3rd place with Herrin, earning 12 team points each. Overall, we played really well and were ...
WJBD Staff Mar 23, 2026

7/8 Indoor Soccer Battled Friday Night
The Salem 7/8 indoor team battled hard Friday night, earning a tie and dropping a tough, close match in two exciting games. In the loss, Kayne Rhynes and Rylan Smith each found the back of the net. Mi...
WJBD Staff Mar 23, 2026

The North Clay Cardinals earned two impressive wins in the Metro East over the weekend.
They beat the Cavaliers of LaSalle/Peru 12-0. Cayden Craig had 3 hits to lead the Cardinals. NC scored 8 times in the 4th inning. Collin Schnepper singled, scoring two runs, Cooper Lewis singled, scor...
WJBD Staff Mar 23, 2026

Wildcats Fall To 0-3 With Two Losses Saturday at SIUC
The Salem Wildcats Baseball team dropped both games played at SIU-Carbondale on Saturday. In the opener, Salem saw two separate 3-run leads evaporate as Carterville came back to beat the Cats 8-6. The...
WJBD Staff Mar 23, 2026 (Photo Credit: Gina Collier)

Christ Our Rock Duo Competes At Mt Zion Qualifier
Saturday Christ Our Rock competed in the Mt. Zion Final Qualifier for our last chance to qualify for the Illinois Top Times Indoor Championships. Here are yesterday's results. Carson Pigg finished his...
WJBD Staff Mar 23, 2026

Salem Cats 12U with Back-to-Back Wins over Fayette County Freedom 12u
The Salem Cats 12U softball team won over Fayette County Freedom with two decisive victories - 13-3 and 15-3 - behind strong pitching. In Game One, the Cats jumped out early and never looked back. Kha...
WJBD Staff Mar 23, 2026

Tyler Reddick wins at Darlington in 4th NASCAR win this season for Michael Jordan's team
DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) - Overcoming a malfunctioning alternator and cool suit, Tyler Reddick chased down Brad Keselowski and led the final 28 laps at Darlington Raceway for his fourth NASCAR Cup Series...
WJBD Staff Mar 23, 2026
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