Category Archives: Local Sports

Carterville's Flath & O'Fallon's Lunning Finish GREAT runs at Jr Gold
Carterville's Evan Flath and O'Fallon's Connor Lunning were amazing over the past week competing with 1331 athletes in the U18 boys division at Jr Gold in the Detroit area. Both advanced to the 2nd ro...
WJBD Staff Jul 22, 2024

Salem's Vanhoutin & Macy Jones finishes run at Junior Gold
Elena Vanhoutin competed at the 2024 Junior Gold National Bowling Tournament in Detroit, Michigan over the past week-plus. Competing with 545 other competitors, Elena averaged 136 for the 4-day tourna...
WJBD Staff Jul 22, 2024

Other Area Finishes at Jr Gold:
15u Girls (300 Competitors) 55 Abigail Craig - Frankfort -455 86 Jillian Dwiggins - Alton -544 154 Chloe Walter - Belleville -678 164 Kollen Stephens - Collinsville -689 219 Chayse Rutledge - Mascouta...
WJBD Staff Jul 22, 2024

Harrisburg Sophomore Makes Final 16 At Junior Gold
Harrisburg's Dalton Wheeler began bowling just 2 years ago, and in that time, the Harrisburg Bulldog has come a LONG way that culminated in a fantastic run at the recently completed Jr Gold Nationals ...
WJBD Staff Jul 22, 2024

Fuzion's Run At Nationals Ends, But What A Ride
The Fuzion run at the Southeast National Softball Tournament in Nashville, Tennessee came to an end after a great run that saw them get to the final 16 of a 54 team elimination bracket. After going 2-...
WJBD Staff Jul 22, 2024

Robinson Rocking After 11u & 12u Teams Advance To Respective State tournament Championship Brackets
The city of Robinson has been rocking this weekend as both the 12 and 11u Little League All Stars have dominated State Tournament action through pool play. The 12u opened up Saturday with a 4-2 win ov...
WJBD Staff Jul 22, 2024

5 Area Bowlers Still Alive To Make Cut At Junior Gold Nationals With One Round Left
The Jr Gold Youth National Bowling Tournament continued yesterday with the 3rd of 4 four-game blocks rolled. In the 18u Boys Division there are 1334 competitors. With one round to go, Salem senior Kea...
WJBD Staff Jul 18, 2024 (Photo: Valerie Moats)

Trenton Gators Advance In District 23 Sr Legion Tournament
The District 23 Senior American Legion Baseball Tournament got underway last night at Aviston City Park. Trenton opened with an 8-6 win over the Aviston Conductors. Trenton advances to Friday's semifi...
WJBD Staff Jul 18, 2024

Piece of history discovered during Sandoval Gym Improvement
Adam Hanks, Principal at Sandoval Jr/Sr High School and the crew were working on improvements to Merkelbach Gymnasium at the high school. While cutting some of the bleachers they found these old progr...
WJBD Staff Jul 17, 2024

Jr Gold Halfway Done, Pair Of Salem Wildcats Above Cut Line
Round 2 of the 4 day Junior Gold National Youth Bowling Competition is in the books in the Detroit, Michigan area. In the U18 boys division, 1334 bowlers are competing for 191 spots to the Advancer Ro...
WJBD Staff Jul 17, 2024
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