Category Archives: Local Sports

French Earns All-OVC First Team Honors After Standout Senior Season at Eastern Illinois
Eastern Illinois senior pitcher Bryanna French, a Christ Our Rock Lutheran graduate, continues to build one of the most impressive softball resumes to come out of the area in recent years, as she was ...
WJBD Staff May 06, 2026

Baseball Roundup
The Salem Wildcats baseball team will be at home this afternoon in Cahokia play when they host Columbia. OPS Falls Odin/Patoka/Sandoval fell to Red Hill 8-0. Beau Chapman, Blaize Murray and Hunter Tho...
WJBD Staff May 05, 2026

Wildcats Nip Orphans In Tennis at Freels Court
The Salem Wildcats knocked off Centralia on Freels Court 5-4 winning 2 of 3 doubles matches to secure the team win. The teams Jarret Rushing and Carson Huggins beat Justus Edson and Ogden Bennett and ...
WJBD Staff May 05, 2026

Soccer Roundup: Annies Fall To Wesclin
In girls soccer yesterday, Centralia hosted Wesclin and took a 3-0 loss. (Photos: Pat Hodges) Tuesday Soccer Scores: Wesclin 3 Centralia 0 MSVCAM 9 Taylorville 0 Greenville 1 Southwestern 0 Mt Zion 12...
WJBD Staff May 05, 2026

1st K-9 Classic In Kinmundy A Success
The 1st annual K-9 Classic Tournament was held at Webster Park in Kinmundy over the weekend. The 12u Storm Chasers beat Altamont 14-5 and TTown 9-7 in Saturday pool play. Then they beat Salem 15-7 on ...
WJBD Staff May 05, 2026

What A Weekend For SuperSonics 12u
The SuperSonics 12u had a strong weekend, earning 3rd place at the Cinco De Mayo Bash in O'Fallon. The Sonics went 4-2 in a competitive 12-team bracket. On Friday night, they claimed an impressive win...
WJBD Staff May 05, 2026

Salem Recreation Women's Volleyball Scores
In Salem Recreation Women's Volleyball, Burners' Xtream Clean over United Medical (25-7, 25-21), Rickell Sager Fitness beat Vertically Challenged (25-14, 25-10), EPOC over The Texas Corner Tavern (25-...
WJBD Staff May 05, 2026

North Clay Dominates Centralia Tournament....SC 3rd Over Valmeyer
The North Clay Cardinals got 6 RBI from Cayden Craig, including a grand slam, as they beat Centralia 20-4 to win the Centralia Tournament on Saturday. Will Stanton, Gabe Houser and Archie Goewey each ...
WJBD Staff May 04, 2026

Annies Split DH With Columbia On Saturday
The Centralia Annies split their double header with Columbia on Saturday. The Annies lost the opening game 3-2 in 8 innings on a Madeline Frein scored the go ahead run. Kinsley Hawthorne homered for C...
WJBD Staff May 04, 2026

Busy Travel Weekend For Area Teams
14u Wildcats 3-1 Over The Weekend The Salem 14u went 3-1 over the weekend in tournament play. They opened Friday with a 10-5 comeback win over the Midwest Dodgers as they Cats trailed by as many as 5 ...
WJBD Staff May 04, 2026
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