Category Archives: Local Sports

JH Baseball Roundup.....Franklin Park Opens With Win, OBC Tournament Continues, Sandoval Falls To ALIS
Bobcats Open Season With Home Win, Host Newton Saturday The Franklin Park Bobcats held off Woodlawn to win their season opener 8-4. Salem got out in front early with a 6-1 lead after 3 innings, but Wo...
WJBD Staff Aug 11, 2023

Lady Bobcats Bounce Back With Home Win, Head To Fairfield Tournament Saturday.....Iuka Heading To OBC Semifinals
The Salem Lady Bobcats are 2-1 after a 6-0 win over Woodlawn in the Salem home opener. Allison Thurman was the winning pitcher. Kendall Zimmermann and Morgan Honerkamp led the way with 2 hits. Thurman...
WJBD Staff Aug 11, 2023 Photo cred: Jaelyn Keller

Just 2 Friday Nights Without Prep Football Left, Showcase Opens Up Next Saturday
There are just 2 Friday night's left before high school football season kicks off and after their first week of official practice, coach Kevin Greene and the Salem Wildcats are excited for the opportu...
WJBD Staff Aug 11, 2023

Pennington Chevrolet Wins Salem Recreation Men's Softball Tournament
Pennington Chevrolet won the championship of the Salem Recreation Department/YMCA men's softball tournament following their championship win over ABC Pub 23-17. This was after defeating regular season...
WJBD Staff Aug 11, 2023

Liberatore throws 8 scoreless innings in the Cardinals' 5-2 victory over the Rays
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Matthew Liberatore didn't allow a run in a career-best eight innings, Andrew Knizner and Tommy Edman homered and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-2 on Thur...
WJBD Staff Aug 11, 2023

OBC Baseball Tournament Gets Underway Today
The Oil Belt Conference baseball tournament gets underway on Thursday afternoon at Central City and Odin. 4th seed Iuka takes on 5th seed Field in Central City at 4pm with the winner getting the top-s...
WJBD Staff Aug 10, 2023

Franklin Park Bobcats Open Season Today At Home....Iuka Falls To Solid St Joe Olney
After last year's 20-win season and regional championship, Coach Brian Lipe has a lot of new varsity faces to the Bobcats program that he will see on full display today when Franklin Park opens up the...
WJBD Staff Aug 10, 2023

Franklin Park Falls At Perennial Power South Central, Will Host Woodlawn Today
The Franklin Park Lady Bobcats are in action for the first time at home as they also host Woodlawn today. The Lady Bobcats enter at 1-1 after falling yesterday at South Central 8-0. Emma Lipe, Abigail...
WJBD Staff Aug 10, 2023 Photo: Toby Gullion/FTS

Iuka Takes On Odin/ACA; Field Plays Raccoon/Kell On Opening Day Of OBC Tournament
The Iuka Lady Pirates are at Odin/ACA to open up the Oil Belt Conference Tournament. The winner advances to play 2nd seed Selmaville on Friday at 4pm in Odin. The other opening round game this afterno...
WJBD Staff Aug 10, 2023 Photo: Toby Gullion/FTS

YMCA/City of Salem Men's Softball Semifinals Held Wednesday
In City of Salem Recreation/YMCA men's softball, the tournament continued with Pennington Chevrolet advancing to the finals with a 12-11 win over Eliminators. ABC Pub then took down Iuka State Bank 18...
WJBD Staff Aug 10, 2023
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