Category Archives: Local Sports

KC XC Shows Well At Walt Crawford Open At EIU
The KC cross country teams traveled to the campus of Eastern Illinois University for the Walt Crawford Open. The meet included Marquette, EIU, SIU-E, Illinois-Chicago and Vincennes. The Blue Angels we...
WJBD Staff Sep 06, 2022

Franklin Park Wins Woodlawn XC Invitational
The Franklin Park Cross Country team will host another Fun Run meet today. Salem ran at Woodlawn on Saturday. The Varsity Boys were 1st as a team taking the top 3 spots with Alex Spencer winning follo...
WJBD Staff Sep 06, 2022
Central City Citians had a great turn out at the Pinckneyville cross country meet.
Central City Citians had a great turn out at the Pinckneyville cross country meet. Varsity girls took 11th out of 26 teams. Varsity girls out of 105 runners Sienna Feig 46th Ryleigh Claybourn 61 st Ma...
WJBD Staff Sep 06, 2022

SC Goes 2-0 At 3-Team Round Robin In Farina, Selmaville Finishes 1-1, Mulberry Grove 0-2
The SC Falcons will host the Centralia Tigers. SC is coming off a pair of wins at home on Saturday. SC beat Mulberry Grove 12-0. Colton Tockstein threw a 1 hitter in the 4 inning win. SC got RBI from ...
WJBD Staff Sep 06, 2022

Flaherty solid in return to Cardinals; Sánchez, Nats win 6-0
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Jack Flaherty pitched five effective innings for St. Louis in his first big league game since late June, but the NL Central-leading Cardinals had their four-game winning streak stoppe...
WJBD Staff Sep 06, 2022

NASCAR's wild regular season rolls over into playoffs
DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) - If NASCAR's playoff opener at Darlington Raceway was any indication, the postseason is going to be a wild one. Erik Jones became the first non-playoff driver to win NASCAR's op...
WJBD Staff Sep 06, 2022

Cards beat Cubs; Albert Pujols gets 695th homer
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Albert Pujols hit his 695th career home run in the eighth inning and Miles Mikolas tossed eight scoreless innings to help the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 2-0. Pujols is ...
Bruce Kropp Sep 05, 2022 todonitido / CC

NASCAR: Erik Jones wins Darlington
DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) - Erik Jones took the lead when Kyle Busch's engine blew up, then pulled away from Denny Hamlin after a final restart 20 laps from the end to win the opening NASCAR Cup Series pl...
Bruce Kropp Sep 05, 2022 Zach Catanzareti Photo / CC

No team orders: Penske sends 3 drivers to IndyCar title race
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Team Penske declined to call for team orders on Sunday at Portland International Raceway and it will be seen what kind of implications it has on the championship. Penske driver S...
Bruce Kropp Sep 05, 2022 evolvingblue / CC

College Football: Florida State edges by LSU 24-23
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Shyheim Brown blocked LSU's extra-point attempt with no time left to give Florida State a 24-23 victory Sunday night, spoiling Brian Kelly's debut as Tigers coach. Despite a slew of...
Bruce Kropp Sep 05, 2022 US Army Reserve / CC
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