Category Archives: Local Sports

Wrestling: Andy Ruiz gets unanimous-decison victory over Luis Ortiz
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Andy Ruiz knocked down Luis Ortiz three times on the way to a unanimous-decision victory Sunday night. Ruiz took a big step toward a chance to become a heavyweight world champion ag...
Bruce Kropp Sep 05, 2022 Battle Creek CVB / CC

Nick Kyrgios eliminates US Open tennis champion in fourth round
NEW YORK (AP) - Nick Kyrgios has eliminated defending U.S. Open champion and No. 1-ranked Daniil Medvedev in the fourth round. Kyrgios beat Medvedev 7-6 (11), 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 on Sunday night in Arthur A...
Bruce Kropp Sep 05, 2022 ryan hurril / CC

Cardinals beat Cubs 8-4
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Paul Goldschmidt hit his 34th homer, and the surging St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 8-4 for their third straight victory. Tommy Edman and Tyler O'Neill also went deep for N...
Bruce Kropp Sep 04, 2022

Ohio State triumphs over Notre dame, NCAA scores
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - C.J. Stroud threw two touchdown passes and Ohio State's revamped defense gave its vaunted offense time to find its groove as the second-ranked Buckeyes beat No. 5 Notre Dame 21-1...
Bruce Kropp Sep 04, 2022

Survivor of Holocaust, Munich attack heads back to Germany
BERGEN-BELSEN, Germany (AP) - Shaul Ladany survived a Nazi concentration camp and narrowly escaped the massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. Decades later the 86-year-old h...
Bruce Kropp Sep 04, 2022 Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport / CC

Salem Routs Marquette 48-7 To Take Week 2 Contest...Head Home For Week 3
The Salem Wildcats scored 3 times in the 2nd quarter and pulled away for their first win of the season, a 48-7 rout at Alton Marquette. Miking Ettress had 2 touchdowns, a run of 81 yards in the 3rd qu...
WJBD Staff Sep 03, 2022 Photo by Greg Maxey.

Wildcats Knock Off Valmeyer, Head To Roxana Today
The Salem Wildcat soccer team heads to Roxana for a Cahokia match up this morning starting at 11 a.m. Salem enters at 4-2-and-1 after a 7-4 home win over Valmeyer yesterday. Eli Baker scored 4 times a...
WJBD Staff Sep 03, 2022

Wildcats 3rd At Carbondale 2-Man Scramble....COR Hosts Tri-Match At Greenview
Wildcats 3rd At Carbondale 2-Man Scramble The Salem Wildcats were 3rd at the Carbondale 2-man Scramble. Jairen Stroud and Cale Harris shot a team score of 6-under. Brogan Gregg and Ryan Detering carde...
WJBD Staff Sep 03, 2022

SC & NC Earn NTC Wins....COR Falls To Neoga -- HS Baseball
Dodson's No Hitter Lifts SC To 7th Straight Win The SC Cougars are 7-1 after Aidan Dodson threw a no-hitter in their 11-0 road win at Brownstown/St Elmo. Dodson struck out 6 and walked 2 in the 5-inni...
WJBD Staff Sep 03, 2022 Photo by I70sports.com.

Salem JV Earns Win...SC Gets 15th Win -- Jr High Softball
Jr Varsity Lady Bobcats Get Win Over Odin The Salem Lady Bobcat JV earned a 15-10 win over Odin's varsity. Adysen Pracht was good in the circle. Every Lady Cat got on base. Pracht, Aubrey Parker, Teag...
WJBD Staff Sep 03, 2022
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