Category Archives: Local Sports

1st Ever Wesley Hunter Memorial Tournament A Success At Salem Bowl
Over the weekend, Salem Bowl held the Wesley Hunter Memorial Tournament. Several kids left winning scholarship money which included Gavin Winkler, Brighton Lucas, Elena Vanhoutin, Adriana Byrd, Nathan...
WJBD Staff May 3, 2022 U18 Boys: 1st - Nathan Bassford, 2nd - Nathaniel Myers, 3rd - Nick Gregg, 4th - Colton Shoemaker, 5th - Michael Cottom

Suns, Heat Game 1 winners
UNDATED (AP) - The Phoenix Suns team that bulldozed through the regular-season schedule reappeared in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals. Deandre Ayton scored 25 points, Devin Booker added 23...
WJBD Staff May 3, 2022

Maple Leafs, Hurricanes each score 5 in series opening wins....Predators without Saros for 1st 2 games of series with Avs
UNDATED (AP) - Three-point nights from Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner powered the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 5-0 winning over the defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning 5-0 in Game 1 of th...
WJBD Staff May 3, 2022

Yankees streak at 10 wins
UNDATE (AP) - The Yankees' winning streak is now at 10 games. Gleyber Torres homered early, then hit a go-ahead single in the ninth inning as New York Yankees beat the Blue Jays in Toronto 3-2. Gianca...
WJBD Staff May 3, 2022 Shinya Suzuki / CC

Flores lawyer: Unconscionable for Goodell to arbitrate suit
NEW YORK (AP) - A lawyer for an NFL coach who sued the league over alleged racist hiring practices has told a judge that arbitration is the wrong way to resolve the lawsuit in part because NFL Commiss...
WJBD Staff May 3, 2022 Mark Morgan / CC

Huskers' Frost to sit out 5 days in '22 season for violation
UNDATED (AP) - Scott Frost will not be allowed to perform his coaching duties for five consecutive days this football season as part of Nebraska's negotiated settlement with the NCAA for allowing an u...
WJBD Staff May 3, 2022

Chase Elliott wins at Dover to snap 26-race winless streak
DOVER, Del. (AP) - Chase Elliott snapped a 26-race winless streak when the 2020 NASCAR champion pulled away down the stretch to win the rain-delayed Cup Series race at Dover Motor Speedway. Elliott le...
WJBD Staff May 3, 2022

Russian teams out of soccer championships
GENEVA (AP) - The Union of European Football Associations has kicked Russian soccer teams out of the Women's European Championship, the next men's Champions League and qualifying for the 2023 Women's ...
WJBD Staff May 3, 2022 Jarrett Campbell / CC

Centralia City Schools Girls on the Run Gearing Up For End of Year 5k
The Centralia City School District 135 Girls on the Run team is gearing up for the end of the season 5K on May 14th at Forest Park in St. Louis. The CCS team has 15 girls from grades 3-5 and has been ...
WJBD Staff May 2, 2022

Wildcats Have Tough Day In Highland, Fall To 9-19
The Salem Wildcats dropped a pair of games at Highland on Saturday. Salem opened with a heartbreaking 13-12 walk-off loss to Collinsville. The Wildcats led 11-2 after scoring 9 times in the 3rd inning...
WJBD Staff May 2, 2022 Photo by: Toby Gullion, FTS Photography.
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