Category Archives: Local Sports

By Bryan Bloodworth Today we focus on a pair of Heart of Illinois Conference teams with new head coaches at Heyworth in Brian Bradshaw and at Ridgeview in Jake Kennedy in this installment of Countdown...

By WJBC StaffFLORENCE – The Normal CornBelters split a doubleheader with the Florence Freedom, losing the opener 13-3 and rebounding for a 6-1 nightcap win on Thursday night at UC Health Stadium...

(Photo courtesy Peoria Chiefs)By WJBC StaffPEORIA – The Peoria Chiefs fell behind early and never caught up in a 4-1 loss to the Cedar Rapids Kernels Wednesday night. The loss drops the Chiefs t...

Redbird junior Jaelyn Keene was named to the MVC preseason team. (Photo courtesy GoRedbirds.com) By ISU Sports Information NORMAL – The Illinois State volleyball team has been picked to finish f...

By Bryan Bloodworth Today we visit the camps of El Paso-Gridley and Olympia high schools in this edition of Countdown to Kickoff. The Titans from El Paso-Gridley have made the playoffs two straight ye...

The Cardinals close a two-game series against the Houston Astros at Minute Paid Park on Wednesday. (Photo by Roy Luck/flickr)WJBC 1230 AM:12:15 p.m. Baseball – St. Louis at HoustonWJBC.com:4:30 ...

(Photo courtesy Peoria Chiefs)By WJBC StaffPEORIA – The Peoria Chiefs and Cedar Rapids Kernels split a doubleheader on Tuesday with the Chiefs winning game one 10-1 and the Kernels taking game t...

Coach Brock Spack’s (middle) defense gave up 21.2 points per game in 2015, good enough for 4th in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. (WJBC file photo) By Adam Studzinski NORMAL – The...

By Bryan Bloodworth BLOOMINGTON - In today's installment of Countdown to Kickoff, we look in on a pair of Corn Belt Conference high school teams in Pontiac and Prairie Central. For the second year in ...

The Cardinals open a two-game series against the Houston Astros at Minute Paid Park on Tuesday. (Photo by Roy Luck/flickr) WJBC 1230 AM: 6:15 p.m. Baseball – St. Louis at Houston