Category Archives: Local Sports
Sports On Air
The St. Louis Cardinals play the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field today. (Photo by vonguard/flickr)WJBC 1230 AM:12:25 p.m. Baseball – St. Louis at Chicago Cubs6:00 p.m. SportstalkWJBC.com:6:20 p.m....
Aug 12, 2016
CornBelters end road trip on winning note
(WJBC File Photo)By WJBC StaffMARION – The Normal CornBelters ended a nine-game road trip with a 6-2 win over the Southern Illinois Miners on Thursday night at Rent One Park.The CornBelters adva...
Aug 12, 2016
Sierra, O’Keefe leads Chiefs to win
(Photo courtesy Peoria Chiefs) By WJBC Staff PEORIA – The Peoria Chiefs built a seven-run lead and knocked off the Quad Cities River Bandits 7-4 on Thursday night in the opener of an eight-game ...
Aug 12, 2016
CornBelters hire Frontier League’s 1st female coach
Justine Siegal joins the CornBelters with plenty of prior experience, including work with the Oakland Athletics. (Photo courtesy CornBelters) By Zach Zook NORMAL – The Frontier League finally ha...
Aug 11, 2016
Lefty’s Corner: ISU offense gearing up
ISU’s offensive line returns all five starters this season. (Photo courtesy GoRedbirds.com)By Bryan BloodworthNORMAL - Numbers can be deceiving. Just as Illinois State football coach Brock Spack...
Aug 11, 2016
Titan football picked third in CCIW for 7th straight year
Norm Eash will be starting his 31st season as Illinois Wesleyan football coach. (Photo courtesy iwusports.com) By WJBC StaffNAPERVILLE- For the seventh straight year, the Illinois Wesleyan footba...
Aug 11, 2016
FCS coaches pick Redbirds No. 8 in preseason poll
Illinois State will open the 2016 season against Valparaiso at Hancock Stadium on Sept. 3. (WJBC file photo)By ISU Sports InformationSPARTANBURG, S.C. - The Illinois State football team joins three ot...
Aug 11, 2016
IWU picked to defend CCIW women’s soccer title
By WJBC staffNAPERVILLE - Defending champion Illinois Wesleyan was picked to win the 2016 College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin women’s soccer title according to a conference-wide prese...
Aug 11, 2016
Miners explode in 5th inning to defeat CornBelters
(WJBC File Photo)By WJBC StaffMARION – The Normal CornBelters surrendered six runs in the fifth inning and lost their third straight game, 11-1 to the Southern Illinois Miners on Wednesday night...
Aug 11, 2016
Sports On Air
The St. Louis Cardinals open a four-game series against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field tonight. (Photo by Julie Fennell/flickr) WJBC 1230 AM: 6:10 p.m. Baseball – St. Louis at Chicago Cubs WJ...
Aug 11, 2016
