Category Archives: Local Sports
Redbird great, Olympian Charlotte Lewis selected for Valley HOF
Charlotte Lewis. (Photo courtesy ISU athletics) By ISU Sports Information ST. LOUIS – Former Illinois State basketball star and Olympian Charlotte Lewis was selected as one of six inductees in t...
Aug 10, 2016
IWU tabbed seventh in CCIW mens soccer poll
(WJBC file photo)NAPERVILLE, Ill. - The Illinois Wesleyan men’s soccer team was selected to finish seventh in the 2016 College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) men’s soccer st...
Aug 10, 2016
Sports On Air
The St. Louis Cardinals play the Cincinnati Reds at Busch Stadium tonight. (WJBC file photo)WJBC 1230 AM:5:20 p.m. Baseball – Cincinnati at St. LouisWJBC.com:6:50 p.m. Baseball – Normal at...
Aug 10, 2016
Stone named IWU men’s tennis coach
Benjamin Stone is program assistant for student recruitment at Heartland Community College. (Photo courtesy iwusports.com) By WJBC Staff BLOOMINGTON – Former Division III tennis player Benjamin ...
Aug 10, 2016
CornBelters fall to Miners in back-and-forth contest
(WJBC File Photo) By WJBC Staff MARION – The Normal CornBelters tied a back-and-forth game in the fifth inning but then failed to put another runner on base in a 4-3 loss to the Southern Illinoi...
Aug 10, 2016
Chiefs score 6 in 9th to stun Kernels
(Photo courtesy Peoria Chiefs) By WJBC Staff CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The Peoria Chiefs scored six runs in the top of the ninth inning to rally past the Cedar Rapids Kernels for an 8-6 series finale...
Aug 10, 2016
IWU names Tiffany Prager head softball coach
(Photo courtesy Illinois Wesleyan) By IWU Sports Information BLOOMINGTON – The recipient of a number of honors as a player at Illinois State and a former assistant coach at Illinois Wesleyan, Ti...
Aug 09, 2016
Highland back with New Orleans Saints
Chris Highland (center) resigned with the New Orleans Saints on Monday. (Photo courtesy Chris Highland/Twitter) By Eric Stock WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.VA. – The New Orleans Saints are giving for...
Aug 09, 2016
CCIW picks Titans number one in volleyball
By IWU Sports InformationNAPERVILLE- Illinois Wesleyan has been picked to win the 2016 College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) volleyball title according to a conference-wide preseason c...
Aug 09, 2016
‘No name’ Springfield man gains Olympic gold
Ryan Held won a gold medal on the U.S. 4×100 freestyle relay team. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Ryan Held)By RFD Radio/WFMBSPRINGFIELD – Central Illinois native Ryan Held has become a national ...
Aug 09, 2016
