Category Archives: Local Sports

(Logo courtesy Normal CornBelters) By WJBC Staff SAUGET – The Normal CornBelters used long balls to take an early lead and defeat the Gateway Grizzlies 8-4 on Sunday night at GCS Ballpark. The C...

(Photo courtesy Peoria Chiefs) By WJBC Staff PEORIA – The Peoria Chiefs swept the Cedar Rapids Kernels with a 3-1 victory Sunday evening. The win propels the Chiefs to a 36-27 record and they le...

The Chiefs increase their Western Division lead to 1 1/2 games. (Peoria Chiefs)Peoria, IL - The Peoria Chiefs came back from a six-run deficit to defeat the Cedar Rapids Kernels 7-6 Saturday night. Th...

WJBC 1230 AM:11:40 a.m. – Baseball - St. Louis at PittsburghWJBC.com:6:05 p.m. – Baseball - Normal at Gateway Listen live here

A late rally from Oak Park defeated the Wildcats in the Class 4A Championship game. (Photo by Blake Haas/WJBC)By Carie KuehnEAST PEORIA - A pair of runs by the Oak Park-River Forest Huskies in the ten...

Alcantara Goes Seven Innings; Chinea Homers (Courtesy Peoria Chiefs) By Nathan Baliva Peoria, IL - The Peoria Chiefs knocked off first-place Cedar Rapids 5-2 on Friday night and took over first place ...

  Cornbelters fall to the Grizzlies. (CornBelters logo)   By Greg Halbleib SAUGET, Ill. - The Normal CornBelters, presented by Illinois Corn Farmers, left 14 runners on base and suffered the...

WJBC 1230 AM: 5:20 p.m. – Baseball - St. Louis at Pittsburgh WJBC.com: 7:05 p.m. – Baseball - Normal at Gateway Listen live here

Normal West will play in the Championship Saturday evening (Photo by Blake Haas/WJBC) By Nick McClintock EAST PEORIA – Seton Hall recruit Reganne Camp threw another ace of a game as the Normal W...

IWU graduate Dave Kinded spent many hours with Muhammad Ali and wrote the biography Sound and Fury. By Bryan BloodworthBLOOMINGTON - The last time Dave Kindred saw Muhammad Ali, it was a bittersweet m...