Category Archives: Local Sports

(Photo courtesy goredbirds.com) By ISU Sports Information NORMAL – Illinois State head volleyball coach Melissa Myers announced her team's 2016 schedule Wednesday. The schedule includes stops at...

(Photo courtesy goredbirds.com) By ISU Sports Information NORMAL – Illinois State freshman shortstop Owen Miller has been named a Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American, the newspaper Collegia...

The St. Louis Cardinals play the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park tonight. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Great American Ball Park)WJBC 1230 AM:6:00 p.m. Baseball – St. Louis at CincinnatiW...

(WJBC file photo)By WJBC StaffBURLINGTON, Iowa – The Peoria Chiefs swept a double header from the Burlington Bees on Tuesday winning both games 4-2, the first in extra-innings. The wins move the...

  By WJBC Staff NORMAL – The Normal CornBelters have received their second Frontier League weekly honor as Mike Fish has been named the circuit’s Player of the Week. Fish improved his...

The St. Louis Cardinals play the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park tonight. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Great American Ball Park)WJBC 1230 AM:6:00 p.m. Baseball – St. Louis at Cincinnati

By WJBC Staff NORMAL – The Normal CornBelters unknotted a tie with a seven-run seventh inning to defeat the Windy City ThunderBolts 10-3 on Sunday at the Corn Crib and win their third straight s...

(WJBC file photo) By WJBC Staff CEDAR RAPDS, Iowa – The Peoria Chiefs handed the first-place Cedar Rapids Kernels their first home series loss of 2016 with a 9-4 thumping on Sunday afternoon. Th...

Home stand to conclude Sunday to determine series winner. (CornBelters logo)by Greg HalbleibNORMAL, Ill. - The Normal CornBelters, presented by Illinois Corn Farmers, used early offense to capture a 7...

Early innings hurt Chiefs on the road. (Peoria Logo) Cedar Rapids, IA - The Peoria Chiefs allowed seven runs over the first three innings and lost 9-2 to the Cedar Rapids Kernels on Saturday nigh...