Category Archives: Local Sports

(Photo courtesy goredbirds.com)By ISU Sports InformationNORMAL – Illinois State head women's basketball coach Barb Smith announced Tuesday Octavia Crump has rejoined the Redbird program effectiv...

(Photo courtesy goredbirds.com)By ISU Sports InformationNORMAL – Looking to add some more depth to his secondary, Illinois State football head coach Brock Spack announced the addition of Texas T...

By WJBC StaffPEORIA – The Peoria Chiefs manufactured three runs Monday afternoon and it was more than enough as they got eight shutout innings from Daniel Poncedeleon to beat the Kane County Cou...

(WJBC file photo)By WJBC StaffPEORIA – The Peoria Chiefs were unable to generate much offense against stellar pitching from the Kane County Cougars as they fell 7-1 on Sunday. The loss drops the...

By WJBC StaffBLOOMINGTON – The St. Louis Cardinals conclude their three-game series with the Los Angeles Dodgers at Busch Stadium with the pre-game show starting at 12:20 p.m. on WJBC 1230 AM an...

The Cornbelters move to 10-4 after their win Saturday night. (Photo Courtesy normalbaseball.com) NORMAL- The Normal CornBelters scored a season-high single-game total and won their fifth straight...

The St. Louis Cardinals play the Los Angeles Dodgers at Busch Stadium tonight.(Photo by CharlesBarillea/flickr)By Eric StockIn a rematch of a 2014 National League Division Series, the St. Louis Cardin...

(Photo courtesy goredbirds.com)By ISU Sports InformationNORMAL – Jacob Hendren has been named a Louisville Slugger All-American, Collegiate Baseball announced Thursday. Hendren was a third-team ...

(Logo courtesy Peoria Chiefs)By WJBC StaffPEORIA – With Cardinals centerfielder Jon Jay batting as the leadoff hitter once again, the Peoria Chiefs surrendered four runs in the third and could n...

By Greg HalbliebSCHAUMBURG – The Normal CornBelters broke open a pitcher's duel with a big final inning on offense and captured a 5-1 win in 11 innings on Wednesday at Boomers Stadium.Pitchers r...