Category Archives: Local Sports

By WJBC Staff NORMAL – Normal Community High School has scheduled a signing ceremony at the school Wednesday as 19 student-athletes plan to formally declare their college intentions. Baseball Th...

(WJBC file photo) By WJBC Staff PEORIA – The Peoria Chiefs allowed a pair of two-run home runs and lost game two of their three-game series against the Bowling Green Hot Rods 4-2 on Tuesday nigh...

Christian Romine of Mahomet has announced plans to transfer to Illinois State. (Photo by B Corbin/WJBC) By Austin Duncan NORMAL – The addition of 6-foot-9 Christian Romine to the Illinois State ...

By WJBC Staff BLOOMINGTON – The Classic Tournament, Inc., which organizes one of the largest, coed high school holiday basketball tournaments in the nation called the State Farm Holiday Classic,...

Busch Stadium in St. Louis is the site of the Cardinals-Phillies game tonight. (Photo by Chris Yunker/Flickr) WJBC 1230 AM: 6:00 p.m. – Sportstalk 6:20 p.m. – Baseball – Philadelphia...

(WJBC file photo) By WJBC Staff PEORIA – The Peoria Chiefs ended a three-game losing skid Monday night beating the Bowling Green Hot Rods 5-4. With the win the Chiefs improve to 10-14 on the sea...

(Photo courtesy goredbirds.com) By ISU Sports Information NORMAL – Illinois State senior outfielder Sean Beesley has been named the Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Player of the Week, the le...

The St. Louis Cardinals will play the Philadelphia Phillies at Busch Stadium tonight. (Photo by Eric Stock/WJBC)WJBC 1230 AM:6:00 p.m. – Sportstalk6:20 p.m. – Baseball – Philadelphia...

Jack Landwehr pitched the final 3 1/3 innings to get the win for Illinois State on Sunday. (Photo courtesy GoRedbirds.com)By ISU Sports InformationEVANSVILLE, Ind. – Owen Miller matched a career...

(WJBC file photo) By WJBC Staff Eastlake, OH – The Peoria Chiefs were shutout for the second time in five games and swept by the Lake County Captains 4-0 in game two of Sunday's doubleheader. Th...