Category Archives: WJBC Top Sports

Nolan Meadows hit three home runs during the last week. (Photo courtesy Normal CornBelters)By Greg HalbliebNORMAL – The Normal CornBelters have received their third Frontier League Player of the...

 Chiefs and LumberKings end first half tied for first place. (Chiefs, WJBC) By WJBC StaffPEORIA - For the first time since 2006 the Peoria Chiefs have clinched a playoff spot in the first ha...

Road trip concludes Sunday. (CornBelters, WJBC)  MARION, Ill. - The Normal CornBelters homered twice and won their third straight game with a 3-2 triumph over the Southern Illinois Miners on...

Brock Stewart is 6-3 with a 1.36 ERA in the minor leagues this season. (Photo courtesy GoRedbirds.com)By ISU Sports InformationNORMAL - Former Illinois State and Normal West standout Brock Stewart lik...

Central Catholic’s John Rave was selected in the 35th round of the Major League Baseball draft by the Boston Red Sox. (Photo by Eric Stock/WJBC)By Eric StockBLOOMINGTON – John Rave said he...

 Trade in Cuba could bring lots of dollars to Illinois farmers. (United Soybean Board)By PJ BaronBLOOMINGTON – Three farmers have returned home from a trip to Cuba in an attempt to bolster ...

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...

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

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...

Monterrey Tech-State of Mexico will play Illinois Wesleyan on Sept. 3 (Photo courtesy iwusports.com)By WJBC StaffBLOOMINGTON – Due to a cancellation, the Illinois Wesleyan football season will o...