06/16/2025
WROY/WRUL Local Sports Recap - 6/16/2025
The Southern Illinois Coaches Association released their All-South Teams for spring sports late last week, and numerous CWC Bulldogs received All-South nods.
All-South Boys Track:
Mitchel Edwards - Long Jump & High Jump
Connor Benham - Pole Vault
Beck Huff - 100 Meter Run
Jayde Albright - 400 Meter Run
Andrew Benham - 1600 Meter Run
Kale Wiggins, Cooper Hill, Noah Pollard, Beck Huff - 4x1 Relay
All-South Baseball:
Maxon O’Daniel
The St. Louis Cardinals lost 3 out of 4 games this weekend against the Milwaukee Brewers, losing 6-0 on Thursday, losing on Friday 3-2, winning on Saturday 8-5, and losing yesterday 3-2. The Redbirds are now 37-35 and in 3rd Place in the NL Central as they have lost 6 of their last 7 games. St. Louis will begin a 3-game series in Chicago against the White Sox tonight.
The Chicago Cubs took 3 out of 4 this weekend at home against the Pittsburgh Pirates, winning 3-2 on Thursday, losing 2-1 on Friday, winning 2-1 on Saturday, and winning 3-2 yesterday. The Cubs are now 43-28 on the year as they sit in 1st Place of the NL Central, 5 games ahead of Milwaukee. The Cubs will begin a 3-game series at home against Milwaukee tonight.
In the Men’s College World Series, Murray State fell to UCLA on Saturday by a final score of 6-4. The Racers will play Arkansas today in an Elimination Game, the winner will face either UCLA or LSU tomorrow and the loser will go home. Today’s game vs Arkansas will be broadcasted on ESPN at 2 PM.
Back on Friday the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Indiana Pacers in Game 4 of the NBA Finals by a final score of 111-104. The series is now tied at 2-2, Game 5 will be tonight in Oklahoma City, Game 6 will be on Thursday in Indianapolis.