High School Sports
Normal West, Central Catholic victorious in Intercity tourney
November 19, 2011
The Normal West Wildcats outscored the Lady Iron of Normal Community 20 to 4 in the fourth quarter to pull away with a 50-27 win Saturday.
Rachel Weber led the way for the Wildcats with 16 points as West evened up its early season record at 2-2. Kayla Koening was the Lady Iron's leading scorer with 10 points in the loss as Normal Community remains winless on the season.
Normal West and Bloomington fight for position in the paint during the first game of Friday night's Intercity Girls Basketball Tournament action. (Photo by WJBC's Larry Duling) 
Nick Anderson scored 11 points in IWU's 99-70 win over Benedictine on Nov. 16. (Photo by IWU Sports/Marc Featherly) Illinois Wesleyan men, intercity hoops on WJBC tonight
The Illinois Wesleyan men play their second game of the season Friday night at the Illinois College Bill Merris Tournament in Jacksonville.
Coming off a 99-70 win over Benedictine, the Titans take on MacMurray College at 5:30 p.m. You can hear the game on WJBC 1230 AM, 93.7 FM and WJBC.com.
Normal West, U-High and area teams were eliminated from the high school football playoffs. (Photo by flickr user Anderson Mancini) Normal West, U-High, area teams eliminated from playoffs
November 5, 2011
Danville 40, Normal West 27: Danville (10-1) avenged their only loss, defeating Normal West (10-1) 40-27 in the Class 6A second round on Saturday night in Normal.
Danville led 21-0 at halftime and 28-0 late in the third quarter before the Wildcats finally dented the scoreboard with just over two minutes left in the third period.
Normal West quarterback Alex Jefferson sends a pass downfield during the Wildcats' game against Bloomington. (Photo by You Name It Sports) 
High School football week 2 playoff schedule
October 31, 2011
The schedule is being set for week 2 of the high school football playoffs:
6A Danville at Normal West, 7 p.m. Saturday
4A Chatham Glenwood at U-High (at Illinois Wesleyan), 3 p.m. Saturday
4A Prairie Central at Kankakee Bishop McNamara, 1 p.m. Saturday
2A Deer Creek-Mackinaw at Stark County, 1 p.m. Saturday
University High School will have to play football games at Hancock Stadium Saturday afternoons this season. (You Name It Sports Magazine/Sandy Adams) U-High, GCMS advance as others suffer big losses
October 29, 2011
The U-High Pioneers and GCMS Falcons were the only two local teams to advance Saturday in the IHSA football playoffs.
Bloomington, Central Catholic, Normal Community, El Paso-Gridley, Flanagan-Cornell-Woodland, Tri-Valley and Fisher all suffered tough losses to end their season in the first round.
Normal West's Austin Stewart avoids tackle from Rock Island's Ashton Faramelli in Friday nights game at Normal West. (You Name It Sports Magazine/Kelly Ruiter) Normal West, Dee-Mack, Prairie Central roll to shootout wins
October 28, 2011
Normal West scored five touchdowns on five of its first six drives and held off a second-half rally from Rock Island to prevail, 54-28, to advance to the 2nd round of the IHSA football playoffs.
The Wildcats (10-0) got five touchdown passes from Alex Jefferson, who threw for 329 yards on 16 of 25 attempts. Austin Stewart caught eight passes for 215 yards and two touchdowns. Michael Beasley-Hart hauled in four passes for 87 yards and three for scores.
Normal Community quarterback Nick Birlingmair sprints past his Danville opponent during Friday night's October 21, 2011, game at Normal. (You Name It Sports Magazine/Liz Rondone) 
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