Central Catholic girls sectional final on WJBC tonight

Posted on February 19, 2015

Courtney Cox and the Central Catholic Saints will play St. Thomas More in the Class 2A Hoopeston Sectional championship tonight. (Photo by Jake Johnson/YouNameItSports)

By WJBC Staff

No strangers to late February basketball, the Central Catholic girls will look to claim another sectional title tonight at Hoopeston. 

The 21-7 Saints will take on Champaign St. Thomas More at 7 p m. in the 2A sectional championship game. 

CCHS advanced with a 51-25 win over Watseka on Monday. The Sabers defeated Monticello, 55-41, on Tuesday. 

Larry Duling and Eric Lapan will have the play-by-play on WJBC 1230 AM, the WJBC app and WJBC.com. 

Tim Lewis and Nick McClintock will host Sportstalk at 6 p.m. Listen live here.

Blogs

Labor Day – Expanding voting rights for all

By Mike Matejka Because of COVID, there is no Labor Day Parade this year.  It’s always a great event for our everyday workers to march proudly down the street and enjoys the festive crowd. If there had been a parade, this year’s Labor Day theme was to be “150 years of struggle: your right to vote.” …

Is federal mobilization the answer?

By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, recall another Illinois Governor who protested the incursion of armed federal personnel into the city.   Those federal troops, rather than calming, escalated the situation, leading to deaths and violence. Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay…

In these troubled times, to my fellow white Americans

By Mike Matejka Our nation is at a unique watershed in human relations. African-Americans have been killed too many times in the past before George Floyd, but the response to this man’s death is international and all-encompassing. I was a grade-schooler during the Civil Rights 1960s. I watched Birmingham demonstrators hosed and the Selma – Montgomery…

Workers’ Memorial Day – Remember those whose job took their life

Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University.   We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk.  Going to work every day for some people means…