Scoreboard, schedule, broadcast links

Posted on August 30, 2019

Scoreboards are sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan

SATURDAY:

College Football:
Northern Illinois 24, Illinois State 10
Illinois 42, Akron 3

Women’s College Volleyball:
Pepperdine def. Illinois State 3-1 (ISU wins North Texas Invitational)
Illinois Wesleyan at Ohio Northern Invitational–def. Wittenberg 3-0; lost to Calvin 3-0

Women’s College Soccer:
Heartland at Waubonsee, 12 p.m.
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 2, Illinois Wesleyan 0

Men’s College Soccer:
Illinois Wesleyan 2, Kalamazoo 1 (2 OT)

Girls High School Volleyball:
Oswego def. Central Catholic 25-15, 25-18
Lincoln-Way West def. Central Catholic 26-24, 25-18
Tri-Valley def. Indian Creek 25-8, 25-13
Normal West def. Sacred Heart-Griffin 19-25, 25-20, 25-23
Normal West def. Moline 25-17, 25-23

Boys High School Soccer:
Sacred Heart-Griffin 7, Central Catholic 0
Minooka 1, Normal Community 0
Metamora 4, Cornerstone Christian 1
Cornerstone Christian 7, Peoria Christian 2
Normal West 2, Washington 0
Mahomet-Seymour 0, Normal West 0 (Mahomet-Seymour wins 7-6 on PKs)

High School Football:
Normal West 36, Peoria Notre Dame 6
Flanagan-Cornell-Woodland 36, Elgin Westminster Christian 6

SUNDAY:

Women’s College Soccer:
Iowa 4, Illinois State 3

MONDAY:

Boys High School Soccer:
U-High 3, Normal Community 1
Bloomington 7, Central Catholic 0

TUESDAY:

LIVE ON WJBC-AM 1230:
San Francisco Giants at St. Louis Cardinals, 5:50 p.m.

Girls High School Volleyball:
Decatur St. Teresa at Central Catholic, 7 p.m.
U-High at Rochester, 7 p.m.
Morton at Normal West, 7 p.m.

Women’s College Soccer:
Heartland at Parkland, 4 p.m.

Sports Director Greg Halbleib can be reached at [email protected]. 

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