Thursday scoreboard, Friday schedule

Posted on October 3, 2019

Scoreboards are sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan

THURSDAY:

Girls High School Volleyball:
Normal West def. Champaign Centennial 25-11, 17-25, 25-22
Bloomington at Champaign Central
Chatham Glenwood def. Central Catholic 25-14, 25-23

Boys High School Soccer:
St. Joseph-Ogden at Central Catholic
Go 4 The Goal Fall Classic, Burlington, Ia.–U-High 3, Quincy Notre Dame 2

FRIDAY:

LIVE ON WJBC-AM 1230:
MLB–National League Division Series Game 2, St. Louis Cardinals at Atlanta Braves, 2:40 p.m.
LIVE ON WJBC-AM 1230 & WJBC.com:
WJBC Friday Night High School Football Extravaganza (featuring Bloomington at Normal Community with updates from U-High at Springfield Southeast, St. Thomas More at Central Catholic, Eureka at El Paso-Gridley and Normal West at Indianapolis Bishop Chatard), 6:30 p.m.

Click here for the Week 6 high school football schedule and preview. 

Women’s College Volleyball:
Illinois State at Bradley, 6 p.m.
Augustana at Illinois Wesleyan, 7 p.m.

Women’s College Soccer:
Illinois Wesleyan at Wheaton, 4:30 p.m.

Men’s College Soccer:
Illinois Wesleyan at Wheaton, 7 p.m.

Boys High School Soccer:
Go 4 The Goal Fall Classic, Burlington, Ia.–U-High vs. St. Viator, 10 a.m.; Normal Community vs. Neenah, Wis., 3:15 p.m.

Girls High School Volleyball:
Belleville East Invitational–Normal Community vs. Mascoutah, 6 p.m.; Normal Community vs. O’Fallon, 7 p.m.

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

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