Weekend scoreboard, schedule

Scoreboards are sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan

SATURDAY:

College Football:
Illinois State 21, Southern Illinois 7
Illinois Wesleyan 31, Carthage 7
Michigan 42, Illinois 25
Eureka 26, Wisconsin Lutheran 20

High School Football:
Peoria Notre Dame 20, Bloomington 6

Boys High School Soccer:
Decatur St. Teresa 7, Central Catholic 0
Normal Community 3, Chatham Glenwood 0
Calvary Christian 2, Argenta-Oreana 0

Women’s College Volleyball:
UW-Whitewater def. Illinois Wesleyan 25-17, 25-23, 25-15
Illinois State def. Northern Iowa 23-25, 25-21, 22-25, 26-24, 19-17

Women’s College Soccer:
Illinois Wesleyan 7, North Park 0
Illinois State 1, Valparaiso 0

Men’s College Soccer:
North Park 4, Illinois Wesleyan 0

MONDAY:

LIVE ON WJBC-AM 1230:
MLB–National League Championship Series Game 3, St. Louis Cardinals at Washington Nationals, 5:43 p.m.

Boys High School Soccer:
Normal Community at Mahomet-Seymour, 6:30 p.m.

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

Blogs

Labor Day – Expanding voting rights for all

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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…