CCHS in state finals, IWU in CCIW tournament, ISU women on WJBC

Posted on February 27, 2015

Central Catholic takes on Kankakee-Bishop McNamara in the Class 2A semifinals at Redbird Arena on Friday. (Photo by B Corbin/WJBC)

By WJBC Staff

WJBC will bring you a basketball tripleheader on Friday as a prelude to March Madness.

Illinois Wesleyan opens the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin tournament against Elmhurst. The Titans likely need at least one win to maintain any hope of securing an NCAA Tournament bid.

Eric Stock and Joel Swanson will call the game on WJBC 1230 AM, WJBC.com and the WJBC app at 4:45 p.m.

The Central Catholic Saints girls are back in the state finals for the third time in six years. CCHS will play Kankakee-Bishop McNamara in the Class 2A semifinals at Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena. WJBC will have the call with Larry Duling and Eric Lapan. Tip off is set for 6:30 p.m.

The Illinois State women play at Loyola. Zach Dietmeier and China Antoine will have the call. It will begin on WJBC.com only and will take the air on 1230 AM after the Central Catholic game. With three weekends already gone in the 2015 campaign, Illinois State softball is back on the road with five games this weekend in College Station, Texas, on the campus of Texas A&M University.

The Redbirds enter the weekend with a 6-9 record and have gone 2-3 in all three weekends this season. The five-game slate begins with a 10 a.m. first pitch against UTSA. ISU will play the hosts Texas A&M at 5:15 p.m.

The Illinois State baseball team will travel to Nashville, Tennessee, for a three-game series with 2014 College World Series champion Vanderbilt, beginning Friday. Vanderbilt is currently ranked as the No. 1 team in the country by three of the five major national polls.  Gametime Friday is at 4.

Listen to ISU baseball and softball on WJBC.com.

The Bloomington Thunder opens the weekend visiting the Dubuque  Fighting Saints before returning home for Chicago Blackhawks Day on Sunday featuring Hall of Famer Bobby Hull.

Catch the play-by-play on WJBC.com at 7.

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