Saturday’s scoreboard is sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan.… MORE
Category Archives: High School Sports
Friday tournament scoreboard
Friday’s scoreboard is sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan.… MORE
Thursday scoreboard
Thursday’s scoreboard is sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan. … MORE
Wednesday tournament scoreboard
Scoreboard sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan: Wednesday’s high school basketball scores: State Farm Holiday Classic (complete tournament scores and schedule here): Small School Boys– Central Catholic 67, Tri-Valley 53 Providence St. Mel 80, Olympia 25 El Paso-Gridley 64, Winnebago 55 Fieldcrest 59, Kankakee Bishop McNamara 47 Large School Boys– U-High 54, Zion-Benton 52…… MORE
State Farm Holiday Classic opens Wednesday, on-air schedule
WJBC-AM 1230 and WJBC.com will broadcast six games on Wednesday from the State Farm Holiday Classic. … MORE
Saturday scoreboard
Saturday’s scoreboard is presented by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan.
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Thursday scoreboard, Friday schedule
Thursday’s scoreboard is presented by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan. … MORE
Tuesday scoreboard
Tuesday scoreboard sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan.… MORE
IHSA membership approves district scheduling for football
District scheduling is coming to Illinois high school football.… MORE
IHSA sets fall sports classifications
The Illinois High School Association has released its school enrollment classifications for fall sports other than football for the next two school years. … MORE
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…