The Illinois High School Association has released its school enrollment classifications for fall sports other than football for the next two school years. … MORE
Category Archives: High School Sports
Saturday basketball scoreboard
Saturday’s scoreboard is sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan. … MORE
Friday scoreboard, weekend schedule
Friday’s scores are sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan. … MORE
Thursday scoreboard, Friday schedule
Scores/schedules are sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan. … MORE
Tuesday scoreboard
Tuesday scores sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan.… MORE
Monday sports roundup
Central Catholic earned a girls win on Monday ahead of a busy Tuesday high school hoops schedule.… MORE
State Farm Holiday Classic pairings released
Brackets are set for the State Farm Holiday Classic.… MORE
Saturday roundup: ISU, IWU men fall in tight games; IWU women win
Saturday’s scoreboard presented by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan includes a pair of close losses by Illinois State and Illinois Wesleyan men’s basketball.… MORE
Friday scores: Redbird women earn 1st road win
Friday’s scoreboard is sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan. … MORE
IHSA members to vote on district schedules for football
The Illinois High School Association membership will vote next month on a proposal that would shift football scheduling to a district system.… 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…