The Central Catholic Saints’ run for a State Farm Holiday Classic Title came to an end at the Shirk Center for the third straight year, as Quincy Notre Dame took down the Saints in the Small School Boys title game, 60-50.… MORE
Category Archives: High School Sports
State Farm Holiday Classic finals on WJBC
WJBC will close out 2015 with four State Farm Holiday Classic championship games from Illinois Wesleyan’s Shirk Center.… MORE
Redbirds’ MVC opener, Titans, Thunder on WJBC
Illinois State tips off the 2015-16 Missouri Valley Conference season by hosting Missouri State tonight at 7 on Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena.… MORE
State Farm Holiday Classic: Day 2
By Austin Duncan WJBC had coverage from five games on day two of the State Farm Holiday Classic. Large School Girls No. 14 Bloomington 57, No. 11 Geneseo 46. The Purple Raiders won its first consolation game of the State Farm Holiday Classic, taking down Geneseo. BHS’s Ellie Weltha led all scorers with 26…… MORE
WJBC to feature 4 State Farm Holiday Classic games today
WJBC has another quadruple-header at State Farm Holiday Classic basketball on Tuesday.… MORE
State Farm Holiday Classic: Day 1
The State Farm Holiday Class gathers high school basketball teams throughout the state of Illinois and pins each team against each other at four sites in Bloomington-Normal.… MORE
State Farm Holiday Classic, ISU hoops on WJBC
WJBC will be wall-to-wall basketball for the post-holiday break for the State Farm Holiday Classic.… MORE
WJBC Athletes of the Week: Dec. 21, 2015
WJBC, in partnership with Frontier Communications and Roberts Trophies, is proud to present the WJBC Athletes of the Week.… MORE
WJBC Athletes of the Week: Dec. 14, 2015
WJBC, in partnership with Frontier Communications and Roberts Trophies, is proud to present the WJBC Athletes of the Week.… MORE
WJBC’s Duling selected for IBCA Hall of Fame
Veteran WJBC sportscaster Larry Duling has been selected for induction into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.… 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…