By Bryan Bloodworth BLOOMINGTON – Officials at Lexington High School have agreed to join into an existing co-operative agreement between Ridgeview and Blue Ridge high schools for the upcoming football season. Dwindling numbers on the Minutemen squad forced the issue, according to Lexington athletic director and football coach Mike Castleman. “It’s something we’ve been discussing…… MORE
Category Archives: High School Sports
WJBC Athletes of the Week: April 27, 2015
WJBC, in partnership with Frontier Communications and Roberts Trophies, is again proud to present the High School Athletes of the Week.… MORE
Normal Community’s Peacock to attend Iowa Western
By WJBC Staff NORMAL – Normal Community basketball standout Alex Peacock committed to Iowa Western Community College. “When I visited everything just felt right,” Peacock told PrepHoopsIllinois.com. “I feel they give me the best chance to go to my highest potential.” The 6-foot-7 senior Peacock was one of the area’s top players this season, leading…… MORE
Bloomington-Normal athletes to declare on signing day
By WJBC Staff BLOOMINGTON – Wednesday marks the first day of NCAA Spring signing period where high school student athletes can officially declare their college intentions. Nearly three dozen athletes in the Twin Cities plan to sign either Wednesday or in the coming days. Bloomington Ashanti Brock – Lakeland (basketball) Taylor Clugston – North Central…… MORE
2 schools added to State Farm Holiday Classic
By WJBC Staff BLOOMINGTON – Coming off the highest attended tournament in its 36 year history, the State Farm Holiday Classic has secured its 64-team field for 2015. “We attribute this increase in fans to a number of factors,” said Tournament President Dan Highland. “We played on December 26 and 27 when no other local…… MORE
Normal Community honors 2nd place basketball team
By Eric Stock NORMAL – Normal Community came within one win of capturing the school’s first ever state basketball championship, leaving the school with plenty of reason to celebrate. “The accomplishments we had, they can’t be taken away just because of that last game,” senior Tyler Seibring said after a postseason celebration at the school…… MORE
NCHS falls in Class 4A title game
By Nick McClintock The Ironmen of Normal Community finally hit a wall this season,in the form of Jalen Brunson. The Villanova-bound Senior from Lincolnshire Stevenson High School hit 30 points, as the Patriots defeated the Ironmen in the Class 4A State Title game 57-40. The Ironmen found themselves down early by 5, before Tyler Seibring…… MORE
WJBC Athletes of the Week: March 9, 2015
WJBC, in partnership with Frontier Communications and Roberts Trophies, is again proud to present the High School Athletes of the Week.… MORE
ISU, IWU, CCHS postseason hoops on WJBC
The Illinois State men's basketball team aims to build off of its recent momentum when the fourth-seeded Redbirds open MVC Tournament play against Evansville.… MORE
Reinhart, Saints head to Sectional final
Jake Reinhart was a man on a mission Wednesday night, as the Central Catholic Senior nearly single-handedly defeated the Petersburg PORTA Bluejays at the Class 2A River… 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…