Category Archives: Illinois State Redbirds

Redbird women picked 8th in Valley hoops

Redbird women picked 8th in Valley hoops

Posted on October 25, 2016

The Illinois State women’s basketball team has been selected to finish eighth in the 2016-17 Missouri Valley Conference Preseason Poll, it was announced Tuesday by the league prior to the start of the league’s Media Day at the St. Louis City Center Hotel. … MORE

Redbirds picked 2nd in MVC hoops, 2 named to All-Valley team

Redbirds picked 2nd in MVC hoops, 2 named to All-Valley team

Posted on October 25, 2016

Illinois State senior guard Paris Lee and junior forward MiKyle McIntosh are both 2016-17 Missouri Valley Conference Preseason First Team selections, and the Redbirds are picked to finish second in the league, according to the MVC Preseason Poll as compiled from votes by MVC sports information directors, media and coaches.… MORE

Rosch, Rutherford, LaFayette, take top honors at ‘Reggies’

Rosch, Rutherford, LaFayette, take top honors at ‘Reggies’

Posted on October 24, 2016

Ashley Rosch was the big winner, taking home three awards, while the Illinois State men’s track and field and cross country teams were also well represented, as Ryan Rutherford and J.D. LaFayette also took home hardware at The Reggies Sunday night as Illinois State celebrated the success of its student-athletes during the 2015-16 academic year at the annual academic excellence awards ceremony, sponsored by State Farm.… MORE

Redbird football falls short at South Dakota

Redbird football falls short at South Dakota

Posted on October 22, 2016

Despite a late fourth quarter touchdown by Christian Gibbs to bring Illinois State within a field goal of South Dakota, the Coyotes came out on top defeating the Redbirds, 27-24 Saturday afternoon… 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…