Brady Rose led all scorers with 31 points but No. 25 Illinois Wesleyan was unable to reverse an early deficit in falling to the College of Wooster, 72, 68, in the NCAA Div. III first-round game at the DeCarlo Center at John Carroll University.
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After an absence of two years, the Illinois Wesleyan men’s basketball team will play in the 2018 NCAA Division III basketball championships, opening against the College of Wooster on Friday in the first round at John Carroll University in University Heights, Ohio.… MORE
Rebekah Ehresman sank two free throws with 1:15 remaining to give Illinois Wesleyan the lead as the Titans held off Wheaton, 62-60, at Shirk Center to claim the Titans first College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin tournament championship since 2012.
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By Eric Stock ROCK ISLAND – Two losses in the final week of the season have Illinois Wesleyan sweating it out for an NCAA at-large bid. The No. 15 Titans failed to overcome a cold shooting night in losing for the second time in four days to North Central, 70-64, in the semifinals of the…… MORE
Just days after winning a share of the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin the No. 15 Illinois Wesleyan (19-6, 12-4) fell to unranked North Central (18-7, 11-5) at Shirk Center. … MORE
Illinois Wesleyan’s basketball squads earned shares of the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin championships with victories on Saturday at Carthage College.… MORE
Colin Bonnett scored 15 points to lead three Titans in double figures in scoring as Illinois Wesleyan used air-tight defense to win at Millikin, 65-56, to maintain a one game lead in the final week of the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin race. … MORE
Brady Rose led four Titans in double figures with 17 points as Illinois Wesleyan maintained its standing atop the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin with a 70-61 win over Carroll at Shirk Center. … MORE
First half foul troubles forced the No. 14 Illinois Wesleyan Titans (16-3, 9-1) to fall to College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin foe No. 9 Augustans (15-4, 7-3) at Roy J. Carver Center for Physical Education 88-79.… MORE
A far cry from their one-point difference when the two teams played in Chicago just two weeks earlier, No. 18 Illinois Wesleyan had no trouble in their rematch with North Park on Saturday.… MORE
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.” …
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…
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…
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…