Illinois Wesleyan consistently frustrated one of the most explosive teams in Division III in handing a decisive 72-54 defeat to Chicago in a non-conference game at Shirk Center. … MORE
Category Archives: Illinois Wesleyan Titans
IWU’s Ehresman, Seibring claim CCIW honors
Two Illinois Wesleyan basketball standouts were honored on Monday as senior center Trevor Seibring was named the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin Men’s Basketball Player of the Week and junior guard Rebekah Ehresman was named women’s Player of the Week.… MORE
Illinois Wesleyan rolls past Elmhurst for 1st CCIW win
By Eric Stock ELMHURST – Brady Rose and Trevor Siebring each scored 15 points to lead Illinois Wesleyan to a convincing 88-57 win over Elmhurst at R.A. Faganel Hall. The Titans shot 53 percent from the field as they earned their first College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin win. PODCAST: Listen to IWU postgame with…… MORE
Illinois Wesleyan rally falls short in loss to North Park
Illinois Wesleyan squandered several opportunities to take the lead in the second half but failed each time as No. 18 North Park led wire-to-wire in a 72-68 in a College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin game at Shirk Center.
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Titans drop CCIW opener to No. 6 North Central
Alec Bausch’s three-point shot from the top of the key with 4:24 to go gave Illinois Wesleyan its final lead as No. 6 North Central would respond with an 8-0 run to pull away to an 84-75 win in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin opener at Gregory Arena. … MORE
Titans roll past No. 8 Ohio Wesleyan
Illinois Wesleyan sophomore Nick Coleman joked before the game the Titans were going to dedicate Saturday’s game to coach Ron Rose, who was a senior when the Titans lost to the eventual champion Ohio Wesleyan in the Elite 8 in 1988. … MORE
Titans use early 3s to roll past MacMurray
Brady Rose led four Titans in double figures with 15 points as Illinois Wesleyan cruised to an 87-54 win over MacMurray at Shirk Center.… MORE
Late surge leads Titans past Webster
Andy Stempel led four Titans in double figures with 19 points as Illinois Wesleyan defeated Webster, 82-59, in the opening round of the Tip-Off Tournament at Shirk Center.… MORE
Shoemaker-Gilmore sets rushing record in IWU win
Maurice Shoemaker-Gilmore broke Illinois Wesleyan’s single-season rushing record on his first carry of the game and scored two touchdowns before leaving with an injury in the second quarter as the Titans closed out the season with a 24-13 win over Millikin in a College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin game at Frank Lindsay Field. … MORE
IWU football in no rush to end season
Senior running back Maurice Shoemaker-Gilmore needs just five rushing yards in his final games to break Illinois Wesleyan’s 39-year-old single season rushing record, but the Titans’ offensive line has its sights set on a different benchmark heading into the final game of the season.… MORE
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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…