By Adam Studzinski BLOOMINGTON – The Illinois Wesleyan football team started early and never looked back as the Titans rolled the Millikin Big Blue, 54-13 on Saturday. The win moved the Titans to 5-0 on the season, and 2-0 in CCIW play. Millikin fell to 1-4, 0-2 in the CCIW. After punting on their first…… MORE
Illinois Wesleyan has pushed back the start of its football game at Millikin from its customary 1 p.m. start to 1:30 to account for homecoming festivities.… MORE
Illinois Wesleyan senior Artie Checchin caught two touchdown passes and recovered an onside kick in the final two minutes as the 20th-ranked Titans rallied for a 21-17 win over Carthage in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin at Art Keller Field.… MORE
Norm Eash knows 3-0.… MORE
Illinois Wesleyan senior kicker Michael Kelley who became IWU’s all-time point-after kick leader, was named the Special Teams Player of the Week in the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin on Monday..… MORE
By IWU Sports Information BLOOMINGTON – The Illinois Wesleyan football team amassed 532 yards of total offense and the defense allowed just 200 in a 49-7 win over Simpson College on Saturday at Tucci Stadium. The Titans close out their non-conference schedule with a 3-0 record while Simpson fell to 1-1. Sophomore quarterback Jack Warner…… MORE
By Adam Studzinski BLOOMINGTON – The Illinois Wesleyan Titans opened their home season with a 49-14 win over the Alma Scots at Tucci Stadium on Saturday, rushing for 346 yards and gaining 583 yards of total offense. Freshman Matese Scott ran for a 90-yard touchdown with 4:02 to play and the run is the third…… MORE
Illinois Wesleyan football coach Norm Eash said he wasn’t fishing for complements after the Titans’ season-opening 34-24 win at Franklin last week, but he found one from the Grizzlies’ defensive coordinator.… MORE
By Eric Stock FRANKLIN, Ind. – Illinois Wesleyan forced seven turnovers and endured a lightning delay of two and a half hours to defeat Franklin, 34-24, in their season opener at Faught Stadium. The Titans were the sloppy team early as two fumbles in IWU territory set up scoring chances in which the Grizzlies were unable…… MORE
Norm Eash’s 2015 Titans will be long on experience and – he hopes – short on memory.… 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…