The Illinois High School Association has announced the schedule for week two of the football playoffs.… MORE
Category Archives: Local Sports
Muller ’embarrassed’ by recent player arrests
Illinois State men’s basketball coach Dan Muller said he’s ‘disappointed and embarrassed’ by the recent arrests of three of his players over the last week.… MORE
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Pair of two-goal spurts push Capitols past Thunder
Two second period goals and a pair of third period goals helped push the Madison Capitols past the Thunder, 4-1, on Sunday afternoon at the Alliant Energy Center.… MORE
Lancers hold off Thunder in third to salvage series split
The Thunder struck in the early stages of the third period and made a late push after that, but the visiting Omaha Lancers managed to hang on for a 3-2 win on Saturday night at the Coliseum.… MORE
Strong start propels Redbird football to win
Illinois State scored 28 first-half points and capitalized on two fourth-quarter turnovers to knock off Missouri Valley Football Conference leader No. 7 South Dakota State 38-21 on Saturday.… MORE
U-High win state soccer title
The University High Pioneers claimed the school’s first boys soccer title in school history with a 3-1 win over Westchester St. Joseph in the Class 1A championship game at EastSide Centre on Saturday.… MORE
HOIC schools roll in playoffs, late stand earns win for NCHS
Normal Community, Tri-Valley, LeRoy and Deer-Creek-Mackinaw were winners Saturday in opening round games of the state football playoffs.… MORE
Late field goal leads Illinois Wesleyan to victory
Just call them the Cardiac Kids.… MORE
Playoff football: Normal West, EPG fall; 6 area teams in action Saturday
Top-ranked Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin had two 200-yard rushers as the Cyclones steamrolled Normal West 57-20 in the Class 6A football playoffs at Cyclone Field in Springfield.… 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…