Category Archives: Local Sports

U-High to play for 1A boys soccer state title

U-High to play for 1A boys soccer state title

Posted on October 28, 2016

Cayden Redd scored the game’s only goal in the 49th minute to give U-High a 1-0 win over Waterloo Gibault on Friday in the Class 1A state semifinals at East Side Centre.… MORE

Cornerstone, U-High set for state soccer tests

Posted on October 28, 2016

The boys’ soccer team from Cornerstone Christian Academy of Bloomington makes history Friday as the first team to make an appearance in the state finals when it meets Westchester St. Joseph at 5 p.m. in East Peoria in a Class 1A battle.… MORE

Redbirds soccer tops UNI on two late goals

Redbirds soccer tops UNI on two late goals

Posted on October 28, 2016

Illinois State soccer team (12-5-2, 5-0-1 MVC) defeated Northern Iowa (8-7-3, 2-2-2 MVC), 2-0, with two back-to-back goals in the last 10 minutes of the action, to conclude the regular season Thursday night at Adelaide Street Field.
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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…