A battle of two nationally ranked teams highlight the sports coverage on WJBC 1230 AM as the No. 24 Illinois Wesleyan’s men’s basketball team takes on No. 13 Ohio Wesleyan in a nonconference game at the Shirk Center at 3 p.m. Ohio Wesleyan 5-0 and the Titans are 3-1.
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Ethan Somoza (Bemidji State University) made it rain stuffed animals at the U.S. Cellular Coliseum during the Bloomington Thunder’s second annual Teddy Bear Toss game Friday night. … MORE
Tri-Valley High School is celebrating after its football team won the Class 2A state title Friday.… MORE
The ISU men’s basketball used a late 12-2 run to take down Division II Quincy 73-63 on Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena.… MORE
The Tri-Valley Vikings entered the Class 2A State Championship for the second time in two years, but left with a different result, taking down Auburn 41-8 at Huskie Stadium in Dekalb.… MORE
The Illinois State volleyball team’s season came to a close Thursday as Northern Iowa overcame a first-set loss to earn a 3-1 win over the Redbirds in the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament at Hammons Student Center.… MORE
Illinois State freshman guard Roland Griffin hit two of the team’s three three-pointers in a 71-60 loss to Texas Christian in the final installment of the Cancun Challenge.… MORE
Illinois State All-American running back Marshaun Coprich became just the fourth player in the 31-year history of the Missouri Valley Football Conference to be named the league’s Offensive Player of the Year in back-to-back seasons, when the league announced its annual awards Wednesday following a vote by the league’s head coaches, sports information directors, radio play-by-play announcers and beat writers.… MORE
Illinois State meets Big 12 Conference foe TCU in the third place game of the Riviera Division at the Cancun Challenge today.… MORE
The Illinois State Redbirds men’s basketball team led by five points midway through the second half, but could not hold on, falling to No. 2 Maryland 77-66 in the Cancun Challenge.… 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…