A champion for women in sports has passed away at the age of 86.… MORE
Category Archives: WJBC Top Sports
Lefty’s Corner: Another ranked opponent for ISU gridders
Another week, another ranked opponent for Illinois State’s No. 3 nationally ranked football team Saturday at Hancock Stadium in a 2 p.m. Missouri Valley Conference game.… MORE
Retirement hasn’t sunk in yet for Schmelzer
Bloomington-Normal’s longest-serving and winningest high school football coach is about to coach his final game.… MORE
Lefty’s Corner: Redbird hoopsters will have different look
It will be a mix of old and new for the Illinois State men’s basketball team this year with the return of six lettermen, including three starters, from last year’s 22-13 team that advanced to the second round of the National Invitation Tournament.… MORE
Redbirds rout Bears, remain undefeated in MVFC
The Illinois State Redbird football team scored early and often en route to a 38-2 victory over Missouri Valley Football Conference rival Missouri State.… MORE
IWU contains Frasco, Vikings in road win
Maurice Shoemaker-Gilmore scored on two long touchdowns in an otherwise defensive slugfest as the Titans defeated Augustana, 21-7, at Lindberg Stadium.… MORE
CCHS claims Corn Belt title, BHS, NCWHS winners
CCHS, BHS, and NCWHS all victorious in week eight of the high school football season. … MORE
Key games highlight Week 8 high school football
By Greg Halbleib A big Corn Belt Conference tilt is the highlight match-up of Week 8 in the WJBC Country Financial Friday Night High School Football Extravaganza. Central Catholic (6-1, 6-0 Corn Belt) is looking to solidify the league lead tonight at Mahomet-Seymour (4-3, 4-2), a point driven home to his team by Saints coach…… MORE
No complacency after 5-0 start for IWU football
Illinois Wesleyan football has reached the halfway point in the season a perfect 5-0, but coach Norm Eash knows the race for a College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin title is just getting started.… MORE
Former Redbird Liedtke signed to Kansas City Chiefs
Mike Liedtke, the offensive lineman that helped the ISU Redbirds to the national championship last season, has found a new home at the next level of football, as he was signed to the practice squad of the Kansas City Chiefs on Tuesday.… 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…