Regular season finales this weekend will determine where teams will be placed in postseason brackets.… MORE
Category Archives: WJBC Top Sports
Redbird men 2nd, women 5th in preseason MVC polls
Illinois State men’s basketball is picked to finish as runner-up in this season’s Missouri Valley Conference race while the Redbirds are selected to finish fifth on the women’s side.… MORE
Redbird football dominates SIU on Homecoming
Illinois State racked up over 400 yards on the ground against Southern Illinois, as the No. 12 Redbirds (5-1, 2-1 MVFC) ran away from the Salukis (1-5, 0-3 MVFC) by a score of 51-3 on a sunny afternoon at Hancock Stadium on Homecoming in front of 11,247 fans.… MORE
State golf: Saints, Schrock, Barger take titles
Top state hardware is headed to local trophy cases after Saturday’s state high school golf championships.… MORE
Week 8 football: Bloomington clinches playoff spot, West snaps 2nd place tie in Big Twelve
A shootout in Peoria and a battle between the teams tied for second in the Big Twelve Conference highlighted Week 8 high school football on Friday night. … MORE
Week 8 high school football: West hopes to grab Big Twelve 2nd place alone
A match-up of teams tied for the runner-up spot in the Big Twelve Conference highlights the Week 8 WJBC Friday Night High School Football Extravaganza. … MORE
NFCA national award named after Fischer
The National Fastpitch Coaches Association is renaming its Distinguished Service Award after the longtime coach at Illinois State. … MORE
Week 7 high school football: Bloomington, West, NCHS victorious
Normal Community remained on top of the Big Twelve Conference, Normal West solidified a playoff berth and Bloomington led wire-to-wire in Friday night’s high school football action.… MORE
Bloomington, PND highlight Week 7 Extravaganza
Week 7 of the high school football season presents a match-up of 4-2 teams driving toward possible playoff berths. … MORE
CornBelters leaving Frontier League, switching to summer collegiate circuit
The Normal CornBelters are moving from the professional baseball ranks to summer collegiate league play. … 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…