Saturday scoreboard, Sunday schedule

Saturday’s scoreboard is sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan

Boys High School Basketball–
Hazelwood Central 74, Bloomington 73
U-High 54, Chatham Glenwood 39
Cissna Park 73, Central Catholic 64
Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley 73, St. Thomas More 62 (OT)

Women’s College Basketballl–
Illinois Wesleyan 83, Elmhurst 62

Men’s College Basketball–
Illinois 99, Rutgers 94
Illinois Wesleyan 79, Elmhurst 76

College Softball–
Arizona 9, Illinois State 1

United States Hockey League–
Muskegon Lumberjacks 5, Central Illinois Flying Aces 2

Sunday’s schedule:

Women’s College Basketball–
Indiana State at Illinois State, 2 p.m. (LIVE WJBC-AM 1230 & WJBC.com 1:50)

Men’s College Basketball–
Illinois State at Missouri State, 3 p.m. (LIVE 93.7 Nash Icon & 937nashicon.com 2 p.m., joined in progress WJBC-AM 1230 & WJBC.com)

College Softball–
Illinois State vs. Michigan, 8 a.m. (USF Opening Weekend Invitational)

 

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…