Weekend scoreboard: Redbird women clinch 4th seed in MVC tournament

Posted on March 9, 2019

Weekend scoreboard is sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan

Saturday’s scores:

Men’s College Basketball–
Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Semifinals at St. Louis–
Bradley 53, Loyola 51
Northern Iowa 60, Drake 58
Arch Madness Updates sponsored by:
Parkway Auto Laundry
Bratcher Heating & Air
Synergy Home Care
Denny’s Doughnuts and Bakery

College Softball–
FAU-FIU Invitational–
LIU Brooklyn 5, Illinois State 3
Notre Dame 5, Illinois State 1

College Baseball–
Russmatt Central Florida Invitational–
Illinois Wesleyan 12, New Jersey City University 11

Boys High School Basketball–
Class 2A Third Place at Peoria–Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley 75, Chicago Corliss 66 (OT)

United States Hockey League–
Central Illinois Flying Aces 4, Muskegon Lumberjacks 0

Sunday’s scores:

Men’s College Basketball–
Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Championship at St. Louis–Bradley 57, Northern Iowa 54
Penn State 72, Illinois 56

College Baseball–
Vanderbilt 9, Illinois State 1; Illinois State 7, Vanderbilt 3
Russmatt Central Florida Invitational–Saint Joseph’s College of Maine 9, Illinois Wesleyan 7

College Softball–
FAU-FIU Invitational–Illinois State 6, Florida Atlantic 2; Purdue 8, Illinois State 0

Monday’s schedule:

College Baseball–
Russmatt Central Florida Invitational–Illinois Wesleyan vs. U-Mass Dartmouth, 4:15 p.m.

LIVE ON WJBC-AM 1230 & WJBC.com–Kristen Gillespie Show at Hy-Vee Market Grille, 6 p.m.

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…