Monday scoreboard, Tuesday schedule

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

High School Softball–
Normal West 2, Phenix City Central (AL) 0 (Normal West coach April Schermann records 400th career win)
Normal West 5, Oak Mountain (AL) 0
Central Catholic 11, Saks (AL) 1
Central Catholic 12, Andrean (IN) 0
Olympia 15, Pontiac 0
Prairie Central 6, Dwight 5
Tremont 11, Deer Creek-Mackinaw 1
Lincoln 11, Morton 10

High School Baseball–
Normal Community 10, Rogers (AL) 0
Normal Community 14, Lexington (AL) 0
Normal West 9, Spanish Fort (AL) 4
Revere 10, Central Catholic 2
Bloomington 13, Belle Plaine 10
Herscher 8, Dwight 6
Pontiac 15, El Paso-Gridley 4
Coal City 9, Prairie Central 3

Girls High School Soccer–
Normal West 1, U-High 1

College Softball–
Illinois Wesleyan 8, Monmouth 0; Illinois Wesleyan 4, Monmouth 1

College Baseball–
Heartland 10, Danville Area 1; Danville Area 3, Heartland 2

Women’s College Basketball–
NCAA Second Round at Ames, Ia.–Missouri State 69, Iowa State 60 (11th-seeded Bears advance to Sweet 16 Sat. in Chicago)

Tuesday:

College Baseball–
Milwaukee at Illinois State, 5 p.m.

High School Softball–
Central Catholic at Southern Warrior Classic, Murfreesboro, TN
Normal West at Gulf Coast Classic, Gulf Shores, AL
Chatham Glenwood at U-High, 4:30 p.m.

High School Baseball–
Normal Community, Normal West in Alabama
U-High at Chatham Glenwood, 4:30 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…