Monday scoreboard, Tuesday schedule

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

Monday:

High School Softball–
Central Catholic 6, Prairie Central 3 (9 inn.)
Lexington 7, LeRoy 2
Pontiac 6, Tolono Unity 1
Eureka 4, Tri-Valley 3
Flanagan-Cornell-Woodland 13, Lowpoint-Washburn 0
Dwight 20, Gardner-South Wilmington 5
Tremont 5, Deer Creek-Mackinaw 3

High School Baseball–
Central Catholic 10, Prairie Central 0
Olympia 10, St. Thomas More 0
Eureka 4, Tri-Valley 3
Fieldcrest 11, Ridgeview 1
Tremont 13, Deer Creek-Mackinaw 1
Tolono Unity 21, Pontiac 14

Tuesday:

LIVE ON WJBC-AM 1230–
Los Angeles Dodgers at St. Louis Cardinals, 5:50 p.m.

College Baseball–
Illinois at Illinois State, 5 p.m.
South Suburban at Heartland, 4 p.m.

High School Baseball–
Normal Community at Peoria (DH), 4 p.m.
U-High at Jacksonville, 4:30 p.m.
Normal West at Washington, 4:30 p.m.
Mahomet-Seymour at Central Catholic, 5 p.m.

High School Softball–
Central Catholic at Bloomington, 4 p.m.
U-High at Jacksonville, 4:30 p.m.

Girls High School Soccer–
Decatur St. Teresa at Central Catholic, 4:30 p.m.
Peoria at Normal West, 4:30 p.m.
Jacksonville at U-High, 5 p.m.
Bloomington at Urbana, 6 p.m.
Normal Community at Peoria Notre Dame, 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…