Tuesday scoreboard, Wednesday schedule

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

College Baseball–
Illinois State 7, Illinois 6 (13 inn.)
Heartland 11, South Suburban 3

High School Baseball–
Normal Community 10, Peoria 0; Normal Community 16, Peoria 6
U-High 5, Jacksonville 2
Lincoln 5, Bloomington 0
Normal West 4, Washington 3
Mahomet-Seymour 14, Central Catholic 3
Pontiac 11, Seneca 9
Clifton Central 9, Dwight 4
Olympia 9, Tremont 0

High School Softball–
Bloomington 4, Central Catholic 2
LeRoy 13, Urbana 3
Dwight 15, Clifton Central 10
Olympia 15, Eureka 0
Shelbyville 8, Clinton 7

Girls High School Soccer–
Normal West 12, Peoria 0
Peoria Notre Dame 1, Normal Community 0

Wednesday:

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

College Baseball–
North Park at Illinois Wesleyan, 4 p.m.

College Softball–
Bradley at Illinois State (DH), 3 p.m.
Illinois Wesleyan at Millikin (DH), 5 p.m.

High School Baseball–
Jacksonville at U-High, 6 p.m.

High School Softball–
Jacksonville at U-High, 4:30 p.m.
Normal West at Olympia, 4:30 p.m.
Normal Community at Metamora, 4:30 p.m.

Girls High School Soccer–
Springfield Lutheran at Central Catholic, 4:30 p.m.
U-High at St. Thomas More, 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…