Thursday scoreboard, Friday schedule

Scoreboards are sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan

THURSDAY:

Women’s College Soccer:
Ball State 1, Illinois State 0

Boys High School Soccer:
U-High 2, Morton 1
Washington at Bloomington, 6 p.m.
Dunlap 6, Normal Community 2

Girls High School Volleyball:
U-High at Pontiac, 7 p.m.
Bloomington def. Washington 25-21, 25-21
Tri-Valley def. LeRoy 25-12, 25-15
Olympia def. Eureka 25-13, 20-25, 25-21
Flanagan-Cornell def. Clinton 26-24, 25-23
Lexington def. Roanoke-Benson 19-25, 25-14, 25-20

FRIDAY:

LIVE ON WJBC-AM 1230:
Friday Night High School Football Extravaganza, 6:05 p.m.
(featuring Danville at Bloomington, updates every quarter hour, postgame until 11 p.m.-click here to listen)

High School Football:
Danville at Bloomington, 7 p.m.
Central Catholic at Pontiac, 7 p.m. (LIVE WJEZ 98.9 & WJEZ.com–click here to listen)
Richwoods at Normal Community, 7 p.m.
U-High at Sacred Heart-Griffin, 7 p.m.

High School Volleyball:
Normal Community at Lyons Township Tournament–vs. New Trier, 5 p.m.; vs. Walter Payton College Prep, 6:15 p.m.
Central Catholic at Plainfield Central, 6 p.m.

Women’s College Volleyball:
Illinois State at North Texas Invitational–vs. North Texas, 9:30 a.m.; vs. Tulsa, 4:30 p.m.
Illinois Wesleyan at Ohio Northern, 1 p.m.

Sports Director Greg Halbleib can be reached at [email protected]

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