Thursday scoreboard, Friday schedule

Posted on September 5, 2019

Scoreboards are sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan

THURSDAY:

LIVE ON WJBC-AM 1230:
Brock Spack Show, 6 p.m.
National Football League–Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears, 7 p.m.

Girls High School Volleyball:
Normal West def. Dunlap 28-26, 25-16
Chatham Glenwood over Bloomington 25-22, 20-25, 25-22
U-High at Morton

Boys High School Soccer:
Normal West 3, Bloomington 0
U-High 12, Central Catholic 0

FRIDAY:

LIVE ON WJBC-AM 1230 & WJBC.com (click here to listen):
WJBC Friday Night High School Football Extravaganza (featuring Normal Community at Normal West with reports from Rochester at U-High, Prairie Central at Central Catholic, LeRoy at Ridgeview-Lexington and El Paso-Gridley at Deer Creek-Mackinaw), 6:05 p.m.
LIVE ON WJEZ-FM 98.9 & WJEZ.com (click here to listen):
High School Football–Prairie Central at Central Catholic, 6:50 p.m.

High School Football:
Normal Community at Normal West, 7 p.m.
Rochester at U-High, 7 p.m.
Prairie Central at Central Catholic, 7 p.m.

Girls High School Volleyball:
U-High, Bloomington at Edwardsville Invitational
Normal West at Lyons Twp. Quad

Women’s College Volleyball:
Illinois State at Oral Roberts Tournament–vs. Little Rock, 10 a.m.; at Oral Roberts, 7:30 p.m.
Holiday Inn Express Classic I at Shirk Center–Illinois Wesleyan vs. Sewanee, 7 p.m.

Women’s College Soccer:
Calvin at Illinois Wesleyan, 4 p.m.

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

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