Thursday scoreboard, Friday schedule

Posted on September 12, 2019

Scoreboards are sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan

THURSDAY:

Boys High School Soccer:
Metamora 5, Central Catholic 0
Champaign Central 4, Normal West 1
Cornerstone Christian 2, Decatur St. Teresa 1

Girls High School Volleyball:
Normal West def. Peoria Manual 2-0
Normal Community at Peoria Richwoods
Champaign Centennial def. Bloomington 2-1

FRIDAY:

LIVE ON WJBC-AM 1230:
WJBC Friday Night High School Football Extravaganza (featuring Central Catholic at St. Joseph-Ogden with reports from Normal Community at Urbana, Danville at Normal West, U-High at Decatur MacArthur and Bloomington at Peoria Manual), 6:05 p.m.

High School Football:
Central Catholic at St. Joseph-Ogden, 7 p.m.
Danville at Normal West, 7 p.m.
Normal Community at Urbana, 7 p.m.
U-High at Decatur MacArthur, 7 p.m.
Bloomington at Peoria Manual, 7 p.m.

Women’s College Volleyball:
Illinois at Illinois State, 7 p.m.

Girls High School Volleyball:
Normal West at Lincoln Invitational
Normal Community at Lyons Township Quad–vs. Trinity, 5 p.m.; vs. Bolingbrook, 6 p.m.
Bloomington, U-High at Effingham Crossroads Classic

Boys High School Soccer:
Central Catholic at Hoopeston Area, 4 p.m.

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

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