Tuesday scoreboard, Wednesday schedule

Posted on October 8, 2019

Scoreboards are sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan

TUESDAY:

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

Boys High School Soccer:
U-High 3, Chatham Glenwood 0
Central Catholic 6, Rantoul 1
Normal West 3, Champaign Centennial 2
Urbana at Normal Community
Danville at Bloomington

Girls High School Volleyball:
Normal Community def. Normal West 25-21, 25-16
Bloomington def. Peoria Manual 25-6, 25-6
U-High at Chatham Glenwood
Olympia def. Central Catholic 25-19, 25-16

WEDNESDAY:

LIVE ON WJBC-AM 1230:
MLB–National League Division Series Game 5, St. Louis Cardinals at Atlanta Braves, 3:07 p.m.

Women’s College Volleyball:
North Central at Illinois Wesleyan, 7 p.m.

Women’s College Soccer:
Kaskaskia at Heartland, 4 p.m.
North Central at Illinois Wesleyan, 7 p.m.

Men’s College Soccer:
Carl Sandburg at Heartland, 2 p.m.
Illinois Wesleyan at North Central, 7:30 p.m.

Boys High School Soccer:
Normal West at Pekin, 4:15 p.m.
Champaign Central at Bloomington, 6 p.m.

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

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