Thursday scoreboard, Friday schedule

Scoreboards are sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan

THURSDAY:

Boys High School Soccer:
Springfield 3, U-High 0
Central Catholic 2, Urbana Uni-High 2
Normal Community 9, Peoria Manual 0
Normal West 0, Urbana 0

Girls High School Volleyball:
Normal West def. Chatham Glenwood 25-15, 25-23
U-High def. Champaign Centennial 25-16, 25-19
Monticello def. Central Catholic 25-22, 25-9
Illinois Valley Central def. Prairie Central 25-13, 25-9
Watseka def. Dwight 25-16, 25-13

FRIDAY:

LIVE ON WJBC-AM 1230 & WJBC.com:
WJBC Friday Night High School Football Extravaganza, featuring Normal Community at Danville with live reports from Central Catholic at Rantoul, Manual at Normal West and Chatham Glenwood at U-High, 6:10 p.m. (click here to listen)

High School Football (click here for the full Week 7 schedule and preview): 
Normal Community at Danville, 7 p.m.
Central Catholic at Rantoul, 7 p.m.
Peoria Manual at Normal West, 7 p.m.
Chatham Glenwood at U-High, 7 p.m.
Dwight at Iroquois West, 7 p.m.
Pontiac at Monticello, 7 p.m.
Prairie Central at Olympia, 7 p.m. (LIVE WJEZ-FM 98.9 & WJEZ.com–click here to listen)

Women’s College Volleyball:
Illinois State at Drake, 6 p.m.
Illinois Wesleyan at UW-Whitewater Dig Panici Tournament–vs. UW-LaCrosse, 3:30 p.m.; vs. UW-Stevens Point, 6:30 p.m.

Girls High School Volleyball:
Bloomington, Normal Community at St. Charles East Mizuno Cup

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

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