Weekend scoreboard, schedule, broadcast links

Scoreboards are sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan

SATURDAY:

College Football:
Illinois State 27, South Dakota State 18
North Central 69, Illinois Wesleyan 14
Eureka 24, Concordia Wisconsin 0
Illinois 37, Michigan State 34

Women’s College Volleyball:
Illinois State def. Drake 25-13, 26-24, 31-29

Women’s College Basketball:
Illinois Wesleyan 78, Governors State 71

Women’s College Soccer:
College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Championship–Illinois Wesleyan 1, Augustana 0 (OT)

Men’s College Soccer:
College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Championship–North Park 2, Illinois Wesleyan 1

High School Football Second Round Playoffs:
Class 1A–Moweaqua Central A & M 69, Fisher 34
Class 2A–Fieldcrest 35, Elgin St. Edward 14; Sterling Newman Central Catholic 21, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley 6
Class 3A–Wilmington 28, Eureka 7
Class 4A–Prairie Central 28, Columbia 22; Murphysboro 28, Illinois Valley Central 14
Class 5A–Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin 27, Troy Triad 13; Rochester 42, Highland 7
Class 6A–Chatham Glenwood 38, Lemont 28
Class 7A–Chicago Phillips 20, Normal Community 0
Eight-Man–Flanagan-Cornell-Woodland 36, Pawnee 16

High School Cross Country State Finals in Peoria:
Girls Class 1A–U-High 4th, Eureka 6th; Anna Perry (Eureka) 4th, Savanah Beavers (Olympia) 8th
Boys Class 1A–Monticello 1st, El Paso-Gridley 8th, Deer Creek-Mackinaw 9th; Colby Johnson (Dee-Mack) 6th, Charlie Kistner (Olympia) 9th

SUNDAY:

Women’s College Basketball:
Marquette 58, Illinois State 41

Men’s College Basketball:
Illinois State 75, Little Rock 70
Arizona 90, Illinois 69

Women’s College Soccer:
Missouri Valley Conference Championship at Missouri State–Loyola 2, Illinois State 0

MONDAY:

LIVE ON WJBC-AM 1230:
NFL–Seattle Seahawks at San Francisco 49ers, 6:30 p.m.

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

Blogs

Labor Day – Expanding voting rights for all

By Mike Matejka Because of COVID, there is no Labor Day Parade this year.  It’s always a great event for our everyday workers to march proudly down the street and enjoys the festive crowd. If there had been a parade, this year’s Labor Day theme was to be “150 years of struggle: your right to vote.” …

Is federal mobilization the answer?

By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, recall another Illinois Governor who protested the incursion of armed federal personnel into the city.   Those federal troops, rather than calming, escalated the situation, leading to deaths and violence. Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay…

In these troubled times, to my fellow white Americans

By Mike Matejka Our nation is at a unique watershed in human relations. African-Americans have been killed too many times in the past before George Floyd, but the response to this man’s death is international and all-encompassing. I was a grade-schooler during the Civil Rights 1960s. I watched Birmingham demonstrators hosed and the Selma – Montgomery…

Workers’ Memorial Day – Remember those whose job took their life

Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University.   We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk.  Going to work every day for some people means…