Illinois Wesleyan football coach Norm Eash said the team’s goals are still intact after suffering its first loss of the season to North Central on Saturday.… MORE
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Illinois Wesleyan can’t overcome downpour, North Central
Mother Nature did something no defense has been able to do all season – slow down Illinois Wesleyan’s offense.… MORE
Illinois Wesleyan football psyched for ‘championship-type’ game
Even as Illinois Wesleyan kept a steely focus in dispatching on each of the first seven opponents during the 2015 football season, the Titans couldn’t help but direct at an occasional eye toward its week eight contest.… MORE
Illinois Wesleyan hoops picked 3rd in CCIW; Titan women 5th
The Illinois Wesleyan men’s basketball team was picked to finish third and the Titan women fifth in the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin preseason coaches’ polls announced Wednesday.… MORE
IWU’s Checchin named CCIW Offensive Player of Week
Illinois Wesleyan senior wide receiver Artie Checchin was named the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin Offensive Player of the Week for football on Monday.
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Late surge lifts Illinois Wesleyan to win at Elmhurst
By Eric Stock ELMHURST – No. 15-ranked Illinois Wesleyan took advantage of the wind at its back to score 21 unanswered points in the fourth quarter for a 49-28 win over Elmhurst at Langhorst Field. Artie Checchin put IWU on top in the fourth period on a reverse handoff from Anfrenee Roberts to race 13…… MORE
Illinois Wesleyan ranked No. 24 in preseason hoops poll
The Illinois Wesleyan men’s basketball team is picked No. 24 in the preseason rankings done by D3hoops.com and announced on Thursday.… MORE
Undefeated IWU football seeks ‘redemption’ at Elmhurst
It would be logical for you to assume Illinois Wesleyan football coach Norm Eash would be in a good mood as his team is off to a 6-0 start.… MORE
Illinois Wesleyan’s Garvey named CCIW Defense Player of Week
Illinois Wesleyan junior linebacker Sean Garvey was named the Defensive Player of the Week for football in the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin Football on Monday.… MORE
IWU contains Frasco, Vikings in road win
Maurice Shoemaker-Gilmore scored on two long touchdowns in an otherwise defensive slugfest as the Titans defeated Augustana, 21-7, at Lindberg Stadium.… MORE
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…