Category Archives: Local Sports
ISU baseball splits doubleheader at Evansville
ISU’s Jake Landwehr. (Photo courtesy GoRedbirds.com)By ISU Sports InformationEVANSVILLE – The Illinois State baseball team earned a shutout win in the opener before Evansville rallied back...
Apr 30, 2016
Thunder drop game 1 of conference finals
(Photo courtesy Bloomington Thunder)By WJBC StaffDUBUQUE – The Bloomington Thunder have been in this situation before. In Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final, the Thunder fell to the Dubuque ...
Apr 30, 2016
Redbird softball splits doubleheader with Drake
Sarah Finck (goredbirds.com)By ISU Sports Information.NORMAL, Ill. - Regan Romshek earned a four-hit shutout victory in game one, but the Illinois State softball team fell in the nightcap Friday night...
Apr 29, 2016
Chiefs fall to Captains
By Peoria Chiefs InformationEastlake, OH - The Peoria Chiefs rallied to tie the game in the eighth inning but ultimately fell to the Lake County Captains 3-2 on Friday night. The loss drops the Chiefs...
Apr 29, 2016
Chiefs slam Fort Wayne to avoid sweep
(WJBC file photo)By WJBC StaffFORD WAYNE, Ind. – A day after being shutout 1-0, the Peoria Chiefs slammed out a season-high 18 hits and beat the Fort Wayne TinCaps 11-1 Thursday night. The Chief...
Apr 29, 2016
Chiefs shut out at Fort Wayne
By WJBC StaffFORT WAYNE, Ind. – The Peoria Chiefs couldn't get the offense going Wednesday afternoon in a 1-0 road loss to the Fort Wayne TinCaps. The loss, their fourth in a row, drops the Chie...
Apr 27, 2016
Coprich hopes to hear name called in NFL Draft
Illinois State’s Marshaun Coprich is projected to be a third-to-sixth round selection in the NFL Draft this week. (Photo courtesy goredbirds.com)By Bryan BloodworthNORMAL – It doesn't matt...
Apr 27, 2016
Redbird softball sweeps doubleheader at Loyola
By Illinois State AthleticsCHICAGO - The Illinois State Redbirds racked up 12 runs across two games as they swept a doubleheader at Loyola Saturday in Chicago. ISU won game one, 6-2, and game two, 6-0...
Apr 24, 2016
Chiefs lose matinee to Timber Rattlers
By Nathan BalivaPEORIA – The Peoria Chiefs lost 2-1 to the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers in game three of the four game series Saturday afternoon. The loss snaps a two-game win streak and puts the C...
Apr 24, 2016
Redbirds shine in Spring Showcase
The Illinois State Spring Showcase took place Saturday at Hancock Stadium. (Photo Credit: Nick McClintock/WJBC)By Austin DuncanNORMAL-The annual Spring Showcase for Illinois State, which took place Sa...
Apr 23, 2016
