Category Archives: Local Sports

Sports On Air
The Bloomington Thunder play at Dubuque tonight in Game 5 of the Clark Cup Eastern Conference Finals. (Photo courtesy Bloomington Thunder) Photo courtesy Bloomington Thunder)WJBC 1230 AM:6:00 p.m. ...
Syndicated Author May 10, 2016

Chiefs win rain-shortened game at Beloit
(WJBC file photo)By WJBC StaffBELOIT, Wisc. – The Peoria Chiefs scored early and often Monday night to beat the Beloit Snappers 8-1 in a rain-shortened game on the road. With the win, their four...
Syndicated Author May 10, 2016

Redbird baseball scores walk-off win over Bradley
By ISU Sports InformationNORMAL, Ill. - Owen Miller had to avoid not one, but two tag attempts at the plate to score the game-winning run in Illinois State's 4-3 walk-off win over visiting Bradley Sun...
Syndicated Author May 08, 2016

Illinois State finalizes roster, juco wing Clayton
Derrick Clayton finalizes the Redbirds roster for the 2016-17 season. (Photo credit: Palm Beach State Athletics.)By Austin DuncanNORMAL – The Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball program has...
Syndicated Author May 08, 2016

Redbird softball falls in regular season finale at UNI
Redbird softball finishes its regular season with a loss to Northern Iowa. (Photo courtesy Goredbirds.com)By ISU Sports InformationCEDAR FALLS, Iowa - Shannon Felde drove in the tying run in the top o...
Syndicated Author May 08, 2016

Thunder even conference final series
BLOOMINGTON- The Bloomington Thunder are attempting to rewrite a fairytale. Brogan Rafferty (Quinnipiac University) was the hero in a 3-2 overtime win over the Dubuque Fighting Saints in Game 4. For t...
Syndicated Author May 08, 2016

Chiefs dominate Dayton Saturday
By WJBC Staff PEORIA- The Peoria Chiefs completed a three-game sweep of the Dayton Dragons with a 7-1 win Saturday night. The win moves the Chiefs to 13-16 on the season and concludes a 4-2 homestand ...
Syndicated Author May 08, 2016

ISU falls to Bradley
NORMAL- Bradley broke a 3-3 tie with two runs in the top of the eighth inning to send the Illinois State baseball team to its second loss in as many days Saturday at Duffy Bass Field. The Braves score...
Syndicated Author May 08, 2016

Illinois State splits with Northern Iowa
CEDAR FALLS- The Illinois State softball team clinched a spot in next week's Missouri Valley Conference Tournament in Carbondale, Illinois, as the Redbirds split with Northern Iowa in conference actio...
Syndicated Author May 08, 2016

Sports On Air
Busch Stadium will be the site of the Cardinals-Pirates game today. (WJBC photo/Eric Stock) WJBC 1230 AM 12:20 p.m. – Baseball – Pittsburgh at Cardinals wjbc.com Noon - Softball - Illinois...
Syndicated Author May 08, 2016