Category Archives: Local Sports
CCHS coach welcomes potential Corn Belt, Okaw Valley merger
CCHS football coach Mike Moews said the Okaw Valley would bring strong competition. (Eric Stock/WJBC) By Adam Studzinski BLOOMINGTON – A new proposal would mean the Corn Belt and Okaw Valley bec...
Feb 20, 2016
Slow start limits Redbirds in loss at Loyola
Katrina Beck was the lone Redbird to get off to a good start in the game and led ISU with 13 points, thanks to a 3-for-6 effort from three-point range. (goredbirds.com)By ISU Sports InformationCHICAGO...
Feb 19, 2016
Redbirds fall to Belmont in season opener
Redbird baseball begins its 2016 campaign with a loss to Belmont.By ISU Sports InformationNASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Illinois State baseball team came up two runs short in its season opener against Belmon...
Feb 19, 2016
Redbirds split pair of games at Littlewood Classic
The Redbirds went 1-1 in the first day of the Littlewood Classic. (goredbirds.com)By ISU Sports InformationTEMPE, Ariz. - Offense was plentiful at the opening day of the Littlewood Classic as the Illi...
Feb 19, 2016
Peoria Notre Dame football coach Walters recommended for BHS job
Joe Walters is being recommended by Bloomington High School’s principal and athletic director to become the school’s next head football coach. (Photo courtesy Peoria Notre Dame)By Joe Ragu...
Feb 19, 2016
Illinois State hires Netisingha as assistant volleyball coach
By ISU Sports Information NORMAL- Illinois State head volleyball coach Melissa Myers has named Peter Netisingha an assistant volleyball coach, Myers announced Friday. Netisingha, a native of the Chica...
Feb 19, 2016
Redbird baseball opener, softball, women’s hoops on WJBC
Illinois State is picked to finish 6th in the Missouri Valley Conference in baseball this season. (Photo courtesy GoRedbirds.com) By WJBC Staff The Illinois State women’s basketball team looks t...
Feb 19, 2016
Redbirds chop Trees, take down Indiana State
Tony Wills (12) had five assists and three steals in the Redbirds win over Indiana State. (Photo credit: Nick McClintock/WJBC) By Austin Duncan NORMAL, Ill- The Illinois State Redbirds men's basketbal...
Feb 17, 2016
Redbirds seek to avenge loss to Sycamores on WJBC tonight
The Illinois State men’s basketball team plays Indiana State at Redbird Arena tonight. (Photo by B Corbin/WJBC)By WJBC StaffWinners of four-straight games and a league-best seven of their last e...
Feb 17, 2016
Blackhawks Night brings NHL to Bloomington
Jamal Mayers of the Chicago Blackhawks is scheduled to appear at U.S. Cellular Coliseum on the Bloomington Thunder’s Blackhawks Night on March 4. (Photo courtesy Bloomington Thunder)By WJBC Staf...
Feb 17, 2016
