Category Archives: Local Sports
Redbirds offense, defense freeze South Dakota, capture share of MVFC title
The Redbirds took down South Dakota 46-0 at a snowy Hancock Stadium. (Photo credit: Nick McClintock/WJBC) By Austin Duncan NORMAL, Ill- The Illinois State Redbird football team rushed for 390 yards an...
Nov 21, 2015
ISU football wraps up its regular season on WJBC Saturday
(Photo courtesy goredbirds.com) By WJBC staff NORMAL – Adam Studzinski kicks off sports coverage today at 10 a.m. with a live Game Day Show from Illinois State's Hancock Stadium on WJBC 1230 AM....
Nov 21, 2015
Thunder defeat Chicago Steel in overtime
By WJBC Staff CHICAGO – The Thunder scored their first overtime winner to take a 3-2 win on the road against the Chicago Steel Friday night. Jeremy Davies (Northeastern University) was the hero ...
Nov 21, 2015
NCHS, BHS win girls basketball Intercity Tournament games Friday
By Joe Ragusa NORMAL – Normal Community rallied from a 12 point deficit at halftime to defeat Central Catholic 54-50 Friday in the 37th Annual Girls Intercity Basketball Tournament at Normal Wes...
Nov 20, 2015
Intercity tournament tips off high school hoops coverage on WJBC
The Intercity Girls Basketball Tournament resumes tonight at Normal West. (Photo by slgckgc/flickr) By Eric Stock WJBC tips off its coverage of high school basketball for the 2015-16 season with two g...
Nov 20, 2015
SDSU’s balanced attack downs Redbirds
Dan Muller’s Redbirds fell to 1-2 on the 2015-16 season with a home loss to South Dakota State (goredbirds.com) By ISU Sports Information NORMAL, Ill. - Five players scored in double figu...
Nov 19, 2015
Illinois State opens Cancun Challenge tonight
The Illinois State men play South Dakota State at Redbird Arena tonight. (Photo by B Corbin/WJBC)By WJBC StaffIllinois State continues its three-game homestand by hosting Summit League preseason favor...
Nov 19, 2015
7 Titans named all-CCIW football
IWU’s Maurice Shoemaker-Gilmore ranked ninth in the CCIW in total offense in 2015. (Photo courtesy iwusports.com) By WJBC Staff BLOOMINGTON – The Illinois Wesleyan football team landed fiv...
Nov 19, 2015
Freshmen lead ISU to victory over Murray State in home opener
Colleene Smith scored six points in ISU’s win over Murray State on Wednesday. (Photo courtesy GoRedbirds.com) NORMAL - The Illinois State women's basketball team earned its first victory of the ...
Nov 18, 2015
Lefty’s Corner: ISU looks to clinch share of Valley title
(Photo courtesy goredbirds.com) By Bryan Bloodworth NORMAL - Illinois State's football team has an opportunity to go where no other team has gone in the program's 120-year history with a victory over ...
Nov 18, 2015
