Central Catholic High School’s football team won the final Corn Belt Conference championship, while Normal West and Bloomington kept their playoff hopes alive Friday night.… MORE
Category Archives: WJBC Top Sports
Lefty’s Corner: Grind continues for ISU gridders
Find a way could be the theme for Illinois State’s football team these days.… MORE
Final Corn Belt football title on line in Week 8
The final Corn Belt Conference title will be decided in the highlight of Week 8 of the WJBC Friday Night High School Football Extravaganza.… MORE
Central Catholic promotes assistant to head softball coach
A former assistant for Central Catholic High School softball is the program’s new head coach.… MORE
Lefty’s Corner: ISU volleyball facing tough opponents
Illinois State’s volleyball team concludes its first half of Missouri Valley Conference play this weekend when it entertains Missouri State and league-leader Wichita State.… MORE
Redbirds score pair of goals a minute apart to beat Loyola
A flurry of action near the end of the first half of play told the story, as Illinois State (8-5-2, 2-0-1 MVC) answered a Loyola (4-8-2, 2-1-0 MVC) goal with back-to-back scores of its own just a minute separated to give the Redbirds a 2-1 win at the Loyola Soccer Park Wednesday night.… MORE
Illinois Wesleyan football renews CCIW rivalry after 25-year hiatus
Illinois Wesleyan football coach Norm Eash recalls the last time the Titans played Carroll University (then known as Carroll College) in 1991.… MORE
Thunder feel the Steel in Saturday’s Game
Bloomington scored the first goal of the game, but the Chicago Steel scored back-to-back power-play goals in the first period to top the Thunder, 3-1… MORE
ISU volleyball falls to SIU in battle of first-place teams
In a battle of teams tied for the Missouri Valley Conference lead, the Illinois State volleyball team fell to host Southern Illinois Saturday night in four sets at Davies Gym.… MORE
Penguins score 17 in 4th to defeat Redbirds
The Illinois State football team suffered its fourth-straight loss in a defensive battle with Youngstown State, as the Penguins defeated the Redbirds, 20-6.… 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…