A valiant effort for the Illinois Wesleyan Titans fell short Friday night, as the number one ranked Augustana Vikings took down the Titans, 83-74, in overtime, at the CCIW Tournament Semi-Final.… MORE
Category Archives: WJBC Top Sports
Redbird baseball drops series opener to No. 9 Oregon
Daniel Dwyer tied the game with an inside-the-park home run in the top of the seventh inning, but No. 9 Oregon pushed back ahead with three runs in the bottom half of the inning as the host Ducks scored an 8-5 win over the visiting Redbirds Thursday night at PK Park.… MORE
Salukis hand Redbirds fifth-straight loss
Southern Illinois picked up its fifth consecutive win as Illinois State dropped its fifth straight as the Salukis handed the Redbirds a 68-55 loss at Redbird Arena.… MORE
Redbird defense cages Salukis
The Illinois State Redbirds men’s basketball team’s defense proved tough again, holding Southern Illinois to just 31 percent from the field en route to a 73-50 victory over the Saluki’s at Redbird Arena in front of a crowd of 6,052.… MORE
Lefty’s Corner: Lot at stake on Senior Night
Illinois State’s basketball team pretty much controls its own destiny regarding the upcoming Missouri Valley Conference Tournament.… MORE
Illinois Wesleyan’s Seibring named second team All-CCIW
Illinois Wesleyan junior Trevor Seibring is the lone Titan representative on the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin men’s basketball all-star squads, earning second team honors in voting by league coaches on Monday.… MORE
Walters wants to build ‘brotherhood’ in BHS football
New Bloomington High School football coach Joe Walters has kept a close eye on the Purple Raiders program.… MORE
Central Catholic plays in Super-Sectional on WJBC tonight
Central Catholic’s girls basketball team is seeking its fourth trip to the state finals in seven years.… MORE
Freshman Griffin leaves Illinois State men’s basketball program
Freshman forward Roland Griffin has left the Illinois State men’s basketball program due to medical reasons, effective immediately, as announced by ISU men’s basketball head coach Dan Muller.… MORE
Tough shooting day downs the Redbirds in defeat at Bradley
Baskets were hard to come by Sunday afternoon between Illinois State and Bradley, with the two teams combining for just 25 made field goals. The Braves (8-18, 4-11 MVC) controlled the game after the first quarter and never looked back, holding the Redbirds (6-19, 4-10 MVC) to just eight baskets in a 52-38 loss at the Renaissance Cente… 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…