NORMAL Ill.- The Normal Community Ironmen are set to host the IHSA 3A Cross Country Regional Championships this Saturday at Maxwell Park. The girls will kick off the action at 10:30 a.m. with the boys to follow at 11:30 a.m. The course is open to spectators and the event is free of charge. The Ironmen are the lone representative from the Bloomington-Normal area in the 11-team field. The pool for the regional […]
NORMAL, Ill.- The Illinois State soccer team (4-10-2 overall, 2-3-2 MVC) are on the road for their final regular-season matchup on Friday, October 22 as they head to Indiana State. The last time out for the Sycamores they took care of business at home as they defeated Missouri State 3 to 1. The Bears outshot Indiana State 15 to 7 overall as well as 8 to 3 shots on goal. […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State men’s basketball head coach Dan Muller made defense a major point of emphasis this offseason. Opponents scored an average of 72.8 points per game against the Redbirds just a year ago, the most allowed by any team in the Missouri Valley Conference. To make matters worse, the Redbirds lost their leading scorer as point guard DJ Horne (15.1 ppg) elected to […]
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Photo Courtesy of Illinois State University Business Department NORMAL, Ill. -- Illinois State University’s Business Week will feature an event quite unlike any they have hosted before. Business Week will be hosting “Movie Talk,” an occasion based around the hopes of sparking discussion about how sit-coms have helped individuals over the years to traverse the fluid cultural landscape in America. The event is centered on the CNN docuseries History of […]
Illinois News Broadcasters Association held an event in which they named Bloomington-Normal native and U.S. Representative Adam Kinzinger as Illiniosan of the Year. The event primarily consisted of Kinzinger talking about his experience during the January 6 insurrection. During the event, Kinzinger touched on certain topics that occurred during the summer of 2020. He brought up the importance of local news during the arise of fake news. “It connects people […]
Photo Courtesy From goredbirds.com PEORIA, Ill. - The Illinois State volleyball team played their third match in four days as they traveled to Peoria to take on their I-74 rival, the Bradley Braves. “I think there’s always a team that you have a matchup challenge against, and for me it’s been Bradley.” ISU head coach Leah Johnson said. “Part of it was understanding what the rivalry did for them, and […]
Photo Courtesy of @Redbird_Soccer NORMAL, Ill.- The Illinois State Athletics Percy Family Hall of Fame enshrined its 49th class inside the Brown Ballroom at the Bone Student Center on Saturday, October 16. Among those inducted was former Redbirds soccer player Rachel Tejada who was a part of the program from 2011 to 2014 and helped the Redbirds win four-consecutive Missouri Valley Conference Tournament championships and four NCAA Tournament appearances. Tejada […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL Ill.- After coming off a crushing 3-1 victory over the number one seed Loyola Ramblers on Friday, the Redbirds were tasked with another tough opponent the next day. The Redbirds got off to a good start winning the first set 25-19. The second and third sets were different stories, however. The Beacons got the one-up on ISU offensively as the Birds made many errors. Combining […]
