Image Courtesy of Redbird Athletics NORMAL, Ill. -Illinois State football headed into a Week 9 matchup with #21 South Dakota, coming off a tough loss on homecoming against Youngstown State. Following the loss Coach Brock Spack said, “Just have to get back to work and get better every day.” The Redbirds were able to do that, taking down South Dakota on the road with a final score of 21-13. The […]
Image Courtesy of University High School Athletics NORMAL, Ill. - The regular season is over with and the first round of playoffs kicks off this coming week. Bloomington Central Catholic remained perfect throughout the regular season, winning 41-0 against Prairie Central. The Saints' record is 9-0, and they got a spot in the 3A playoffs. Central Catholic will host Princeton at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 1st. Normal West was […]
IMAGE COURTESY OF REDBIRD ATHLETICS NORMAL, Ill. – Despite a strong effort from Illinois State, the visiting Drake Bulldogs came out on top Friday night in straight sets (25-15, 25-22, 25-22). Drake set the tone early, jumping ahead in the opening frame and never looking back. The second set turned into a battle with 11 ties and four lead changes, before the Bulldogs closed it out late. ISU opened the […]
Image courtesy of Bloomington High School Athletics NORMAL, Ill.- The final week of the IHSA regular season is upon us. The playoff eligible teams in Bloomington/Normal are ready to roll. Starting off with Bloomington Central Catholic, the last undefeated team remaining in the area. The Saints have had a dominant season, displaying what a well-rounded team should look like. Their least amount of points they have scored this season is […]
Image courtesy of Illinois State Football NORMAL, Ill. – The Illinois State Redbirds will look to avenge one top 25 matchup loss with this week’s matchup against number 21-ranked South Dakota. Number 18th-ranked Illinois state travels into the Dakota Dome in Vermillion, South Dakota, looking to crawl their way back into a playoff position. Their most recent 40-35 loss to Youngstown State on homecoming left much to be desired for […]
IMAGE COURTESY OF BLOOMINGTON BISON MEDIA TEAM NORMAL, Ill. — In front of a record crowd of over 4,700 fans at Grossinger Motors Arena, the Bison's season opener ended in heartbreaking fashion after multiple comeback efforts throughout the night. The visiting Iowa Heartlanders came out strong, striking early with a power-play goal to open the scoring in the first period. But the Bison responded just 20 seconds later, as Kyle […]
IMAGE COURTESY OF GOREDBIRDS NORMAL, Ill. -Redbird men's and women's tennis both competed in Intercollegiate Tennis Association Midwest Regional Tournaments this weekend. The men's matches being hosted by DePaul University, and the women's by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Day one in Chicago consisted of the singles qualifying round of 64, the singles qualifying round of 32, and the singles consolation round of 32. In the singles qualifying round of […]
Image courtesy of JW Photography NORMAL, Ill. -Week 8 of IHSA football in Bloomington/Normal was an old fashioned shootout. Normal Community had another very impressive performance against Centennial this week, winning 56-6. This improves the Ironmen's record to 7-1 and still undefeated in conference play. This Friday the Ironmen go on the road to take on Peoria in the last game of the regular season at 7 p.m. Bloomington fell […]
Image Courtesy of Jacob Wright NORMAL, Ill. – The Illinois State men’s golf team is once again in position to contend for a tournament title, sitting second after the opening day of the Flyer Invitational at NCR Country Club. The Redbirds posted a two-round team total of 575 and trail Butler by four strokes heading into Tuesday’s final round.Senior TJ Barger led the way for ISU with rounds of 73 […]
