NORMAL, Ill- Illinois State Soccer got a win Thursday evening at home against IU-Indy and had a tough loss against Loyola-Chicago Sunday afternoon. The Redbirds three game winning streak came to an end in a close matchup on Sunday. The Redbirds looked to continue their streak on Thursday night and that is exactly what they did, getting a 2-0 win over the Jaguars of IU-Indy. ISU got their first goal […]
Image courtesy of the City of Bloomington NORMAL, Ill.- The Bloomington Ice Center held its annual Return to the Rink event on Saturday. The event featured a free skate, club demonstrations, and interactive games. Throughout the year, the ice arena offers classes for all ages and skill levels and also hosts ISU men’s and women’s hockey games. “This time of year, even though the temperatures dropped a little bit in […]
NORMAL, Ill. -Redbird Men's and Women's Tennis Fall schedules have been released, as the Men are hosting one tournament on campus, and the Women are looking forward to two. Illinois State Men's Tennis will start out their season on the road, as they head to Northern Illinois to play in the River Forest Collegiate Tennis Invitational on September 12th and 13th. They will then head back home to host the […]
NORMAL, Ill. - The Redbirds bounced back from their week one loss to Oklahoma by an impressive home opener win against Morehead State, beating the Eagles 41-13. Quarterback Tommy Rittenhouse would sit out the first 25 minutes of the game leaving freshman Quarterback Beckham Pellant to start, going 4 for 9 for 61 with one touchdowns. Rittenhouse would enter the game late in the second quarter with Redbirds leading 10-6 […]
NORMAL, Ill. - After week two of the high school football season, three Bloomington/Normal teams are still unbeaten. Normal Community defeated Normal West in the Chili Bowl. The Ironmen beat the Wildcats by a final score of 35 to 22. Normal Community now improves to 2 and 0 on the young season. Next Friday night, they head to Urbana to face the Urbana Tigers at 7 p.m. Normal West gets […]
On this weeks Flashback Nora, Cami and Niyah brought you tunes from the iconic lip sync battles of Rupaul's Drag Race! In the playlist this week they had tunes from Madonna, The weather Girls, The B-52s, and Whitney Houston! You can listen to the playlist on Spotify right now! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/05x9gC27e4fidZ2aHgtIQW?si=0772ecfa9ca84d92
Image courtesy of the City of Bloomington BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - Bloomington just hosted its second “Grab A Cone” event to promote community enhancement. Along with free snow cones from Kona Ice and bounce houses, several Community Enhancement Inspectors were on hand to discuss safety. “We have always been reactive, and now we’re going to be proactive,” said Linda Webner, Director of Community Enhancement. “In order to do that, we need […]
Image courtesy of Illinois State University NORMAL, Ill. - The Children's Discovery Museum named Katie Keller as the new Director of Education on Tuesday. Beth Whisman, Executive Director of Cultural Arts, talked about Keller’s previous experience, new ideas she brings to the museum and what this means for the town of Normal. “Her experience in the informal education world is through national parks. She's had 15 years of experience as […]
NORMAL, Ill.- Led by strong final-round performances from TJ Barger and Max Faucquez, the Illinois State men’s golf team landed themselves an eight-place at the Island Resort Intercollegiate this past weekend. The Redbirds closed with a team score of 845, tied for ninth-best in program history. Their final round score of 276 matched the sixth-best single round in program history. Head coach Ray Kralis said he was pleased with how […]
NORMAL, Ill. – Coming off a Week 1 loss against a highly touted and nationally ranked (FBS) Oklahoma squad, the Redbirds are happy to be back home and fully healthy. Illinois State Football is looking to bounce back from a 35-3 loss to the 18th ranked Oklahoma Sooners, but Coach Brock Spack is happy to be coming back to Hancock Stadium. “I love playing at Hancock” said Coach Spack, “our […]
