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Image Courtesy of Normal Community Athletics Normal, Ill. — Bloomington-Normal high school football teams returned to the field for week 2 last Friday night, as the teams went a combined 4-1. Normal Community High School has dominated their opponents so far this season. They are coming off a 62-0 win against Manual, starting their conference […]
Image Courtesy of Normal Community High School Athletics NORMAL, Ill. — With the IHSA football season now in full swing, the teams in Bloomington-Normal are putting their foot on the gas. Bloomington Central Catholic continued its strong regular season play, defeating Illinois Valley Central 41-6 this week. The Saints improve to 2-0 and are […]
Image courtesy of Illinois State Athletics NORMAL, Ill. — Since 2000, the Illinois State football team had not seen a scoreboard light up quite like this. The Redbirds defeated St. Francis 76-0 Saturday, setting a stadium record for points at Hancock Stadium. After emerging as one of the Redbird’s standout players in last season’s playoff […]
Image courtesy of Illinois State football NORMAL, Ill. — Illinois State football kicks off its season campaign against St. Francis (IL) at 6 p.m. on Aug. 29 at Hancock Stadium. The Redbirds are coming off a strong 2025 season where they fell short in the Football Championship Subdivision national title game to Montana State 35-34 […]
Image Courtesy of Bloomington High School Athletics Normal, Ill.— It was an exciting week one for all five Bloomington-Normal high school football teams as teams prepare for the second edition of “Friday Night Lights” during the 2026 IHSA football season. Normal Community started their season off on a very positive note, defeating Bloomington High […]
Image Courtesy of Bloomington Central Catholic Athletics NORMAL, Ill.– High school football is back, and the teams in Bloomington/Normal are ready to roll. Bloomington Central Catholic got off to a strong start last week with a dominating 41-0 win over Paxton-Buckley-Loda. The Saints are off to another hot start following off one of the […]
Image courtesy of Normal Community Athletics. Normal, Ill.— Illinois High School football is set to kick off Friday night at Bloomington High School, where Normal Community High School and Bloomington High School will look to begin their seasons with a win. Normal Community is coming off of a 7-3 season in which they went 7-1 […]
IMAGE COURTESY OF BLOOMINGTON BISON MEDIA TEAM NORMAL, Ill. – The Bloomington Bison were eliminated from the Kelly Cup Playoffs after losing Game 6 of the first round to the Toledo Walleye. Despite being eliminated, this season can certainly be considered successful for one of the ECHL’s newest teams. The Bison started down 0-3 against […]
IMAGE COURTESY OF BLOOMINGTON BISON MEDIA TEAM NORMAL, Ill. – After starting the third period tied 1-1, the Bloomington Bison gave up three straight goals to the Toledo Walleye, losing their first ever playoff game. With the loss, Bloomington trails 0-1 in the best-of-seven series. The Bison struggled early in their playoff debut. In the […]
IMAGE COURTESY OF ELLY MAIER NORMAL, Ill. – Dryden McKay turned aside all 16 shots he faced for his fourth shutout of the season as the Bloomington Bison steamed past the Greenville Swamp Rabbits, 4–0, Sunday afternoon at Bon Secours Wellness Arena. The victory vaulted Bloomington into third place in the Central Division with three […]