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NORMAL, Ill. – The Illinois State University Gymnastics team is holding a Pink Out themed meet to support Breast Cancer Awareness. Gymnastics Head Coach Bob Conkling indulged into why this event is of great importantce to him and the team. “It’s something a lot of gymnastics coaches and gyms do in the month of February,” […]
Image courtesy of Redbird Athletics NORMAL, Ill – After 30 years, the Illinois State Redbird men’s basketball team is finally set to return to Horton Fieldhouse on December 10. The Redbirds have played essentially every single regular season home game at the newly-renamed CEFCU Arena since the stadium opened in 1989, but after years of […]
NORMAL, Ill. – The Illinois State Men’s Basketball team took a hard-earned victory over the Belmont Bruins today. This win ends a 5-game losing streak for the Redbirds and also showed flashes of the team demonstrating their chemistry and physicality. Much of this matchup was fought under the basket, with 72 of the total 164 […]
Image courtesy of Redbird Athletics NORMAL, Ill. – The Illinois State Redbirds Football team was able to come away with an overtime victory against Western Illinois in the final game of the season. The game was low scoring and was competitive throughout, with a final score of 20-13. Before the game, Senior players and their […]
Image courtesy of St. Laurence High School Athletics NORMAL, Ill. – National signing day recently passed across the country for college sports teams, officially welcoming new athletes to college programs for the next school year. The Illinois State baseball welcomed plenty of new recruits that will officially be joining their program next fall. One of […]
Image courtesy of Redbird Athletics NORMAL, Ill. – The Illinois State Redbirds women’s basketball team managed to defeat the St. Thomas Tommies 71-56 in their home opener on Tuesday night. While the box score may indicate a blowout, it took the Redbirds a whole half to gain momentum on their side of the ball. The […]
Image courtesy of Redbird Athletics NORMAL, Ill. – On a night when no matter how well the young Illinois State University volleyball squad could play, they knew their season would be over when the clock struck midnight. There was still a lot left for the resilient team to get up for. First off, they could […]
Image courtesy of Illinois State Baseball on Twitter NORMAL, Ill. – Every year at the end of fall practices, the Redbird baseball team hosts a Fall World Series. The Fall World Series consists of players within the program facing off against each other on two different teams. The series is played to five games. This […]
Image courtesy of Redbird Athletics NORMAL, Ill – After a shivering, windy, and rainy start to Saturday’s Illinois State University football game, both teams took to the scoreboard early. With a Redbird touchdown from quarterback Tommy Rittenhouse at around the twelve-minute mark of the first quarter, the Penguins were quick to match that with a […]
NORMAL, Ill – As a part of the Corn Crib’s mission to be the place “where baseball grows” in central Illinois, the Kernels Fall League has been the home to McLean County’s High School baseball scene since 2020. The KFL has brought together high school teammates and rivals to compete in a tournament-style, six-week-long league […]