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NORMAL, Ill. – WZND is counting down the Top-10 redbird sports moments from the 2019-2020 season. Coming in at #6 in our countdown is Redbird football’s upset over #4 SDSU. On November 9th, 2019 Illinois State’s football team upset the #4 ranked South Dakota State University Jack Rabbits 27-18. The Redbirds scored an unanswered 17 […]
NORMAL, Ill. – WZND is counting down the Top-10 redbird sports moments from the 2019-2020 season. Coming in at #7 in our countdown is Angelica Labat being named the Midwest Independent Conference Newcomer of the Year. Illinois State freshman Angelica Labat had an incredible first season as a Redbird starting off by winning the all-around […]
NORMAL, Ill. – WZND is counting down the Top-10 redbird sports moments from the 2019-2020 season. Coming in at #8 in our countdown is Redbird volleyball’s victory in the MVC Championship to the NCAA tournament. Despite coming into the MVC tournament as the #3 seed, Redbird volleyball defeated the #1 seed UNI panthers to claim […]
NORMAL, Ill. – WZND is counting down the Top-10 redbird sports moments from the 2019-2020 season. Coming in at #9 in our countdown is Women’s basketball upsetting #21 Missouri State. Head Coach Kristin Gillespie’s signature win came on February 27th when the Redbirds took down ranked opponent, the Missouri State Lady Bears 78-66. Overall the Redbirds kept the […]
NORMAL, Ill. – WZND is counting down the Top-10 redbird sports moments from the 2019-2020 season. Coming in at #10 in our countdown is Jack Anstey running a sub-4-minute mile. On February 21st Illinois State track & field standout Jack Anstey ran a sub-4-minute mile for the second time in his career. Running an imposing […]
Photo courtesy: goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. – No matter if it’s on the field or off the field, Taylor Vanderpool is surrounded by statistics. The Statistics major in the classroom has been playing softball since she was seven years old. She was also a three-sport athlete but wanted to pursue softball at the collegiate level since […]
Photo courtesy: goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. – Multiple Redbird softball players were named Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athletes Thursday morning. Mack Leonard and Emme Olson earned First Team honors while Alyssa Wiebel and Andrea Coursey received honorable mentions. Leonard posted a team-high .433 batting average in 20 games played this season with 19 runs and 10 doubles, […]
NORMAL, Ill. – Since an injury has sidelined him before, Davis knows how to quarterback the situation this time around. “I had the same injury on the same knee at Memphis,” said Davis. “It’s kind of been a night and day recovery actually. Mostly due to the fact that I was young and didn’t really […]
Photo courtesy: goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. – Weibring Golf Club is set to re-open this Friday, but has put a series of limitations in place based on Governor Pritzker’s executive order. While the course will be open for play, these precautions are to help protect the health and safety of their customers. Those interested in coming […]
Photo courtesy: goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. – Despite going undrafted, safety Luther Kirk signed a deal with the Dallas Cowboys shortly after the conclusion of the NFL draft. Kirk led all Redbird defenders with 89 tackles this season while serving as one of the team’s captains and earning All-MVFC First-Team honors. He also had 6 pass […]