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Alabama, Clemson, LSU and Notre Dame are the Top Four Teams in the First College Football Playoff Rankings of the Season

UNDATED (AP) — Alabama, Clemson, LSU and Notre Dame are the top four teams in the first College Football Playoff rankings of the season, matching the order in the current Associated Press football poll. That's a good sign for those programs, since the top four selections in the last four initial rankings made it to the playoff. Georgia, Alabama and Clemson started in the top four and finished there last year. Michigan is fifth, followed by Georgia and Oklahoma.

 

IHSA Volleyball Sectional Championship

2A at Bismarck Henning/ Rossville Alvin

St. Joe Ogden vs st. Thomas More 6pm

 

Tonight on WPXN it’s On the Sidelines, On the Road edition from the WPXN Studios. Join Austin Burkland as he will talk high school football with PBL Football Coach Jeff Graham and others. The show gets under way at 6pm.

St. Joe Ogden moves on in IHSA Volleyball Sectional, Season over for Cissna Park and Armstrong Potomac

IHSA Volleyball

1A

Flanagan Cornell def Cissna Park 25-22, 26-28, 25-14

Blue Ridge def Armstrong Potomac 25-17, 25-22

 

2A

St. Joe Ogden def Fieldcrest 25-12, 25-21

Emory Ericksen had 7 kills

 

St. Thomas More def El Paso Gridley 25-13, 25-12

Alle Trame had 9 kills

 

NBA

Golden State def Chicago Bulls 149-124


 

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Illinois defensive coordinator Hardy Nickerson abruptly resigned Monday, citing personal "health-related circumstances beyond my control."

Coach Lovie Smith said Nickerson told him it was in the program's "best interest" to leave.  Reaction from Coach Smith…

 

 

U of I Football coach Lovie Smith

The former NFL linebacker had been defensive coordinator and linebackers coach for more than two seasons after joining Smith and the Illini in 2016. Smith is taking over the defensive coordinator duties for now.


 

(Paxton-jc)  -- A tough regular season is one way to prepare for a run in the post- season.  Paxton Buckley Loda Football Coach Jeff Graham says playing Gibson City Melvin Sibley, Salt Fork, Central Clifton and more make the team better…

 

 

P-B-L Football Coach Jeff Graham

 

Tonight on WPXN it’s NASCAR Live. Get the latest new in NASCAR from 6-7.

 

Red Sox are World Series Champs with 5-1 win over the Dodgers

MLB

Red Sox beat the Dodgers 5-1 to win the World Series.

 

NFL

Mitchell Trubisky threw 2 touchdowns as the Bears beat the Jets 24-10.

 

The Rams beat the Packers 29-27.

 

Andrew Luck threw 3 touchdown passes to lead the Colts to a 42-28 win over the Raiders.

 

NHL

Edmonton def Chicago 2-1 OT

 

NASCAR

Joey Logano led most of the laps at Martinsville and held on to win as he bumped Martin Truex Jr. out of the way just before crossing the finish line. Denny Hamlin finished second, with Truex coming in third, followed by Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski.

 

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(Cissna Park--jc) --  Several area high school girls volleyball teams are in state tournament sectional action today. The Cissna Park Timberwolves beat Milford last Thursday in two sets to advance to today’s sectional semi-final in Farmer City. Cissna Park Volleyball Coach Josh Landon say the Sangamon Valley like The Heart of Illinois conference prepares its teams for a state tournament run…

 

 

Cissna Park Volleyball Coach Josh Landon




 

1A IHSA Girls Volleyball Sectional at Farmer City

530 Cissna Park vs Flanagan Cornell

630 Armstrong Potomac vs Blue Ridge

 

2A IHSA Girls Volleyball Sectional at Bismarck Henning

530 St Joe Ogden vs Fieldcrest

630 St Thomas More vs El Paso Gridley

 

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(Paxton--jc)  The Panthers of Paxton Buckley Loda won their first round game of the 3-A Playoffs on the road Saturday with a 33 to 6 win over Vandalia. The Panthers are home for round two this coming Saturday and will face Carlinville at 2pm. WPXN will again carry the game live on radio. Our pregame show begins at 1-05 on Saturday afternoon with Austin Burklund. Our pregame with Jay Eshleman and Rocky Marron starts at 1-35 and the opening kickoff from Jerry Zimmerman Field at I-57 Stadium is set for 2pm.


 

Second round IHSA Football Playoffs

1A

Fisher (8-2) at Argenta -Oreana) (10-0)

2a

Chicago Hope Academy) (8-2) at 1 Gibson City.-Melvin-Sibley) (10-0)

Bismarck.-Henning-Rossville-Alvin (9-1) at  Tuscola (9-1)

3a

Anna -Jonesboro) (8-2) at 1 Monticello (10-0)

Carlinville (10-0) at Paxton (P.-Buckley-Loda) (7-3) 2pm Saturday,

4a

Pontiac (9-1) at Rochester (9-1)

Murphysboro  (8-2) at Kankakee McNamara (9-1)

 

Tonight on WPXN it’s IHSA Volleyball Sectional action from Blue Ridge as the Cissna Park Timberwolves take on Flanagan Cornell. Then it’s the Armstrong Potomac Trojans and Blue Ridge. Our Pregame begins at 5:15.

 

Cissna Park, Armstrong-Potomac, St. Joe Ogden, St. Thomas More Win Volleyball Regional Crowns

IHSA Volleyball

1A

Cissna Park def Milford 25-21, 25-21

Sloan Boyce had 11 kills and Anna Jennings had 23 assists

 

Armstrong Potomac def Heritage 25-17, 25-19

Sarah Porter had 7 kills

2A

St. Joe Ogden def Arthur Lovington/Atwood Hammond 25-17, 25-18

Emory Erickson had 7 kills

Kennedi Burnett had 6 kills

 

St. Thomas More def Tuscola 25-18, 25-23

 

 

(Cissna Park--jc)  The Cissna Park Timberwolves won the 1-A regional crown against a school they co-op with in other sports. Cissna Park Volleyball coach Josh Landon says the two teams are very familiar with one another…

 

 

Cissna Park Volleyball Coach Josh Landon

Cissna Park heads to the Blue Ridge Sectional on Monday

 

NHL

Chicago def N.Y. Rangers 4-1

 

MLB tonight

Game 3 World Series at LA

 

IHSA Football Playoffs

Tonight

2A

GCMS vs Watseka 7pm

 

Saturday

1A

Fisher vs Cumberland 2pm

 

2A

Oakwood at Pana 1pm

Villa Grove/Heritage at Tuscola 2pm

Bismarck Henning/Rossville Alvin vs West Hancock 2pm

3A

PBL at Vandalia 2pm

St. Joe Ogden at Monticello 2pm

 

4A

Prairie Central at Murphysboro 3pm

 

 

(Paxton--jc)  The Paxton Buckley Loda Football team heads to Vandalia on Saturday afternoon for an opening round football games against the Vandals. P-B-L Football coach Jeff Graham says this week has been a good one for game preparation…

 

 

PBL Football Coach Jeff Graham

 

Saturday on WPXN it’s IHSA Football as the PBL Panthers will travel to play the Vandalia Vandals in the first round of playoffs. Our preview begins at 1:05 then we’ll send it to Jay Eshelman and Rocky Marron at 1:35 for their pregame with kickoff at 2pm.

 

Then it’s Fighting Illini Football as Illinois is at Maryland.

 

On Sunday it’s the Monster Energy First Data 500 NASCAR Race from Martinsville with a 12:30 start time.

 

Red Sox beat Dodgers 4-2 take a 2-0 lead in the World Series

MLB

Red Sox def Dodgers 4-2 take a 2-0 lead in the World Series

 

NBA

Kemba Walker had 23 points to lead the Chicago Bulls  over the Charlotte Hornets 112-110.

 

Around the area…6pm regional finals

1A regional at Colfax-Ridgeview High School

Blue Ridge vs Deland Weldon

1A regional final at Danville Schlarman High School

Armstrong Potomac against Heritage

 

2A regional final at St Joseph Ogden High School

St Joe Ogden vs Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond

2A Regional final at Tuscola

St Thomas More vs Tuscola

3A Regional final at Unity

Champaign Central vs Tolono Unity


 

 

Tonight on WPXN its IHSA Girls Regional Volleyball finals from Cissna Park. Our Pre Match Show begins at 5-45 with the opening volley at 6pm as Cissna Park goes up against Milford. Rob Pacey and Joel Cluver have the call of tonight’s match.

 

Game 1 of World Series Tonight at 7:09pm Kershaw vs Sale

IHSA Volleyball

1A

Fisher def Donovan 25-9, 25-21

Shelbee Owens had 8 kills

 

2A

PBL def Iroquois West 25-10, 25-7

Addison Oyer had 10 kills

 

Watseka def Clifton Central 25-9, 25-19

Mallory Drake and Kennedy Bauer each had 7 kills

 

3A Regional

Urbana def Rantoul 19-25, 25-21, 25-16

 

Prairie Central def Pontiac 18-25, 25-22, 25-16

 

NBA

Dallas Mavericks def Chicago Bulls 115-109

 

IHSA Volleyball tonight

1A Regional at Cissna Park

Cissna Park vs Fisher

Milford vs Judah Christian

 

2A Regional at Iroquois West

Tri Valley vs Watseka

PBL vs El Paso Gridley

 

2A Regional at St. Joe Ogden

St. Joe Ogden vs Bismarck Henning/Rossville Alvin

 

2A Regional at Fieldcrest

Fieldcrest vs GCMS


 

MLB Game 1 World Series

Dodgers at Red Sox 7:09

Clayton Kershaw and Chris Sale

 

Tonight on WPXN it’s IHSA Class 1A Volleyball from Cissna Park. Our pregame begins at 5:15 with opening volley at 5:30 between Cissna Park and Fisher. Then it’s Class 2A action from Iroquois West as the PBL Panthers take on El Paso Gridley.

 

Colts Win, Bears Lose

NFL

New England Patriots def Chicago Bears 38-31

 

Indianapolis Colts def Buffalo Bills 37-5 as Andrew Luck passed for 4 touchdowns and the offense rushed for over 200 yards in a game for the first time since 2011.

 

NHL

Tampa Bay def Chicago 6-3

 

NASCAR

Chase Elliott won at Kansas Speedway for his second win in three races and the playoff field was trimmed to eight.

 

IHSA Volleyball tonight

1A Regionals at Cissna Park

Fisher vs Donovan

 

2A Regionals at Iroquois West

Watseka vs Clifton Central

PBL vs Iroquois West

 

2A Regionals at St. Joe Ogden

Oakwood vs Hoopeston Area

 

3A Regionals at Unity

Rantoul vs Urbana

 

Tonight on WPXN it’s Fast Talk. Get the latest news in NASCAR from 6-7.

Then it’s the Lovie Smith Show from 7-8.

Then it’s bonus Coverage of IHSA Class 2A Volleyball from Gilman as PBL plays Iroquois West

 

Red Sox Advance to World Series with 4-1 Win over Astros

IHSA Volleyball

PBL def Dwight 25-14, 25-7

Lexi Johnson had 4 kills

 

Cissna Park def Iroquois West 25-9, 25-8

Anna Jennings had 14 assists

 

Watseka def Clifton Central 25-10, 25-21

Mallory Drake had 6 kills

 

St. Joe Ogden def Monticello 25-20, 25-19 Claiming the Illini Prairie Conference

Emory Erickson, Katelyn Berry and Lacey Kaiser each had 5 kills

 

St. Thomas More def Prairie  Central 25-19, 25-18

 

Milford def Hoopeston Area 25-10, 25-11

Brooke Sobkoviak had 9 kills

 

Bismarck Henning/ Rossville Alvin def Armstrong Potomac 25-18, 25-18

 

HOIC Tournament

Fieldcrest def GCMS 25-21, 25-22

 

LeRoy def Fisher 25-23, 25-20

 

MLB

Red Sox def Astros 4-1 to advance to the World Series

 

NBA

76ers def Bulls 127-108

 

NHL

Arizona def Chicago 4-1

 

IHSA Football Tonight

PBL vs Dwight

Iroquois West vs Watseka

Momence vs Central Clifton

Seneca vs Bismarck Henning

Rantoul @ Pontiac

St Joseph-Ogden vs Monticello

GCMS vs Deer Creek-Mackinaw

Fisher @ LeRoy


 

Sat Oct 20

Hoopeston Area @ River Ridge

 

The PBL Panthers take on Dwight tonight for Senior night looking for win number 7. Coach Jeff Graham says field position is a huge advantage and it starts with being able to kick the ball into the endzone which PBL Kicker Keyen Humes does quite often.

 

 

PBL Football Coach Jeff Graham

 

The Fisher Bunnies play at LeRoy for a chance to win the HOIC small division title. Fisher Football coach Jake Palmer says it’s a great opportunity for Fisher to play in that type of atmosphere.

 

 

Fisher Football coach Jake Palmer

 

Big Ten Football

Illinois at Wisconsin

Maryland at Iowa

Michigan at Michigan St.

Northwestern at Rutgers

Penn St. at Indiana

Minnesota at Nebraska

Ohio St. at Purdue



 

Tonight on WPXN it’s IHSA Football as the PBL Panthers take on the Dwight Trojans on Senior Night at Jerry Zimmerman Field at I-57 Stadium. Our preview show begins in the WPXN studios with Austin Burkland. Then at 6:35 we’ll send it out to Jay Eshleman and Rocky Marron for their pregame. Kickoff slated for 7pm.

 

Saturday Morning it’s On the Sidelines from 7:15-8am brought to you by Compass Insurance Partners in Cissna Park, Paxton and Gibson City.

 

Then it’s our Live Action Auction from 8-10. Bid, Buy, and Save on Gift Certificates and items from Area businesses.


 

Then its Fighting Illini Football as Illinois travels north to take on the Wisconsin Badgers.

 

Following Illini Football, we’ll have the Central Illinois Football League Youth Championships from Dwight. The Juniors Championship will see Iroquois West taking on GCMS and the Seniors Championship will be PBL and Iroquois West.

 

On Sunday, it’s the Monster Energy Hollywood Casino 400 from Kansas Motor Speedway with a 12:30 Start time.

Dodgers and Red Sox win

MLB

The Dodgers beat the Brewers 5-2 to take a 3-2 lead in the series.

 

The Red Sox beat the Astros 8-6 to take a 3-1 lead in the series.

 

IHSA Volleyball Tonight

PBL @  Dwight

Iroquois West vs Cissna Park

Watseka vs Central Clifton

Rantoul @ Pontiac

St. Joe Ogden vs Monticello

Milford @ Hoopeston Area

Armstrong Potomac @ Bismarck Henning

 

HOIC Tournament

Consolation Side

GCMS vs Fieldcrest

Fisher vs LeRoy


 

NFL

Thursday Night Football

Denver at Arizona

 

Red Sox Take 2-1 Lead in ALCS

IHSA Volleyball

PBL def Iroquois West 25-5, 25-9

Addison Oyer had 11 kills

 

Cissna Park def Tri Point 25-11, 25-19

Sloan Boyce had 9 kills

 

Unity def Rantoul 25-16, 25-18

 

St. Joe Ogden def Olympia 25-20, 23-25, 25-15

Rylee Walsh had 16 assists

 

Monticello def Prairie Central 18-25, 25-23, 25-20

 

Milford def Schlarman 27-25, 28-26

Hannah Boyer had 7 kills

 

Armstrong Potomac def Hoopeston Area 25-22, 25-4

Sarah Porter had 9 kills

 

Mahomet Seymour def Charleston 25-22, 25-15

Savannah Matthews had 11 kills

 

McLean County Tournament

GCMS def Lexington 26-24, 11-25, 15-12

Claire Retherford had had 8 kills

 

Tri Valley def GCMS 25-15, 25-9

 

El Paso Gridley def Fisher 25-11, 25-9



 

MLB

Boston Red Sox def Houston Astros 8-2 to take a 2-1 lead in the ALCS

 

IHSA Football Poll

3A

#4 Monticello

 

2A

Receiving Votes: Bismarck Henning and Clifton Central

 

1A

#1 GCMS

#3 Tuscola

Receiving Votes: Fisher

 

Tonight on WPXN it’s On the Sidelines, On the Road edition as we head to Murdock’s in Loda. Join Austin Burkland as he will talk high school sports with PBL Football Coach Jeff Graham and High School Volleyball with WPXN’s Rob Pacey. The show gets under way at 6pm.

Bears Lose to Dolphins 31-28 in OT

NFL

Miami Dolphins def Chicago Bears 31-28 OT

N.Y. Jets def Indianapolis Colts 42-34

 

NHL

Blackhawks def St. Louis Blues  4-3 OT

 

MLB

Boston Red Sox def Houston Astros 7-5 even the series at 1 game a piece


 

NASCAR

TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — Aric Almirola finished a Stewart-Haas Racing rout at Talladega Superspeedway by taking his first win of the season with a last-lap pass that also put him in the third round of NASCAR's Cup playoffs. Almirola was part of a four-car Ford tandem that dominated the entire race. Kurt Busch, Clint Bowyer, Kevin Harvick and Almirola had pulled away from the field and were in control until a caution sent the race into overtime.

 

The Beecher Bobcats won the initial Sangamon Valley-River Valley Conference Tournament on Saturday night at Kankakee Community College. Beecher beat Cissna Park in Two sets. The Lady Panthers of Paxton Buckley Loda finished in 3rd place beating Watseka.

The WPXN all-tournament team

Anna Jennings-Cissna Park

Lexi Johnson-PBL

Arianna Avalar-Beecher

Addison Oyer-PBL

Kennedy Bauer-Watseka

Erica Walder-Cissna Park

Katlyn Crabb-PBL

Sloan Boyce-Cissna Park

Kaylee Sippel-Beecher

Abby Schmidt-PBL

Adriana Picicco-Beecher MVP


 

IHSA Volleyball tonight

PBL @ Schlarman

St. Joe Ogden @ Warrensburg Latham

Fisher @ Villa Grove

Cissna vs Watseka

 

NFL Tonight

49ers at Packers

 

Tonight on WPXN it’s Fast Talk. Get the latest news in NASCAR from 6-7.

Then it’s the Lovie Smith Show from 7-8.

 

PBL, Cissna Park, and Watseka advance to Finals of SVC/RVC Tournament

IHSA Volleyball

SVC/RVC Tournament

PBL def Grant Park 25-15, 25-11

Addison Oyer had 7 kills

 

Cissna Park def Illinois Lutheran 25-17, 25-19

Erica Walder and Sloan Boyce each had 7 kills

 

Watseka def Gardner South Wilmington 25-18, 25-12

Kennedy Bauer had 13 kills

 

Non Tournament

Tri Valley def GCMS 25-13, 25-12

 

Fisher def LeRoy 25-14, 25-22

Casey Wagner had 4 kills

 

Georgetown Ridgefarm def Armstrong Potomac 18-25, 25-8, 25-18

 

Mahomet Seymour def Effingham 25-27, 25-22, 25-20

Savannah Matthews had 24 kills and 17 digs

 

Prairie Central def Olympia 23-25, 25-16, 25-12

 

NHL

Minnesota Wild def Blackhawks 4-3 in OT

 

IHSA Football tonight

PBL @ Watseka

Iroquois West @ Central Clifton

Momence @ Seneca

Dwight vs Hoopeston Area

Rantoul vs Unity

St Joseph-Ogden @ Olympia

GCMS @ El Paso-Gridley

Fisher vs Ridgeview-Lexington Co-op

Milford/Cissna Park @ Judah Christian

 

The PBL Panthers travel to Watseka tonight to take on the Warriors and try for win number 6. PBL Coach Jeff Graham says that Watseka has a quarterback that can throw. 

 

 

PBL Football Coach Jeff Graham.

 

IHSA Volleyball on Saturday

SVC/RVC Tournament Finals

 

Big Ten Football Saturday

Purdue at Illinois

Iowa at Indiana

Rutgers at Maryland

Nebraska at Northwestern

Minnesota at Ohio St.

Michigan St. at Penn St.

Wisconsin at Michigan

 

NFL

Sunday

Chicago Bears at Miami Dolphins

Indianapolis Colts at NY Jets

 

Monday

San Francisco 49ers @ Green Bay Packers

 

Tonight on WPXN it’s IHSA Football as the PBL Panthers travel to take on the Watseka Warriors. Our pregame begins in the WPXN studios with Austin Burkland. Then at 6:35 we’ll send it out to Jay Eshleman and Rocky Marron for their pregame Kickoff slated for 7pm.

 

Saturday Morning it’s On the Sidelines from 7:15-8am brought to you by Compass Insurance Partners in Cissna Park, Paxton and Gibson City.

 

Then its Fighting Illini Football as Illinois takes on Purdue at home for Homecoming. Pregame at 1:30 with kickoff at 2:30.

 

Then it’s IHSA Volleyball finals from the SVC/RVC Tournament from Kankakee Community College.

 

On Sunday its the Monster Energy 1000Bulbs Dot Com NASCAR race with a noon start time.

 

Illinois Dismisses Receiver for Violating Team Rules

Illini Coach Lovie Smith has dismissed receiver Bennett Williams from the team after violating team rules. Bennett served a 3 game suspension to start the season for the same reasons. He earned freshman All-American honors last season.


 

IHSA Volleyball tonight

SVC/RVC Tournament

Championship Side

Gardner South Wilmington vs Watseka

Cissna Park vs Illinois Lutheran

PBL vs Grant Park

Momence vs Beecher

 

Consolation Side

Clifton Central vs Iroquois West

Tri-Point vs Dwight

Donovan vs St. Anne

 

Other Action

Rantoul @ Central Catholic

GCMS @ Tri Valley

Fisher @ LeRoy

Armstrong Potomac @ Georgetown-Ridgefarm

Hoopeston Area vs Schlarman

 

Tonight on WPXN it’s IHSA Volleyball as we continue with coverage of the Sangamon Valley and River Valley Conference Tournament. The first match will be Cissna Park vs Illinois Lutheran at 6pm followed by PBL vs Grant Park.

 

Red Sox Advance to ALCS with Win Over Yankees

IHSA Volleyball

SVC/River Valley Conference Tournament

PBL def Donovan 25-8, 25-5

Lexi Johnson had 7 kills

 

Watseka def Tri Point 25-11, 25-10

Kennedy Bauer had 7 kills

 

Gardner South Wilmington def Iroquois West 25-8, 25-16

 

Illinois Lutheran def Clifton Central 25-19, 19-25, 15-5

 

Grant Park def Dwight 25-14, 25-19

 

Momence def St. Anne 25-6, 25-19

 

Other action

St. Joe Ogden def Prairie Central 25-5, 25-14

Katelyn Berry had 6 kills

 

GCMS def Heyworth 25-19, 25-18

Jessica Freehill had 9 kills

 

Lexington def Fisher 25-18, 25-15

 

Milford def Westville 25-20, 25-22

Kaylee Warren had 21 assists

 

Armstrong Potomac def Schlarman 17-25, 25-17, 25-18

Sarah Porter had 16 kills and 18 digs

 

Bismarck Henning/Rossville Alvin def Hoopeston Area 25-12, 25-15

 

Mahomet Seymour def Clinton 25-23, 25-16

Savannah Matthews had 9 kills

 

MLB

Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees 4-3 to advance to the ALCS

 

IHSA Football Polls

4A

#10 Prairie Central

 

3A

#4 Monticello

 

2A

#1 Maroa Forsyth

Receiving votes: Bismarck Henning

 

1A

#1 GCMS

#3 Tuscola

Receiving Votes: Fisher

 

Tonight on WPXN it’s On the Sidelines, On the Road edition as we stay in the WPXN Studios. Join Austin Burkland as he will talk high school sports with PBL Football Coach Jeff Graham and  PBL Volleyball Coach Lindsay Stalowy. There will also be an interview with Cissna Park Volleyball coach Josh Landon. The show gets under way at 6pm.

 

Dodgers and Astros Advance to NL and AL Championship Series

IHSA Volleyball

PBL def Rantoul 25-20, 25-20

 

Cissna Park def Hoopeston Area 25-15, 25-14

Erica Walder had 5 kills and 5 aces

 

Watseka def GCMS 15-25, 25-21, 25-19

Mallory Drake had had 8 kills

 

MLB

Houston Astros def Cleveland Indians 11-3 to advance to the ALCS

 

LA Dodgers def Atlanta Braves 6-2 to advance to NLCS


 

IHSA Volleyball

SVC/River Valley Tournament

Illinois Lutheran vs Clifton Central

Gardner South Wilmington vs Iroquois West

Watseka vs Tri Point

Grant Park vs Dwight

PBL vs Donovan

Momence vs St. Anne

 

Other

St. Joe Ogden vs Prairie Central

GCMS @ Heyworth

Fisher vs Lexington

Milford vs Westville

Armstrong Potomac @ Schlarman

Hoopeston Area @ Bismarck Henning/Rossville Alvin


 

Tonight on WPXN it’s NASCAR Live. Get the latest news in NASCAR from 6-7.

Then it’s bonus coverage of IHSA Volleyball as the the PBL Panthers play Donovan in the SVC/River Valley Conference Tournament from Kankakee Community College.

 

Brewers advance to NLCS

MLB

The Brewers beat the Rockies to sweep the series.

 

Atlanta Braves beat the LA Dodgers 6-5. Dodgers lead the series 2-1

 

NFL

Detroit def Green Bay 31-23

 

NHL

Toronto Maple Leafs def Chicago Blackhawks 7-6 OT

 

NASCAR

A pair of wrecks set the stage for Chase Elliott to pull away with a win at Dover. It earned him an automatic berth into the next round of the NASCAR playoffs. Denny Hamlin was second, followed by Joey Logano, Erik Jones, and Kurt Busch.

 

IHSA Volleyball tonight

PBL @ Rantoul

GCMS @ Watseka

Hoopeston vs Cissna Park

 

Tonight on WPXN its Fast Talk. Get the latest news in NASCAR from 6-7.

Then it’s the Lovie Smith show from 7-8.

 

Blackhawks Win Opener in OT

IHSA Volleyball

Cissna Park def Momence 25-16, 25-19

Sloan Boyce had 8 kills

 

Watseka def Dwight 25-10, 25-6

Kennedy Bauer had 8 kills

 

St. Thomas More def Rantoul 25-17, 25-19

 

St. Joe Ogden def Pontiac 25-18, 25-14

Bree Trimble had 16 digs

 

GCMS def LeRoy 25-15, 25-17

Jessica Freehill had 8 kills

 

Chrisman def Hoopeston Area 25-19, 25-17

 

Taylorville def Mahomet Seymour 25-20, 25-16

 

MLB

The Brewers beat the Rockies 3-2 in 10 innings.

The Dodgers beat the Braves 6-0.

 

NHL

Patrick Kane score 38 seconds into overtime to lead the Blackhawks over the Ottawa Senators 4-3






 

IHSA Football tonight

PBL vs Clifton Central

Iroquois West @ Dwight

Watseka @ Seneca

Momence @ Georgetown Ridgefarm

Rantoul @ Bloomington Central Catholic

St Joseph-Ogden @ Illinois Valley Central

GCMS @ Leroy

Fisher vs Dee-Mack

Milford vs Alden-Hebron

Hoopeston Area @ Salt Fork


 

IHSA Volleyball on Saturday

PBL Classic continues

Blue Pool

Lexington vs Monticello

Milford vs Lexington

Monticello vs PBL

Milford vs GCMS

Lexington vs GCMS

#3 Blue vs #3 Gold

#1 Blue vs #1 Gold

 

Gold Pool

Armstrong Potomac vs Prairie Central

Prairie Central vs Rantoul

Cissna Park vs Armstrong Potomac

Prairie Central vs Iroquois West

Iroquois West vs Rantoul

Cissna Park vs Prairie Central

#4 Gold vs #4 Blue

#2 Gold vs #2 Blue

 

Big Ten Football

Illinois at Rutgers

Maryland at Michigan

Northwestern at Michigan St.

Iowa at Minnesota

Indiana at Ohio St.

Nebraska at Wisconsin

 

NFL Football on Sunday

Green Bay at Detroit

The Bears have a bye week

 

(Dover--jc)  -- Dover Delaware is the scene for Nascar racing this weekend. Kurt Busch says the track changes throughout a day of racing…

 

Nascar Driver Kurt Busch

 

Tonight on WPXN it’s IHSA Football as the PBL Panthers play host to Sangamon Valley Conference foe Central Clifton Comets. Our pregame begins in the WPXN studios with Austin Burkland. Then at 6:35 we’ll send it out to Jay Eshleman and Rocky Marron for their pregame at Jerry Zimmerman Field at I-57 Stadium. Kickoff slated for 7pm.

 

Saturday Morning it’s On the Sidelines from 7:15-8am brought to you by Compass Insurance Partners in Cissna Park, Paxton and Gibson City.

Then it’s our Annual FFA Ag Auction at 8am until 11.

 

Following the Ag Auction we’ve got Fighting Illini Football as Illinois is on the Road to take on Rutgers.

 

Then its Xfinity racing with the Dover B & H Harbor 200

 

On Sunday it’s the Monster Energy Gander Mountain 400 NASCAR Race with a noon start time.

PBL, Cissna Park, Armstrong Potomac and Monticello are 2-0 After 1st Day of PBL Volleyball Classic

IHSA Volleyball

PBL Classic

Monticello def GCMS 25-22, 25-10

 

Cissna Park def Rantoul 25-14, 25-13

Anna Jennings had 17 assists

 

Monticello def Milford 25-23, 25-19

 

Armstrong Potomac def Rantoul 14-25, 25-20, 16-14

Sarah Porter had 9 kills

 

PBL def GCMS 25-20, 25-13

 

Cissna Park def Iroquois West 25-23, 25-3

Erica Walder had 8 Aces

 

PBL def Milford 16-25, 25-21, 15-12

 

Armstrong Potomac def Iroquois West 25-14, 25-14

Hope Hambleton had 16 assists

 

The Tournament continues on Saturday

 

Non Tournament

Watseka def Salt Fork 25-15, 25-21

Kennedy bauer had 11 kills


 

IHSA Volleyball Tonight

PBL @ Iroquois West

Momence @ Cissna Park

Watseka @ Dwight

Rantoul vs St. Thomas More

St. Joe Ogden @ Pontiac

GCMS vs LeRoy

Fisher @ Ridgeview

Hoopeston vs Chrisman

 

NFL

Indianapolis Colts at New England Patriots

Rockies Win Wild Card Game 2-1 in 13 INNINGS over Cubs

MLB

The Colorado Rockies beat the Cubs 2-1 in 13 innings.

 

IHSA Volleyball

Monticello def Rantoul 25-17, 25-17

 

St. Joe Ogden def Unity 25-23, 25-14

Katelyn Berry had 7 kills

 

Lexington def GCMS 25-17, 25-22

 

Milford def Chrisman 25-23, 25-13

Kaylee Warren had 18 assists

 

Westville def Armstrong Potomac 25-21, 27-25

 

Oakwood def Hoopeston Area 25-18, 25-18

 

Prairie Central def Pontiac 25-14, 25-20

 

Mahomet Seymour def Mt. Zion 25-22, 25-21

Ainsley Ranstead had 12 kills

 

IHSA Football Polls

3A

#3 Monticello

Receiving Votes: PBL

 

2A

#1 Maroa Forsyth

#7 Bismarck Henning/Rossville Alvin

 

1A

#1 GCMS

#4 Tuscola

Receiving Votes: Fisher and Arcola

 

IHSA Volleyball tonight

PBL Classic matches start at 5pm

Blue Pool (HS Gym)

GCMS vs Monticello

Monticello vs Milford

GCMS vs PBL

PBL vs Milford


 

Gold Pool (Jr. High Gym)

Rantoul vs Cissna Park

Rantoul vs Armstrong Potomac

Iroquois West vs Cissna Park

Armstrong Potomac vs Iroquois West

 

Tonight on WPXN it’s On the Sidelines, On the Road edition as we head to Butcher Boys Burgers in Rantoul. Join Austin Burkland as he will talk high school sports with Rantoul Football Coach Tom Hess among others. The show gets under way at 6pm.

Brewers Win NL Central, Cubs and Rockies to Play for Wild Card

MLB

CHICAGO (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers have locked down the NL Central title and home-field advantage throughout the National League playoffs by scoring twice in the eighth inning of a 3-1 victory over the Cubs in Chicago yesterday. The Los Angeles Dodgers beat Colorado, 5-2 yesterday to win their sixth consecutive NL West championship. The Rockies will travel to Chicago to take on the Cubs in today's wild-card game.

 

IHSA Volleyball

PBL def Fisher 25-10, 25-13

Addison Oyer had 8 kills

 

Cissna Park def Milford 23-25, 25-15, 25-19

Sloan Boyce had 14 digs and 12 kills

 

Watseka def St. Anne 25-19, 30-28

Kennedy Bauer had 9 kills

 

Rantoul def Decatur Eisenhower 25-18, 25-9

Alexia Sherrick had 7 digs and 3 aces

 

St. Joe Ogden def Tri Valley 25-23, 25-16

 

GCMS def Dwight 25-13, 25-15

Emily Clinton and Claire Retherford each had 7 aces

 

IHSA Volleyball Tonight

Iroquois West vs Gardner South Wilmington

Rantoul @ Monticello

St. Joe Ogden vs Unity

GCMS @ Lexington

Fisher @ Tremont

Milford @ Chrisman

Armstrong @ Westville

Hoopeston @ Oakwood

 

Tonight on WPXN its NASCAR Live. Get the latest news in NASCAR from 6-7.

Cubs & Brewers Set for 1 game Playoff for NL Central

MLB

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs will host the Milwaukee Brewers in a one-game playoff today for the NL Central title. Both teams forced the extra game by winning yesterday, with the Brewers thumping Detroit, 11-0 and the Cubs rolling to a 10-5 win over St. Louis.

 

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Colorado Rockies are in Los Angeles to take on the Dodgers in a one-game playoff for the NL West crown today.

 

NFL

Mitchell Trubisky threw 6 touchdown passes, 5 in the first half as the Bears pounded the Tampa Bay Bucs 48-10.

 

The Packers blanked the Buffalo Bills  22-0. Mason Crosby had 3 field goals.

 

The Texans beat the Colts 37-34 on a second chance field goal as time expired.

 

NASCAR

Ryan Blaney slid past leaders Martin Truex Jr. and Jimmie Johnson as they wrecked racing for the victory to win the debut race on the roval at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

 

IHSA Volleyball tonight

PBL vs Fisher

Milford @ Cissna Park

Iroquois West vs Ridgeview

Rantoul vs Decatur Eisenhower

St. Joe Ogden vs Tri Valley

GCMS vs Dwight



 

Tonight on WPXN its Fast Talk. Get the latest news in NASCAR from 6-7.

Then it’s the Lovie Smith Show from 7-8.

Then it’s Bonus Coverage of IHSA Volleyball between the PBL Panthers and the Fisher Bunnies.

 

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