High school football rules Friday night as the Week 7 Livingston County Game of the Week on 98.9 WJEZ and WJEZ.com is Prairie Central at Olympia. Marc Strauss has the call at 6:55 live from rural Stanford.
Illinois volleyball hosts Number 18 Purdue in the annual IlliNOISE Night at Huff Hall. Illinois State volleyball hosts Loyola tonight.
Dwight and Prairie Central earned Thursday night volleyball wins.
College football on Saturday features Illinois at Iowa on 98.9 WJEZ with pre-game at 10 a.m. Illinois Wesleyan travels to Augustana at 1 p.m. and Illinois State visits Northern Arizona at 6 p.m. Central.
Houston and Cleveland have claimed opening-game wins in their American League Division Series. The Astros pounded the Red Sox 8-2 behind three solo home runs by Jose Altuve, and the Indians held the Yankees to just three hits in a 4-0 win. Game 2 in each series is this afternoon.
The National League Division Series open tonight as the Cubs visit Washington with Kyle Hendricks on the mound for Chicago against the Nationals’ Steven Strasburg. The Diamondbacks are at Dodger Stadium for the opener of that series.
The Blackhawks exploded in their season opener, lighting the lamp five times in the first period on the way to a 10-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins. Brandon Saad recorded a hat trick and Ryan Hartman put up a five-point night on a goal and four assists.
The New England Patriots held off the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 19-14 in the NFL Thursday night feature. The Bucs came up empty in the red zone as the game ended.
