High school football hits the halfway point tonight in Week 5 with key conference matchups. The Livingston County Game of the Week on 98.9 WJEZ and WJEZ.com comes to you from Flanagan as El Paso-Gridley visits Flanagan-Cornell-Woodland. Marc Strauss has the call beginning at 6:55 p.m.
In girls volleyball, wins went to Prairie Central and El Paso-Gridley, while Dwight lost.
At the 26th Indian Scramble at the Pontiac Elks, Prairie Central boys golf finished second in a scorecard playoff. The Pontiac teams finished 13th and 15th.
The Cardinals completed a sweep of the Reds with an 8-5 victory. The Cards open a weekend series in Pittsburgh tonight.
The Cubs rallied to beat Milwaukee 5-3 on Kris Bryant’s two-run homer in the 10th inning. The NL Central-leading Cubs continue the critical series at second-place Milwaukee tonight.
The White Sox salvaged a game in Houston with a 3-1 win over the Astros. The Sox host the Royals tonight.
Illinois football has the week off. Illinois State travels to Missouri State on Saturday afternoon to open Missouri Valley Football Conference play, and Illinois Wesleyan football hosts North Park Saturday night.
