- High School Football gets underway this week in Illinois and Indiana. Here is the Week 1 Schedule:
Thursday
Peotone @ Eisenhower (Blue Island) 6:00pm
Friday
Salt Fork @ Clifton Central 7:00pm
Westville @ Iroquois West 7:00pm
Georgetown-Ridge Farm @ Momence 7:00pm
Ashton-Franklin Center @ St. Anne 7:00pm
North Newton @ Whiting 7:00pm
Kankakee @ Edwardsville 6:00pm
Bishop McNamara @ Wilmington 7:00pm
Bradley-Bourbonnais @ TF North 6:30pm
Johnsburg @ Manteno 7:00pm
Canton @ Herscher 7:00pm
Saturday
Hiawatha @ Milford/Cissna Park 6:00pm (Pre-game 5:45pm on 96.9 The Buckle)
Waldron @ South Newton 6:00pm
- First contests for most IHSAA fall sports except football began yesterday.
- First contests for IHSA Girls Tennis and swimming begin Thursday and Friday respectively. The remaining fall sports including volleyball begin on Monday, August 24.
- The NTT INDYCAR Series is in action today on the Streets of Markham in Ontario, Canada. Coverage begins on 96.9 The Buckle at 10:30am.
- The NASCAR Cup Series raced yesterday at Richmond Raceway and will race next on Sunday, August 23 at 2:00pm for the Dollar Tree 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
- The Cubs will face the Cardinals in the season series rubber match today at 2:00pm. The Cardinals tied the season series at 6-6 with their victory yesterday. They will then host the White Sox for the second part of the Crosstown Classic Monday-Wednesday (7:05pm, 7:05pm, 1:20pm). The White Sox took the series at Rate Field 2-1 in May. The Cubs will head to Seattle after that for a 3-game weekend series Friday-Sunday (9:10pm, 6:15pm, 3:10pm).
- The White Sox have one more AL Central race game with the Tigers today at 12:40pm as they try to sweep the series. Following the series at Wrigley, they have a makeup game at home with Atlanta on Thursday at 1:10pm and then host the Mets for 3-games Friday-Sunday (6:40pm, 6:10pm, 1:10pm)
- After today’s finale with the Cubs, the Cardinals visit the Reds for 5 games with a doubleheader on Monday at 12:40pm and 5:40pm before singles games Tuesday-Thursday (5:40pm, 5:40pm, 11:40am). The road trip continues in Philadelphia Friday-Sunday (5:40pm, 5:05pm, 12:35pm).
- WNBA: The Indiana Fever begin a five game road trip in Atlanta today at 4pm. Following that, they will be in Toronto on Tuesday at 6pm, in Dallas on Thursday at 7pm, in New York on Saturday at 6pm, and end in Chicago next Sunday at 6pm.
The Chicago Sky are visiting Seattle today at 4pm and then it is back home for 3 games with New York on Tuesday at 8pm, Golden State 6:30pm, and then Indiana on Sunday.
- The Bears travel to the Cincinnati Bengals for the second preseason game on Saturday at 6pm while the Colts host the Atlanta Falcons for their second preseason game on Saturday at 12pm.
