Unity players celebrate a touchdown in their 2019 home game against St. Joseph-Ogden. The Rockets went on to a 8-1 regular season finish after shutting out the Spartans, 20-0. (Photo: PhotoNews Media/Clark Brooks)
This year's Unity football team will be well-prepared for any game in the midst of and hostile high school football environment they may find themselves in this playoff season. The 2020 football schedule is heavy, and we mean heavy on road games this fall. The Rockets list just three opportunities in the first nine games for fans to fill the seats at Hicks Field in the schedule announced by the Illinois High School Association earlier this week. Finishing 9-2 last season, Unity will not host their first home contest until September 11 when the face Prairie Central. Two weeks later, the Spartans of Olympia will venture into town looking for the win before the UHS goes into battle in three consecutive road games, including a long haul to Pierce City, Missouri, before senior night on October 23. Anchored by strong, well-condition wall of linemen on both sides of the ball, head coach Scott Hamilton led the team to a 1-1 postseason record in the program's first Class 4A playoff appearance in school history. Last November, Unity blasted Clinton at home with a first-round 42-14 victory and fell to McNamara on the road in Week 2 action, 31-6. The Rockets, with an enrollment of 550, will likely be on the 3A-4A bubble again this fall.
2020 Unity Football Schedule
| Aug 28 | 7:00 | Away | Illinois Valley Central |
| Sep 4 | 7:00 | Away | Pontiac |
| Sep 11 | 7:00 | Home | Prairie Central |
| Sep 18 | 7:00 | Away | St. Joseph-Ogden |
| Sep 25 | 7:00 | Home | Olympia |
| Oct 2 | 7:00 | Away | Monticello |
| Oct 10 | 1:00 | Away | Pierce City, MO. |
| Oct 16 | 7:00 | Away | Rantoul |
| Oct 23 | 7:00 | Home | Central Catholic |
