Pick your Illini Prairie Conference winners for the Friday Night Forecast

Unity Rockets Crewe Eckstein
Photo: Sentinel/Clark Brooks

TOLONO - Crewe Eckstein celebrates as he heads to the sidelines after scoring a Unity touchdown against Central Catholic in their Week 3 conference game at Hicks Field. Eckstein and the Rockets (2-1) travel to Dick Duval Field for their annual gridiron matchup with St. Joseph-Ogden (3-0).
Do you know Illini Prairie football?

Submit your picks for this week's Friday Night Forecast and see how your calls stack up against other Illini Prairie Conference football fans. Drop back by OurSentinel.com Friday morning to see which teams are predicted to win as they work to qualify for this year's state football playoffs. This poll is closed.


Week 3 Scores

Central Catholic 34, Unity 27
St. Joseph-Ogden 51, Illinois Valley Central 16
Prairie Central 14, St. Teresa 13
Monticello 36, Rantoul 14
Paxton-Buckley-Loda 48, Pontiac 22


Week 3 Results

Rank Name Record Notes
1 Sara 4-1 Week 3 winner ** Tie-Break
2 Alan 4-1
2 Denise 4-1
3 Brooks Look 3-2
3 Lyman 3-2
3 Keith 3-2
3 J 3-2

Cumulative Standings (After Week 3)

Rank Name Total Record Wins Notes
1 Brooks Look 12-3 1 Week 2 winner
2 Denise 11-4 0
3 Alan 10-5 0
4 Sara 9-1 1 Week 3 winner
5 J 8-2 1 Week 1 winner
6 Keith 3-2 0
7 Lyman 3-2 0

Previous predictions:
Week 1 Predictions | Week 1 Results
Week 2 Predictions | Week 2 Results
Week 3 Predictions |

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