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Week 6 Illini Prairie Conference football predictions


Will St. Joseph-Ogden move to 6-0 after Saturday's road game at Monticello? Illini Prairie experts predicts they will. This week's forecast for five Illini Prairie football games this week.

Maddox Utley runs the football for the Monticello Sages
Photo: Sentinel/Clark Brooks

TOLONO - Maddox Utley looks for running room in the Sages' road game at Unity. Monticello (4-1) faces the Illini Prairie's most-prolific scoring offense and stingy defense at home on Friday night when St. Joseph-Ogden (5-0) comes to town. The Spartans enter the game scoring a league-high 274 points, nearly 84 more than its nearest competitor. Below are predictions for all nine league teams.

DoubleJ Bement Bulldogs Coltrane
St. Teresa vs Bloomington Central Catholic Bloomington Central Catholic
27-13
Bloomington Central Catholic
48-13
Bloomington Central Catholic
35-20
Paxton-Buckley-Loda vs Illinois Valley Central Paxton-Buckley-Loda
21-18
Illinois Valley Central
14-13
Illinois Valley Central
20-16
Unity vs Prairie Central Unity
28-22
Unity
27-21
Unity
34-12
St. Joseph-Ogden vs Monticello St. Joseph-Ogden
35-7
St. Joseph-Ogden
44-28
St. Joseph-Ogden
42-28
Pontiac vs Rantoul Pontiac
28-6
Pontiac
27-18
Pontiac
28-12

Game Notes:

SJO beats Monticello as long as the offense stays on track. It’s looked unstoppable lately.

Monticello has to get the passing game going, while trying to hold down SJO pass game. Could be a shootout or could be SJO big. Sages undersized on OL/DL could be a problem in pass protection.

For Monticello to beat SJO they will have to limit big plays, limit turnovers, and possibly create a turnover or two.

Frank Best Look Magazine The Sentinel
St. Teresa vs Bloomington Central Catholic Bloomington Central Catholic
48-20
Bloomington Central Catholic
27-20
Bloomington Central Catholic
28-21
Paxton-Buckley-Loda vs Illinois Valley Central Paxton-Buckley-Loda
20-12
Paxton-Buckley-Loda
24-14
Illinois Valley Central
28-13
Unity vs Prairie Central Unity
28-21
Unity
28-20
Unity
28-14
St. Joseph-Ogden vs Monticello St. Joseph-Ogden
45-20
St. Joseph-Ogden
27-21
St. Joseph-Ogden
38-36
Pontiac vs Rantoul Pontiac
36-14
Pontiac
34-18
Pontiac
35-21

Game Notes:

SJO will win if the passing game continues to be great.

1 - Monticello will need to control the tempo. 2 - SJO needs to stay energized till the final buzzer and not let the sages in at the end.

If SJO can get up by two scores and the defense doesn't let up, they are 6-0.


Week 5 Results
1. Best Look Magazine ... 4-0
2. DoubleJ ... 3-1
2. Frank ... 3-1
2. Sentinel ... 3-1
2. Naomi ... 3-1


Friday Night Forecast Leaderboard
 1. DoubleJ ... 20-4
 1. Best Look Magazine ... 20-4
 1. Sentinel ... 20-4
 4. Coltrane ... 16-4
 5. Frank ... 15-4
 6. Sagesrunner ... 11-4
 7. SCOTTY P ... 8-2
 7. Bement Bulldogs ... 8-2
 9. Steve ... 5-0
10. Laura ... 3-1
10. Naomi ... 3-1
12. Buddy ... 3-2


Statistical Leaders
 1. Steve ... 100.00%
 2. DoubleJ ... 83.33%
 2. Best Look Magazine ... 83.33%
 2. Sentinel ... 83.33%
 4. SCOTTY P ... 80.00%
 4. Coltrane ... 80.00%
 4. Bement Bulldogs ... 80.00%
 7. Frank ... 78.95%
 8. Laura ... 75.00%
 8 Naomi ... 75.00%
10. Sagesrunner ... 73.33%
11. Buddy ... 60.00%

Week 1 Predictions • Week 2 Predictions • Week 3 Predictions
Week 4 Predictions • Week 5 Predictions

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