It is time for another week of IPC football predictions in The Sentinel’s weekly Friday Night Forecast.
Photo: Sentinel/Clark Brooks
St. Joseph-Ogden's Cameron Wagner provides pass protection during a play in last year's home game against Unity. The Rockets are back at Dick Duval Field for this year's Illini Prairie Conference regular season football game.
URBANA - Each week, we invite Illini Prairie Conference fans to predict the winners from conference matchups. New experts are welcome every week. Here what the team of experts say this week.
Week 4 predictions
Illini Prairie Game of the Week
Prairie Central (2-1)
vs Paxton-Buckley-Loda (1-2)
Sara: Paxton-Buckley-Loda .::. 24-21
Alan: Paxton-Buckley-Loda .::. 24-21
J: Paxton-Buckley-Loda .::. 35-14
Lyman: Paxton-Buckley-Loda .::. 34-27
Denise: Prairie Central .::. 27-14
Brooks Look: Last week, Prairie Central proved it could contain St. Teresa's balance attack when it needed it most. Despite allowing 407 yards, the Hawks walked away with a 14-13 win in the non-conference game last Saturday. Meanwhile, PBL quarterback Sam Hall threw 11 passes for 265 yards and six - yes, six TD passes in last week's game against Pontiac. The Panthers' star running back Mason Vaughan average 6.9 yards a carry for 125 yards. If the Paxton-Buckley-Loda's defense can bring their A-game this week, they'll have have win #2 in their back pocket.
Paxton-Buckley-Loda 27, Prairie Central 14
Monticello (2-1) @ St. Teresa (1-2)
Sara: St. Teresa .::. 27-24
Alan: Monticello .::. 28-14
J: Monticello .::. 35-14
Lyman: Monticello .::. 21-7
Denise: Monticello .::. 24-10
Brooks Look: This is an exciting football match-up that will be worth twice the price of admission. The question: Can the Sages shutdown the Bulldogs' offense on their home field? This has all the markings of an overtime win for St. T in Monticello.
St. Teresa 28, Monticello 21
Pontiac (0-3) vs Illinois Valley Central (0-3)
Sara: Illinois Valley Central .::. 32-13
Alan: Illinois Valley Central .::. 35-13
J: Pontiac .::. 22-12
Lyman: Pontiac .::. 7-0
Denise: Pontiac .::. 14-6
Brooks Look: Easy choice here. After putting up a season-high 22 points on PBL last week, Pontiac comes out on top in this pairing with their first win of the season.
Pontiac 24, Illinois Valley Central 13
Rantoul (0-3) @ Central Catholic (3-0)
Sara: Central Catholic .::. 50-6
Alan: Central Catholic .::. 42-6
J: Central Catholic .::. 41-0
Lyman: Central Catholic .::. 56-0
Denise: Central Catholic .::. 21-0
Brooks Look: Central Catholic is one of three IPC teams in the top ten of the AP Class 3A polls. With the speed, size, and athleticism this team brings to gridiron, it will be hard for them to lose this one.
Central Catholic 56, Rantoul 6
Unity (2-1) @ St. Joseph-Ogden (3-0)
Sara: St. Joseph-Ogden .::. 36-27
Alan: St. Joseph-Ogden .::. 31-28
J: Unity .::. 27-20
Lyman: St. Joseph-Ogden .::. 31-24
Denise: St. Joseph-Ogden .::. 24-17
Brooks Look: There has never been a boring St. Joseph-Ogden - Unity game. Last year, the Spartans came out on top thanks to kicker Charlie Schmitz booting the game-winning field goal from 31 yards out with 1.2 seconds left on the clock to seal a 24-21 victory at Dick Duval Field. The Rockets extracted revenge with a 35-7 second-round playoff victory eliminating SJO. This year, the game comes down to which team has the better defense. The Spartans will come close to making it three-consecutive regular season wins against the Rockets but won't be able to finish the job in overtime.
Unity 28, St. Joseph-Ogden 21
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 |
