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Week 5 Illini Prairie football predictions

Here are Week 5 predictions from seven IPC football fans for this edition of The Sentinel’s Friday Night Forecast.

Photo: Sentinel/Clark Brooks

Unity's Crewe Eckstein celebrates a touchdown against Bloomington Central Catholic earlier this month. You will find the senior in the end zone most of the night in the Rockets' homecoming game against Pontiac tonight.

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 5 predictions

Illini Prairie Game of the Week
Central Catholic @ Monticello

Alan: Central Catholic .::. 28-17
Frank: Central Catholic .::. 34-18
J: Monticello .::. 28-20
Sara C: Central Catholic .::. 48-24
Denise: Central Catholic .::. 28-21
Lyman: Monticello .::. 28-27

Brooks Look: Monticello will throw the kitchen sink at the Saints. However, based on the way Central Catholic handled the Unity Rockets in Week 3, I've gotta go with undefeated BCC . Central Catholic 42, Monticello 21

Prairie Central @ Illinois Valley Central

Alan: Prairie Central .::. 31-14
Frank: Prairie Central .::. 21-14
J: Prairie Central .::. 20-12
Sara C: Illinois Valley Central .::. 28-21
Denise: Prairie Central .::. 27-7
Lyman: Prairie Central .::. 56-0

Brooks Look: It is redemption week for the Hawks coming off a 10-point loss to Paxton-Buckley-Loda. I see the Prairie Central swooping in for a victory on the Grey Ghosts. Prairie Central 28, IVC 14

Paxton-Buckley-Loda @ Tuscola

Alan: Paxton-Buckley-Loda .::. 27-21
Frank: Paxton-Buckley-Loda .::. 20-18
J: Paxton-Buckley-Loda .::. 22-20
Sara C: Paxton-Buckley-Loda .::. 36-14
Denise: Paxton-Buckley-Loda .::. 28-14
Lyman: Paxton-Buckley-Loda .::. 35-24

Brooks Look: I hate to bet against the Panthers, but Tuscola has home field advantage and a two-game win streak that started with upset on the road at Tri-Valley. Tuscola 28, PBL 24

St. Joseph-Ogden @ Rantoul

Alan: St. Joseph-Ogden .::. 42-7
Frank: St. Joseph-Ogden .::. 52-6
J: St. Joseph-Ogden .::. 42-12
Sara C: St. Joseph-Ogden .::. 50-6
Denise: St. Joseph-Ogden .::. 48-0
Lyman: St. Joseph-Ogden .::. 63-0

Brooks Look: The Spartan offense will cook tonight. 'Nuff said. SJO 48, Rantoul 12

Unity vs Pontiac

Alan: Unity .::. 35-13
Frank: Unity .::. 38-12
J: Unity .::. 42-7
Sara C: Unity .::. 48-14
Denise: Unity .::. 36-7
Lyman: Unity .::. 49-0

Brooks Look: Unity defense was firing on all cylinders at Dick Duval Field last week and their offense capitalized on coverage missteps by the Spartans. They will be a juggernaut in the first three quarters. Unity 49, Pontiac 7

Week 4 Scores

Monticello 39, St. Teresa 20
Paxton-Buckley-Loda 24, Prairie Central 14
Pontiac 28, IVC 7
Central Catholic 51, Rantoul 6
Unity 40, St. Joseph-Ogden 10

Week 4 Results

Rank	Name	Record	Notes
1	J	5-0	Week 4 winner
2	Lyman	4-1	Tie-Break**
3	Brooks Look	4-1
4	Denise	3-2
5	Alan	3-2
6	Sara	2-3

Cumulative Standings (After Week 4)

Rank	Name	Total Record	Wins	Notes
1	Brooks Look	16-4	1	Week 2 winner
2	Denise	14-6	0
3	Alan	13-7	0
4	J	13-2	2	Week 1 & 4 winner
5	Sara	11-4	1	Week 3 winner
6	Lyman	7-3	0
7	Keith	3-2	0

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Week 5 Big Twelve football predictions

URBANA - This week's prediction poll for the Friday Night Forecast is closed. Here are this week's picks from area Big Twelve fans.

Bloomington vs Urbana

GAME-of-the-WEEK!
Alan: Bloomington .::. 42-6
Clark: Bloomington .::. 35-6

Centennial @ Peoria Notre Dame

Alan: Peoria Notre Dame .::. 27-24
Clark: Centennial .::. 18-14

Danville vs Crete Monee

Alan: Crete Monee .::. 45-20
Clark: Crete Monee .::. 42-14

Richwoods @ Champaign Central

Alan: Champaign Central .::. 35-14
Clark: Peoria Richwoods .::. 28-21

Normal Community vs Peoria Manual

Alan: Normal Community .::. 49-16
Clark: Normal Community .::. 42-6

Normal West @ Peoria

Alan: Peoria High School .::. 64-20
Clark: Peoria High School .::. 28-14

With Week 5 voting closed, check back Monday to see how accurate this week's guesses were to the real thing. Whether you’re a die-hard fan, a proud alum, or just love the spirit of high school football, Friday Night Forecast brings the fun of the season straight to area prep football fans. Join us in next week poll on Tuesday.

Below are the Week 4 standings.