Week 8 IHSA football scores from around the state

Photo: Sentinel/Clark Brooks

URBANA - Urbana's Marquan Dunn looks to throw a deep pass during the Tigers' 2025 opener against St. Teresa. Facing Peoria Manual for their Senior Night opponent, the Urbana football program won their first game since the fall of 2021, beating the Rams big, 42-26.

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Illini Prairie Conference scores

Seneca 39, St. Joseph-Ogden 36
Unity 48, Illinois Valley Central 14
Paxton-Buckley-Loda 46, Rantoul 0
Central Catholic 48, Pontiac 21
Monticello 18, Prairie Central 14

Big Twelve Conference scores

Peoria 42, Bloomington 14
Normal West 34, Champaign Central 14
Normal Community 56, Champaign Centennial 6
Danville 41, Richwoods 22
Urbana 42, Peoria Manual 26

Scores from around the state

Civic Memorial 21, Jersey 7
Waterloo 21, Triad 14
Highland 13, Mascoutah 10
Roxana 55, East Alton-Wood River 0
Breese Central 41, Columbia 8
Freeburg 45, Salem 18
Carlinville 35, Hillsboro 28
Staunton 27, Gillespie 8
Greenville 42, Southwestern 13
Vandalia 49, North Mac 0
Pana 63, Litchfield 21
Greenfield 35, Concord Triopia 12
Brown County 63, North Greene 0
West Central 58, Mendon Unity 50
Camp Point Central 60, Pleasant Hill 8
St. Louis St. Mary’s 23, Belleville Althoff 0
Cahokia 34, Collinsville 14
Doniphan (Mo.) 21, Granite City 13
Breese Mater Dei 65, Decatur St. Teresa 39
Chester 42, Red Bud 18
Wesclin 34, Carlyle 0
Dupo 29, Sparta 23
Amboy 68, West Prairie 8
Andrew 47, DeKalb 28
Annawan-Wethersfield 42, ROWVA-Williamsfield 6
Arlington Heights Hersey 38, Mt Prospect Prospect 34
Athens 29, New Berlin 27
Aurora Christian 28, Wheaton Academy 27
Barrington 42, Schaumburg 0
Batavia 31, St Charles East 13
Benton 56, Pinckneyville 7
Bradley-Bourbonnais 35, Lincoln Way West 13
Brother Rice 48, St. Laurence 6
Byron 77, Rockford Lutheran 0
Carterville 28, Murphysboro 7
Cary-Grove 40, Hampshire 7
Central 41, Crystal Lake Central 6
Central 44, Iroquois West 8
Central 60, Pleasant Hill 8
Centralia 48, Mt Vernon 44
Coal City 56, Herscher 7
Crete-Monee 52, Bloom 7
Danville 41, Richwoods 22
Deer Creek-Mackinaw 28, Lexington 19
Dixon 65, Streator 0
Downers Grove South 42, Leyden 3
Du Quoin 28, Nashville 18
Effingham 36, Mattoon 16
Elk Grove 10, Buffalo Grove 4
Erie-Prophetstown 27, Mendota 14
Fairfield 56, Christopher 12
Flanagan-Cornell 42, Peoria Heights 30
Flora 39, Hamilton County 23
Fremd 23, Palatine 13
Galena 46, Dakota 6
Galva 50, Ridgewood 44
Genoa-Kingston 62, Rock Falls 6
Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley 34, Fieldcrest 6
Glenbard East 21, Glenbard South 14
Glenwood 35, Sacred Heart-Griffin 31
Grant 54, Grayslake Central 20
Harrisburg 14, Herrin 7
Heyworth 30, Tuscola 14
Homewood-Flossmoor 29, Naperville Central 10
Huntley 48, McHenry 36
Illini West 42, United 22
Jacksonville 36, MacArthur 33
Johnsburg 24, Woodstock 21
Joliet West 31, Plainfield Central 7
Kaneland 23, La Salle-Peru 21
Lakes 35, Grayslake North 0
Libertyville 31, Lake Forest 6
Lincoln Way Central 37, Aurora Waubonsie Valley 3
Lockport 34, Aurora Metea Valley 21
Lyons 24, Downers Grove North 20
Macomb 42, Elmwood 13
Mahomet-Seymour 49, Charleston 0
Manteno 25, Peotone 20
Marion 39, Carbondale 35
Marist 51, Aurora Marmion 6
Metamora 63, East Peoria 20
Milledgeville 54, Alden-Hebron 22
Momence 44, Watseka 19
Monticello 18, Prairie Central 14
Morris 50, Sycamore 10
Morrison 31, Fulton 21
Morton 20, Dunlap 19
Mt. Carmel 35, Marshall 0
Naperville North 14, Lincoln-Way East 6
Nazareth 42, Benet 14
Newton 34, Lawrenceville 20
Oakwood 28, Salt Fork 7
Olney 28, Casey-Westfield 27
Olympia 54, Pleasant Plains 13
Orangeville 56, Christian Life 29
Oswego 33, Oswego East 21
PORTA 38, Riverton 8
Paris 41, Robinson 19
Pawnee 21, Metro-East Lutheran 20
Paxton-Buckley-Loda 46, Rantoul 0
Peoria 42, Bloomington 20
Peoria Notre Dame 47, St Bede 13
Pittsfield 34, Auburn 21
Plainfield South 49, Joliet Central 0
Polo 54, Kirkland Hiawatha 14
Princeville 48, Stark County 7
Providence 48, Marian Catholic 13
Richards 54, Lemont 27
Richmond-Burton 42, Marengo 13
Ridgewood 35, Bensenville Fenton 27
Riverdale 34, Hall 25
Riverside-Brookfield 31, West Chicago 14
Rochelle 42, Ottawa 3
Rochester 55, Springfield 10
Rock Island 41, Galesburg 6
Rockridge 48, Monmouth-Roseville 12
Rolling Meadows 63, Wheeling 0
Sandburg 24, Neuqua Valley 21
Saxony Lutheran, Mo. 42, Massac County 27
Seneca 39, St Joseph-Ogden 36
Sesser-Valier 24, Eldorado 20
St Charles North 31, Glenbard North 20
St. Francis 35, DePaul 14
Sterling 38, Quincy 17
Stockton 18, Durand-Pecatonica 14
T.F. North 31, T.F. South 12
Tri-Valley 50, Shelbyville 6
Unity 48, Illinois Valley Central 14
University 50, Southeast 14
Urbana 42, Manual 26
Vernon Hills 14, Maine West 7
Warren 27, Lake Zurich 17
Washington 48, Canton 12
Wauconda 25, Antioch 20
West Carroll 41, South Beloit 22
West Central 59, Bushnell-Prairie City 36
West Hancock 48, Bureau Valley 12
Westville 59, Hoopeston 0
Wheaton North 21, Geneva 20
Wilmington 54, Reed-Custer 6
York 21, Glenbard West 20

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TAGS: Illinois high school football scores in October, Week 8 IHSA football results, Urbana wins first game in two years, SJO loses tight game to Seneca on the road, Wilmington crushes Reed-Custer

Friday Night Forecast |Here's how tonight's Illini Prairie team will fare

Photo: Sentinel/Clark Brooks

BLOOMINGTON - Central Catholic quarterback Valshun Powe carries the ball for a first down against St. Joseph-Ogden last Friday. The Saints averaged two TDs per quarter to beat the visiting Spartans 67-28. BCC is on the road tonight against Pontiac.

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Here are Week 8 predictions from Illini Prairie football pundits for this edition of The Sentinel’s Friday Night Forecast.

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URBANA - Each week, we invite Illini Prairie Conference fans to predict the winners from conference matchups. New experts are welcome every week. Below is what this week's team of experts think they have figured out.

Week 8 predictions

Illini Prairie Game of the Week
Paxton-Buckley-Loda vs Rantoul

Denise: Paxton-Buckley-Loda .::. 63-21
J: Paxton-Buckley-Loda .::. 27-7
Alan: Paxton-Buckley-Loda .::. 38-7
Sara C: Paxton-Buckley-Loda .::. 38-21
Mike Roy: Paxton-Buckley-Loda .::. 35-7

Brooks Look: The Panthers might not make it to 4-4 overall if they fall asleep on the Eagles.

Paxton-Buckley-Loda 42, Rantoul 21

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Monticello @ Prairie Central

Denise: Monticello .::. 28-7
J: Monticello .::. 33-18
Alan: Prairie Central .::. 35-21
Sara C: Monticello .::. 28-27
Mike Roy: Monticello .::. 21-13

Brooks Look: The Sages doing Sages stuff, secure a spot in the playoffs.

Monticello 35, Prarie Central 14

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Unity @ Illinois Valley Central

Denise: Unity .::. 32-14
J: Unity .::. 50-0
Alan: Unity .::. 31-20
Sara C: Unity .::. 38-21
Mike Roy: Unity .::. 47-0

Brooks Look: The playoff eligible Rockets will use this game to tighten up their defensive execution and get a lot of young players on the field in the second half.

Unity 49, Illinois Valley Central 7

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Central Catholic @ Pontiac

Denise: Central Catholic .::. 54-14
J: Central Catholic .::. 46-7
Alan: Central Catholic .::. 42-14
Sara C: Central Catholic .::. 60-14
Mike Roy: Central Catholic .::. 63-7

Brooks Look: The undefeated Saints are just two games away from duplicating SJO's perfect 2024 IPC season. At this point, there is no reason to believe they can't do it.

Central Catholic 35, Pontiac 7

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St. Joseph-Ogden @ Seneca

Denise: St. Joseph-Ogden .::. 42-28
J: Seneca .::. 49-28
Alan: St. Joseph-Ogden .::. 28-24
Sara C: St. Joseph-Ogden .::. 32-20
Mike Roy: Seneca .::. 56-14

Brooks Look: For a second straight week, the Spartans face another undefeated team. Seneca has scored at least 35 points per contest this season. SJO has struggled to score in the second half in their last three games and it feels like this week, the second-half drought is finally over with Wyatt Wertz back on the field.

St. Joseph-Ogden 28, Seneca 21

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Week 7 Results

Rank	Name	Record	Notes
1	Alan	5-0	Week 7 winner via tiebreak!!!
2	J	5-0	3-way tie
2	Denise	5-0	3-way tie
2	Denise J	5-0	3-way tie
5	Sara	4-1	2-way tie
5	Brooks Look	4-1	2-way tie

Cumulative Standings (After Week 7)

Rank	Name	Total Record	Wins	Notes
1	Brooks Look	29-6	2	Week 2 & 5 winner
2	Denise	26-9	0
2	Alan	26-9	1	Week 7 winner
4	Sara	22-8	1	Week 3 winner
5	J	21-4	2	Week 1 & 4 winner
6	Lyman	10-5	0
7	Frank	7-3	0
8	Denise J	5-0	0	New participant this week
8	Mike Roy	5-0	1	Week 6 Winner!
10	Keith	3-2	0

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TAGS: Week 8 Illini Prairie football, Weekly IPC football predictions, SJO football, Unity football predictions, IHSA high school football predictions

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You pick 'em, make your Week 8 Illini Prairie Conference football predictions

Photo: Sentinel/Clark Brooks

BLOOMINGTON - St. Joseph-Ogden's Will Franklin tries to fight his way through the Central Catholic offensive line to get to ball carrier Valshun Powe during the first quarter of their conference game last Friday. The Spartans fell 67-28, dropping to 4-3 on the season. SJO looks to rebound this week at Seneca to secure their fifth win for a possible playoff bid.

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Illini Prairie Conference scores

Central Catholic 67, St Joseph-Ogden 28
Illinois Valley Central 28, Rock Falls 0
Monticello 27, Pontiac 6
Prairie Central 40, Rantoul 6
Unity 47, Paxton-Buckley-Loda 0

Week 7 Results

Rank	Name	Record	Notes
1	Alan	5-0	Week 7 winner via tiebreak!!!
2	J	5-0	3-way tie
2	Denise	5-0	3-way tie
2	Denise J	5-0	3-way tie
5	Sara	4-1	2-way tie
5	Brooks Look	4-1	2-way tie

Cumulative Standings (After Week 7)

Rank	Name	Total Record	Wins	Notes
1	Brooks Look	29-6	2	Week 2 & 5 winner
2	Denise	26-9	0
2	Alan	26-9	1	Week 7 winner
4	Sara	22-8	1	Week 3 winner
5	J	21-4	2	Week 1 & 4 winner
6	Lyman	10-5	0
7	Frank	7-3	0
8	Denise J	5-0	0	New participant this week
8	Mike Roy	5-0	1	Week 6 Winner!
10	Keith	3-2	0

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TAGS: Illini Prairie Conference weekly football predictions, Week 8 Unity football predictions, Rantoul football predictions this week, IHSA football predictions in Central Illinois

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