After week one's 21-14 loss to St. Joseph-Ogden, Monticello football Coach Cully Welter took a lot of positives away from the performance but noted they would need to approach the remainder of the season like the postseason because of the balance of the Illini Prairie Conference.
Heading into this week's matchup at IVC, Coach Welter felt like his team left a lot of opportunities on the field last week and a slow start didn't help much either.
In year's past, Coach Welter may have dialed more in on self-improvement in practice rather than get too wrapped up in strategy for an opponent, that shifts a little bit as the Sages find themselves in a bit of an early hole.
Monticello takes on Illinois Valley Central tonight in Chillicothe. Hear all the action around 7 pm on 95.9 FM WEZC and online at dewittdailynews.com.
Illini Prairie Conference matchups tonight:
Prairie Central at Pontiac
Rantoul at Bloomington Central Catholic
Tolono Unity at St. Joseph-Ogden
Apollo
Effingham at Mahomet-Seymour
Lincoln at Charleston
Mattoon at Mt. Zion
Big Twelve
Champaign Central at Normal Community
Normal West at Bloomington
Peoria at Danville
Peoria Manual at Champaign Centennial
Peoria Notre Dame at Urbana
Central State Eight
Chatham-Glenwood at Decatur MacArthur
Decatur Eisenhower at Rochester
Springfield Lanphier at Jacksonville
Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin vs. Springfield at Springfield Southeast
Springfield Southeast at Normal U-High
Heart of Illinois
Tri-Valley at Dee-Mack
El Paso-Gridley at Fieldcrest
Eureka at Tremont
Fisher at Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley
LeRoy at Heyworth
Sangamo
Auburn at Maroa-Forsyth
Non-Conference action tonight...
Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond at Meridian
Limestone at Woodstock
Althoff Catholic at Decatur St. Teresa
Reed-Custer at Arcola
Cerro Gordo-Bement at Carlyle
Dunlap at Rock Island
East Peoria at Aurora Central Catholic
Elgin St. Edward at Taylorville (Sat.)
Blue Ridge at Edwardsville Metro-East Lutheran
Fithian-Oakwood at Iroquois West
LaSalle-Peru at Metamora
Central A & M at Marshall (Sat.)
Pekin at Belleville East
Peoria Richwoods at Morton
Shelbyville at Bridgeport Red Hill (Sat.)
Sparta at Paxton-Buckley-Loda
Sullivan-Okaw Valley at Nokomis
Toledo-Cumberland at Tuscola
Villa Grove vs. Ridgeview
Warrensburg-Latham at Sangamon Valley
Washington at Kankakee (Sr.)
8-Man Football
Flanagan-Cornell-Woodland at Champaign St. Thomas More
Pawnee at Decatur LSA (Sat.)