Joey Sprinkle hit Tristan Foran with an 8-yard go-ahead touchdown that Foran wrestled away from the defender in helping Monticello outlast Bloomington Central Catholic 32-27 last week, now the Sages head to Pontiac tonight for another Illini Prairie Conference high school football matchup.
Coach Cully Welter liked the way his kids played with poise after the Saints used over eight minutes of the first quarter to punch in the game's first score and then trailed 10-0 early in the second quarter.
Coming into tonight's matchup at Pontiac, Coach Welter says the Indians will, per usual, be bigger than the Sages upfront and they bring some matchup problems in the skill positions.
The third-ranked Sages come into tonight's contest tied for first in the Illini Prairie at 4-0 with Tolono Unity while Pontiac is among a trio of teams at 1-3 in conference play. Game time is 7 pm and can be heard on 95.9 FM WEZC and online at dewittdailynews.com.
Illini Prairie
Prairie Central at Illinois Valley Central
Paxton-Buckley-Loda at Rantoul
St. Joseph-Ogden at Olympia
Tolono Unity at Bloomington Central Catholic
Apollo
Effingham at Taylorville
Mahomet-Seymour at Charleston
Mt. Zion at Lincoln
Big Twelve
Champaign Central at Normal Community
Danville at Peoria Manual
Normal West at Peoria Notre Dame
Peoria at Champaign Centennial
Peoria Richwoods at Bloomington
Central Illinois
Central A & M at Tuscola
Shelbyville at Warrensburg-Latham
Lincoln Prairie
Argenta-Oreana at Oakland Tri-County
Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond at Cerro Gordo-Bement
Sangamon Valley at Arcola
Toledo-Cumberland at Villa Grove
Mid-Illini
Limestone at East Peoria
Dunlap at Metamora
Morton at Washington
Pekin at Canton
Sangamo
Maroa-Forsyth at Williamsville
Non-Conference
Ridgeview at El Paso-Gridley
G.C.M.S. at Eureka
Heyworth at Tri-Valley
Dee-Mack at Fisher
Fieldcrest at LeRoy
Tremont at Madison (Sat.)
Urbana at Du-Pec (Sat.)
8-Man Football
Polo at Flanagan-Cornell-Cornell-Woodland
Champaign St. Thomas More at Edwardsville Metro-East Lutheran
Blue Ridge at Decatur LSA
