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Monticello No. 9 in Pre-Season High School Football Polls

The Monticello Sages football squad is no. 9 in the preseason high school Class 3A football polls.

 

Monticello is coming off an 8-3 campaign with a second-round defeat in the 3A playoffs to Benton. 

 

Defending state champion Byron is no. 1 in the preseason poll followed by IC Catholic. Reed-Custer, Tolono Unity, and Williamsville tied for third in the 3A poll.

 

Princeton, Mt. Carmel and Eureka come in at 6-8, respectively. Benton rounded out the top 10. Prairie Central and Paxton-Buckley-Loda from the Illini Prairie Conference received votes in the vote.

 

Defending state champion Wilmington is no. 1 in class 2A followed by Decatur St. Teresa, Tri-Valley, Pana and Breese Mater Dei rounding out the top five.

 

Maroa-Forsyth checks in at no. 7 in the preseason poll. 

 

In Class 1A, Colfax-Ridgeview and Central A&M are 3-4 respectively in 1A.
 


Lena-Winslow is no. 1 with Arcola checking in at no. 9. Tuscola received votes in the poll. 

 

In Class 4A, Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin is no. 1. Rochester is no. 3.

 

Mahomet-Seymour received a vote for first place in Class 5A but comes in at no. 3 to start the season. Kankakee and LaGrange Park Nazareth are 1-2, respectively. 

 

Peoria is no. 6 in the 5A poll. Morton and Decatur MacArthur received votes in the poll.

 

Washington received votes in the 6A poll but did not make the top 10. East St. Louis is the top team in 6A.

 

In 7A, Pekin and Normal received votes but did not make the top 10. Chicago Mt. Carmel is no. 1.

 

Lincoln-Way East is no. 1 in 8A.

 

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