Monticello puts a seven game winning streak on the line tonight when they travel to rival Tolono Unity for Illini Prairie Conference high school football action in week 9.
Coach Cully Welter admits his team is playing well but they still have little details to iron out to be the consistent defensive force he believes they can be. In a 28-13 win over Prairie Central, it was big plays that hurt the Sages.
Out of last week's win, Coach Welter was calling for his team to put the distractions of the excitement from the attention they are getting as a team and focus on playing football. He feels they did much better about that this week.
The Sages face a Unity team that has a couple of tough losses to its ledger this season and Coach Welter says they will be a handful in the running game and a very tough defense.
Unity comes into action tonight 5-3 overall.
Game time is 7 pm. Hear the action on 95.9 FM WEZC and online at dewittdailynews.com.
Illini Prairie
Bloomington Central Catholic at Prairie Central
Paxton-Buckley-Loda at St. Joseph-Ogden
Rantoul at Illinois Valley Central
Big Twelve
Champaign Centennial at Bloomington
Danville at Peoria Notre Dame
Normal West at Urbana
Peoria at Normal Community
Peoria Manual at Champaign Central
Lincoln Prairie
Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond at Sullivan-Okaw Valley
Cerro Gordo-Bement at Arcola
Sangamon Valley at Nokomis
Oakland Tri-County at Villa Grove
Toledo-Cumberland at Argenta-Oreana
Mid-Illini
Canton at Limestone
Metamora at Dunlap
Morton at Washington
Pekin at East Peoria
Sangamo
New Berlin at Maroa-Forsyh
Pittsfield at Petersburg-PORTA
Olympia at Auburn
Williamsville at Pleasant Plains
Non-Conference
Decatur St. Teresa at Highland
Jacksonville at Lincoln
Mahomet-Seymour at Peoria Richwoods
Mt. Zion at Breese Mater Dei
Normal U-High at Springfield Lanphier
Quincy Notre Dame at Decatur MacArthur
Springfield at Chatham-Glenwood
Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin at Rochester
Springfield Southeast at Decatur Eisenhower
St. Louis TDW Academy, MO at Taylorville
