Monticello will look to play spoiler while improving its playoff positioning again tonight when it hosts Paxton-Buckley Loda in an Illini Prairie Conference high school football showdown in Monticello.
Monticello knocked off Prairie Central last Friday night, 18-14, making the Hawks' path to the playoffs exceedingly difficult. Tonight, the Sages host PBL with a chance to spoil the Panthers' hopes at the playoffs. Coach Cully Welter knows PBL has been preparing for them for several weeks.
Coach Welter anticipates the kitchen sink this week as PBL enters play 4-4 overall - needing a win to qualify for the playoffs.
For Monticello, they cannot get overwhelmed by the chaos that may be coming their way. Coach Welter believes PBL will want to establish the run, but they have to be ready for anything.
The 6-2 Sages will look to improve their playoff seeding with a win tonight. Game time is 7 pm. Hear the action - starting with a 6:45 pregame on WEZC and online at dewittdailynews.com. And be sure to catch highlights of the action after the game at ILSportsWire on all your preferred social media sites.
Illini Prairie Conference action tonight
Prairie Central @ Bloomington Central Catholic
Illinois Valley Central @ Rantoul
Pontiac @ St. Joseph-Ogden
Big 12 Conference action tonight
Champaign Central @ Peoria Manual
Bloomington @ Champaign Centennial
Peoria Notre Dame @ Danville
Urbana @ Normal West
Normal Community @ Peoria
Central State Eight Conference
Lincoln @ Jacksonville
Springfield Lanphier @ Normal U-High
Decatur MacArthur @ Quincy Notre Dame
Chatham-Glenwood @ Springfield
Rochester @ Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin
Decatur Eisenhower @ Springfield Southeast
Lincoln Prairie Conference action tonight
Nokomis @ Arcola
Sullivan @ Argenta-Oreana
Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond @ Villa Grove
Mid Illini Conference action tonight
Limestone @ Canton
unlap @ Metamora
Washington @ Morton
East Peoria @ Pekin
Sangamo Conference action tonight
Riverton @ Athens
Maroa-Forsyth @ New Berlin
Petersburg PORTA @ Pittsfield
Auburn @ Olympia
Pleasant Plains @ Williamsville
Non-Conference action tonight
Dee-Mack @ Benton-Kelly (MO)
Taylorville @ Bethalto Civic Memorial
Mt. Zion @ Breese Mater Dei
Peru St. Bede @ Decatur St. Teresa
Peoria Richwoods @ Mahomet-Seymour
Tolono Unity @ Mt. Vernon
8-Man Football tonight
Milford @ Decatur Unity Christian
Blue Ridge @ St. Anne
Champaign St. Thomas More @ Meridian
