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2025 Central State Eight Updates.

All..... Chatham getting in on the "action." Show choir no less. Sigh.... 😱 Ratsy

Well shoot, I guess at least we can start calling it a "South County" calamity... but then again that's not fair to the true south Sangamon folk... Lowder, Thayer, Divernon, Pawnee, Glenarm, Auburn and the like... I guess we can call it the Lake Springfield Crisis... must be something in the water...
 
This one time, at band camp ....
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Well shoot, I guess at least we can start calling it a "South County" calamity... but then again that's not fair to the true south Sangamon folk... Lowder, Thayer, Divernon, Pawnee, Glenarm, Auburn and the like... I guess we can call it the Lake Springfield Crisis... must be something in the water...
Also, upon reading, sounds familiar... They (Hard R and that school on Plummer Blvd) hate each other, until they need each other's lawyers... 😁
 
All.... The QND schedule for 2025. Ratsy


8-22 Decatur St. Teresa Scimmage V/JV 6pm (A)
8-29 Soldan International (H)
9-5 Alton (Marquette) (H)
9-12 Southeast (A)
9-19 Sacred Heart-Griffin (A)
9-26 Springfield (H)
10-3 Lanphier (A)
10-10 Jacksonville (H)
10-17 Lincoln (A)
10-24 Decatur (MacArthur) (H)
 
All.... Tentative schedules subject to change. Source il.8to18.com, Big teams.com and Hudl. I did not come across Southeast and Rochester but one can cross reference the other schedules below and get an idea who they play and the dates. Ratsy

Sacred Heart- Griffin -

8-29 Christian Brothers College (H)
9-5 Mascoutah (A)
9-12 Jacksonville (A)
9-19 QND (H)
9-26 Lanphier (A)
10-3 Southeast (H)
10-10 Springfield (H)
10-17 Chatham (A)
10-24 Rochester (H)

Springfield -

8-28 Champaign (Central) 6PM (A) Showing Thursday?
9-5 MacArthur (H)
9-12 Lanphier (H)
9-20 Southeast (H) 1PM
9-26 QND (A)
10-3 Jacksonville (A)
10-10 SHG (A)
10-17 (Rochester) (A)
10-24 Chatham (H)

Jacksonville -

8-29 Highland (H)
9-5 Eisenhower (A)
9-12 SHG (H)
9-19 Lanphier (A)
9-26 Southeast (A)
10-3 Springfield (H)
10-10 QND (A)
10-17 Macarthur (A)
1024 Lincoln (H)

Lanphier -

8-29 Lincoln (H)
9-5 East Peoria (A)
9-12 Springfield (A)
9-19 Jacksonville (H)
9-26 SHG (H)
10-3 QND (H)
10-11 Southeast (H) 1PM
10-17 Eisenhower (A)
10-24 Normal University (A)

Chatham -

8-29 Edwardsville (A)
9-5 Bonne Terre (North County) (H)
9-12 Eisenhower (H)
9-19 Rochester (A)
9-26 MacArthur (H)
10-3 Normal University (H)
10-10 Lincoln (A)
10-17 SHG (H)
10-24 Springfield (A)

Normal University -

8-29 Peoria (Manual) (A)
9-5 Bloomington (H)
9-12 MacArthur (A)
9-19 Lincoln (A)
9-26 Rochester (H)
10-3 Chatham (A)
10-10 Eisenhower (H)
10-17 Southeast (A)
10-24 Lanphier (H)

Lincoln -

8-29 Lanphier (A)
9-5 Southeast (H)
9-12 Rochester (A)
9-19 Normal University (H)
9-26 Eisenhower (A)
10-3 MacArthur (A)
10-10 Chatham (H)
10-17 QND (H)
10-24 Jacksonville (A)

Decatur (MacArthur) -

8-29 Mattoon (H)
9-5 Springfield (A)
9-12 Normal University (H)
9-19 Eisenhower (H) 5PM
9-26 Chatham (A)
10-3 Lincoln (H)
10-10 Rochester (A)
10-17 Jacksonville (H)
10-24 QND (A)

Decatur (Eisenhower) -

8-29 Streator (A)
9-5 Jacksonville (H)
9-12 Chatham (A)
9-19 MacArthur (A) 5PM
9-26 Lincoln (H)
10-3 Rochester (H)
10-10 Normal University (A)
10-17 Lanphier (H)
10-24 Southeast (A)
 
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Thanks Ratsy. Do you know or have you heard anything on who SHG is going to scrimmage with this year and if it will be home or away?
 
Thanks Ratsy. Do you know or have you heard anything on who SHG is going to scrimmage with this year and if it will be home or away?
All.... I have not. Was wondering if they they were going to mix it up with ESTL again. Couldn't find any info on their week 0 opponent either. Ratsy
 
The deal is SHG is supposed to come to ESL
All.... A great setting the house of pain.... Enjoyed my time when visiting in 2019 as the Flyers whacked Chatham. Hoping for a early scrimmage time in that zero week game. Big Mamma's closes at 8 and a stop is a must for pork steak, cooter fries, and cake. The ultimite on the road dining experience as I make my way back to Springfield. 😇 Ratsy
 
Per scattered news reports/press releases Rochester will host Gibson Southern (IN) on Saturday August 30 at 2pm and will play Mt. Zion in Week 2, although I haven't seen a venue for the latter.
 
All.... Congrats to these four and an outstanding 2024 season. It will be interesting to see after graduating a bunch of CS8 stars on both sides of the ball what kind of season they can put together.

The new qb likey will be Jr. Owen Kirby. Not a ton of varsity experience. Pioneers should handle their opener with Manual. The schedule is top loaded with week two against Bloomington and then East play opens up. One bright note is they have coming back for his senior year Cade Cunningham who had a great year at WO with just under 1400 yards in receptions along with 16td's. It's a start. Ratsy

 
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All.... Congrats to these four and an outstanding 2024 season. It will be interesting to see after graduating a bunch of CS8 stars on both sides of the ball what kind of season they can put together.

The new qb likey will be Jr. Owen Kirby. Not a ton of varsity experience. Pioneers should handle their opener with Manual. The schedule is top loaded with week two against Bloomington and then East play opens up. One bright note is they have coming back for his senior year Cade Cunningham who had a great year at WO with just under 1400 yards in receptions along with 16td's. It's a start. Ratsy

Amazing group to have played with, very proud of what they've managed to accomplish, and I wish them the absolute best of luck over their next chapter.

Barring injury, the QB will be Kirby. He's a renowned basketball prospect for his class, and his athletic capabilities have been very fun to watch as he's been developed by Walworth. I don't foresee nearly as much success for the Pioneers next year compared to this past year, but they should continue to be a playoff team under Kirby.
 
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