Week 7 saw Wilmington, Herscher and Plano get big wins that gets them a little closer to being playoff eligible. Week 8 is just as important for those teams.
CC @ RC - Coal City comes off their home win against Manteno that locked up the I8 Large Conference title. RC has strung together some really good football as of late but got handled pretty good by Wilmington. CC continues to roll and beat the Comets. Coal City 31 Reed Custer 7
Manteno @ Peotone - Peotone had a rough loss last week to Herscher and put them in a bad position moving forward. Manteno got shut out by Coal City last week and had zero yards rushing for the game. Peotone comes out fired up and ground and pounds Manteno in to submission. Peotone 30 Manteno 13
Streator @ Wilmington - Wilmington beat RC up last week in a must win game. Wildcats look like they are getting back in the groove at the right time. Streator continues its up and down season by almost pulling an upset with Lisle last week losing 20-23. Both of these teams seem to have the Jekyll and Hyde thing going on this year but I think Wilmington cruises in this one. Wilmington 40 Streator 20
Sandwich @ Lisle - Lisle has had a few scares the last few weeks. Not a good time to start lagging. They are a very talented group and I see them coming together this week. Sandwich, who started out 3-0 has now lost 4 in a row. Bad thing for them is they could of won 2 of those that ended close. Lisle gets back on track and improves to 8-0 and ends Sandwich playoff hopes. Lisle 27 Sandwich 13
GAME OF THE WEEK - Plano @ Herscher - Both of these teams pulled of must win games last week, leaving their playoff hopes alive. Both teams have plenty of playoff points and should get in at 5-4 but both are wanting to run the table to get the better seed. Plano got past Sandwich in a mud bowl last week and a banged up Herscher team pulled off a slight upset of Peotone. Herscher has been much better with the dual threat Hendrix at QB and the run game behind stud RB Coker has been helped the Reapers win 4 of their last 5. Good news is that Herscher seems to be back at full strength for this one. Really a toss up game but I am going with Plano. With the Reapers having to play Wilmington next week and the Tigers with Manteno next week it's much more of a must win for Plano. Plano 28 Herscher 27
CC @ RC - Coal City comes off their home win against Manteno that locked up the I8 Large Conference title. RC has strung together some really good football as of late but got handled pretty good by Wilmington. CC continues to roll and beat the Comets. Coal City 31 Reed Custer 7
Manteno @ Peotone - Peotone had a rough loss last week to Herscher and put them in a bad position moving forward. Manteno got shut out by Coal City last week and had zero yards rushing for the game. Peotone comes out fired up and ground and pounds Manteno in to submission. Peotone 30 Manteno 13
Streator @ Wilmington - Wilmington beat RC up last week in a must win game. Wildcats look like they are getting back in the groove at the right time. Streator continues its up and down season by almost pulling an upset with Lisle last week losing 20-23. Both of these teams seem to have the Jekyll and Hyde thing going on this year but I think Wilmington cruises in this one. Wilmington 40 Streator 20
Sandwich @ Lisle - Lisle has had a few scares the last few weeks. Not a good time to start lagging. They are a very talented group and I see them coming together this week. Sandwich, who started out 3-0 has now lost 4 in a row. Bad thing for them is they could of won 2 of those that ended close. Lisle gets back on track and improves to 8-0 and ends Sandwich playoff hopes. Lisle 27 Sandwich 13
GAME OF THE WEEK - Plano @ Herscher - Both of these teams pulled of must win games last week, leaving their playoff hopes alive. Both teams have plenty of playoff points and should get in at 5-4 but both are wanting to run the table to get the better seed. Plano got past Sandwich in a mud bowl last week and a banged up Herscher team pulled off a slight upset of Peotone. Herscher has been much better with the dual threat Hendrix at QB and the run game behind stud RB Coker has been helped the Reapers win 4 of their last 5. Good news is that Herscher seems to be back at full strength for this one. Really a toss up game but I am going with Plano. With the Reapers having to play Wilmington next week and the Tigers with Manteno next week it's much more of a must win for Plano. Plano 28 Herscher 27
