Week 8 of the high school football season in central Illinois brings multiple big games in each of the area conferences as the best teams in the area look to improve their playoff seedings and others hope to secure their postseason bid or build momentum towards next year.
The upcoming slate of games includes big matchups such as Dunlap at Morton, as the Eagles look to bounce back from a 31-10 loss to Washington last week and Morton looks to keep its playoff hopes alive at 3-4. Other notable games include St. Louis-area power Christian Brothers paying the Peoria Notre Dame Irish a visit as Pat Armstrong's crew looks for win No. 5 and 3-4 Dee-Mack traveling to 4-3 Clinton with playoff hopes in the balance.
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A pair of 6-1 teams in the Big 12 face off in our WMBD Game of the Week on ciproud.com as Bloomington travels up I-74 to take on the Peoria High Lions after both teams picked up blowout wins in Week 7. Pregame coverage begins at 6:40 p.m. with kickoff at 7.
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Undefeated Eureka hosts Tri-Valley in a matchup of teams that have not lost yet in Heart of Central Illinois (Large) play in our Small Town Throwdown, which you can listen to on clutchsportsil.com with pregame coverage at 6:50 p.m. and kickoff at 7.
Our staff has made their picks and comments for 10 of the best games in the Central Illinois area this week, along with their season records listed below. Broadcasters for our broadcasted games are ineligible to pick winners for the games that they are broadcasting and will pick the winner of an 11th game instead.