Unit 5 rivalry highlights Week 2 high school football

Posted on August 30, 2018
Normal West travels across town to face Normal Community in the annual Chili Bowl. (WJBC file photo)

By Greg Halbleib

The Unit 5 high schools square off in the annual Chili Bowl in the featured game of Week 2 of the WJBC Friday Night High School Football Extravaganza.

Normal West visits Normal Community as both won their openers last week, West over Peoria Notre Dame 44-13 and NCHS over Richwoods 43-7. Game time is 7 p.m.

The Extravaganza also will cover U-High at Rochester, Central Catholic at Prairie Central, Dee-Mack at El Paso-Gridley and Tri-Valley at Fieldcrest.

The Extravaganza begins at 6:10 p.m. on AM 1230 WJBC and WJBC.com with scene-setters until the 7:00 kickoffs, around-the-horn updates every quarter hour and post-game coverage until 11 p.m. Score updates are available on the WJBC Sports Twitter feed (@SportsWJBC).

Week 2 high school football schedule (kickoffs 7 p.m.):

Big Twelve

Normal West at Normal Community

Peoria vs. Peoria Notre Dame at Richwoods High School Stadium

Peoria Richwoods at Peoria Manual

Danville  at Urbana

Central State Eight

Chatham Glenwood at Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin

Decatur Eisenhower at Springfield Lanphier

Jacksonville vs. Decatur MacArthur at Millikin University (Sat.)

U-High at Rochester

Springfield at Springfield Southeast

Heart of Illinois (Large)

Tri-Valley at Fieldcrest

Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley at Eureka

Deer Creek-Mackinaw at El Paso-Gridley

Heart of Illinois (Small)

Ridgeview-Lexington at LeRoy

Flanagan-Cornell-Woodland at Heyworth

Tremont at Fisher

Illini Prairie

Central Catholic at Prairie Central)

St. Thomas More at Olympia

Illinois Valley Central at Monticello

Rantoul at St. Joseph-Ogden

Tolono Unity at Pontiac (live WJEZ 98.9 FM and WJEZ.com)

Apollo

Lincoln at Mt. Zion

Non-Conference

Bloomington at Park Forest Rich East, Sat. 12 p.m.

Clinton at Pawnee

Westville at Dwight

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