Aug. 21, 2026, 4:00 p.m. CT
The Illinois highschool football season kicks off Friday within the Springfield space.
Several video games resume on Saturday, together with Sacred Heart-Griffin’s neutral-site recreation towards New Lenox Lincoln-Way Central at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington.
Revisit this web page for reside updates and top performers from space video games on Friday and Saturday.
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Complete schedule
x-denotes convention recreation
Central State Eight (East)
Normal Community West at Chatham Glenwood, 7 p.m.
Rochester at Moline, 7 p.m.
Decatur MacArthur at Mattoon, 7 p.m.
Peoria Manual at Lincoln, 7 p.m.
Normal University at Rochelle, 7 p.m.
Central State Eight (West)
Jacksonville at Jerseyville, 7 p.m.
Quincy Notre Dame at Decatur St. Teresa, 7 p.m.
Cahokia at Springfield High, 7 p.m.
Lanphier at LaSalle-Peru, 6:30 p.m.
Southeast at East Peoria, 7 p.m.
Sacred Heart-Griffin vs. New Lenox Lincoln-Way Central, at Illinois Wesleyan University, 5 p.m. (Saturday, Aug. 22)
Sangamo
x-Williamsville at Pleasant Plains, 7 p.m.
x-Stanford Olympia at Auburn, 7 p.m.
x-New Berlin at Maroa-Forsyth, 7 p.m.
x-Pittsfield at Petersburg PORTA, 7 p.m.
x-Athens at Riverton, 7 p.m.
South Central
x-Carlinville at Vandalia, 7 p.m.
x-North Mac at Greenville, 7 p.m.
x-Hillsboro at Pana, 7 p.m.
x-Piasa Southwestern at Staunton, 7 p.m.
x-Gillespie 1, Litchfield 0 (forfeit win)
8-Man
x-Martinsville at Kincaid South Fork, 6 p.m. (Saturday, Aug. 22)
x-Decatur Unity at Pawnee, 1 p.m. (Saturday, Aug. 22)
Other space video games
Olney Richland County at Taylorville, 7 p.m.
White Hall North Greene at Beardstown, 7 p.m.
Jacksonville Routt at Greenfield/Northwestern, 7 p.m.
x-Oakland Tri-County at Niantic Sangamon Valley, 7 p.m.
x-Arcola at Nokomis, 7 p.m.
Farmington at Havana, 7 p.m.
Rushville-Industry at Galena, 5:30 p.m.