Game Night Guide: Week 2 of prep football features QHS, QND on road, state-ranked teams at home
QUINCY — Week 2 of the high school football team kicks off Friday night. Here is the slate for area teams, including where you can find the games on the radio or via livestream:
Quincy High School (1-0) at Alton (0-1), 7 p.m.
Did you know?: The Blue Devils and Redbirds have played each other in Week 1 or 2 in 26 of the past 29 seasons. They did not face each other during neither the COVID-shortened spring season in 2021 nor the 2013 and ’14 seasons when the Western Big 6 Conference was in a scheduling agreement with the Mid-State 6 Conference. Alton leads the series 16-10, having won 10 straight from 1999-2008. Last week, the Redbirds opened with a 22-12 loss at Cahokia on Saturday when the Commanches scored 22 points in the fourth quarter to erase a 12-0 deficit.
Quincy Notre Dame (0-1) at Richmond-Burton (1-0), 7 p.m.
• No radio or livestream
Did you know?: Richmond-Burton has won 38 consecutive regular-season games following last Friday’s 41-29 victory over Marian Central Catholic. The Rockets’ last regular-season loss occurred on Sept. 21, 2018, in a 14-13 setback against Marengo. Rockets head coach Mike Noll is now in his sixth season and owns a 55-4 record. The Rockets are ranked fourth in Class 4A.
Jefferson City (1-0) at Hannibal (0-1), 7 p.m.
Did you know?: The Jays have won 10 state championships in their history and own the ninth longest winning streak in the nation at 71 games from 1958-66. However, it’s been more than a decade since Jefferson City last won a district championship, a drought some believe a 40-3 openingw-eek victory against Osage suggests could change. First, the Jays have to get past Hannibal, which has won five straight against Jeff City, including twice in district play. The Pirates have outscored the Jays 214-83 in those games.
Calhoun at Central (1-0), 7 p.m.
• Central Illinois Sports on YouTube
Did you know?: In the past four full regular seasons, the Panthers have gone 33-3 with two of those losses coming against Class 3A Beardstown. In last week’s 40-8 victory over North Greene, Central senior quarter Nick Moore amassed a QB rating of 177.1 as he completed 4 of 4 passes for 108 yards and three touchdowns. Jack Thompson caught two of those touchdown passes. Moore also had an interception on defense.
Brown County (0-1) at Winchester West Central (1-0), 7 p.m.
• BC Hornets Sports on YouTube
Illini West (0-1) at Elmwood-Brimfield (0-1), 7 p.m.
• No radio or livestream
Macomb (1-0) at Knoxville (1-0), 7 p.m.
Stanford Olympia (1-0) at Pittsfield (0-1), 7 p.m.
• Central Illinois Sports on YouTube
Beardstown (0-1) at Pleasant Hill (0-1), 7 p.m.
• No radio or livestream
Unity-Payson (0-1) at Greenfield-Northwestern (1-0), 7:30 p.m.
West Hancock (0-1) at Farmington (1-0), 7 p.m.
Scotland County (0-1) at Highland (1-0), 7 p.m.
Mark Twain (0-1) at Winfield (0-1), 7 p.m.
• No radio or livestream
Montgomery County (1-0) at Monroe City (1-0), 7 p.m.
Bowling Green (1-0) at Palmyra (0-1), 7 p.m.
South Shelby (1-0) at Westran (0–1), 7 p.m.
• No radio or livestream
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