IHSA football scores today: Week 9 in Peoria and central Illinois

The final week of the 2026 Illinois high school football season has arrived, with the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) football playoffs on the horizon. This report provides a comprehensive list of Week 9 scores, leading up to the state playoffs.

In the Big 12 region, Friday's games took place at Peoria Stadium with Peoria High facing off against Peoria Notre Dame at 7 p.m. Manual and Richwoods battled it out on the field at 7 p.m.

Mid-Illini area games featured Pekin versus Dunlap at 7:30 p.m., Limestone competing against East Peoria also at 7:30 p.m., and Washington taking on Canton at 7:30 p.m. Metamora faced Morton at 7:30 p.m., with the match taking place at Dozer Park.

Tri-County area games on Friday included Macomb versus Elmwood/Brimfield at 7 p.m., Warsaw West Hancock versus Farmington at 7 p.m., Dee-Mack at Tremont at 7 p.m., Eureka versus Shelbyville at 7 p.m., and Stark County versus Princeville at 7 p.m.

In the Rantoul area, Rantoul took on IVC at 7 p.m. Meanwhile, 8-player games saw Peoria Heights against Danville Schlarman at 7 p.m.

Further Central Illinois football scores for Friday's games include West Prairie facing Amboy LaMoille at 7 p.m., Moline at Galesburg at 7 p.m., Decatur St. Teresa versus St. Bede at 7 p.m., Erie-Prophetstown at Hall/Putnam County at 7 p.m., South Fulton at Abingdon-Avon at 7 p.m., Farmer City-Blue Ridge versus Bushnell-Prairie City at 7 p.m., Port Byron Riverdale against Kewanee at 7 p.m., ROWVA/Williamsfield met Annawan/Wethersfield at 7 p.m., Bureau Valley versus Knoxville at 7 p.m., and Rushville-Industry at Lewistown/Valley/Cuba at 7 p.m.

The 8-player games concluded with Galva taking on Milford at 7 p.m., and Orion versus Monmouth-Roseville at 7 p.m. Havana faced Monmouth United at 7 p.m., LaSalle-Peru against Ottawa Marquette at 7 p.m., and Taylor Ridge Rockridge versus Princeton at 7 p.m.

Finally, the Pleasant Plains team played against Olympia at 7 p.m. The article originally appeared on Journal Star: IHSA football scores today: Week 9 in Peoria and central Illinois.